December 2008
Legal Ethics: From Bedrock to Beacon
Program Description
Tired of the same old lectures on the ethics rules? Looking for a fresh approach to exploring key Rules of Professional Conduct from the perspective of leadership principles and the varying dimensions of individual contribution? Look no further, this is the program for you!
You can earn CLE Ethics credits while acquiring the tools to further your leadership skills from a most distinguished team of inspirational and proven professionals. You will receive the substantive ethics training in terms of knowledge of the rules (the Bedrock) as they can be effectively applied to your law practice in a collaborative environment (the Beacon).
The Colorado Rules for Professional Conduct guide, control, and define many aspects of attorney-client relationships. From loyalty and competence to communication and diligence, the ethical standards are well evolved. But the rules also serve as waypoints for other dimensions of effectiveness: leadership principles for managing attorneys; effective lateral leadership practices for other attorneys and staffs inside firms; maintaining constructive relationships with other members of the bar; and demonstrating to clients adherence to sound management practices in the operation of your practice. This half-day, hands-on seminar covers key Rules of Professional Conduct that have particular relevance to other dimensions of leadership and contribution. You will learn the technical aspects of professional ethics and will leave with a roadmap for discovering how they can be applied to your leadership skills. You will be provided selected portions of the Rules of Professional Conduct along with a descriptive bibliography of articles and books that form the basis for the leadership principles and practices discussed in the program.
This is a program that will greatly enhance your practice, and one that you will enjoy while acquiring your ethics credits… a positive opportunity that you should not miss!
Agenda
12:30-1:00 pm
Registration
1:00-2:30 pm
Session 1
- Covey's First Things First: Dimensions of Ethics and Leadership, Organizational Excellence and Personal Effectiveness
- The Client-Lawyer Relationship (Rule 1), Conflicts, and the Special Challenge of Leading “Among Equals”: Build Relationships and Empower the Team
- Communication Obligations (Rule 1.4), Declining Representation, Constraints on Communications and an Introduction to Persuasion and Influence: “Lead with Your Ears”
2:30-2:45 pm
Break
2:45-4:15 pm
Session 2
- “Model the Way” with Credibility: Competence, Candor, Trust, and Integrity; Truthfulness in Statements to Others; the Special Problems of Negotiations
- Engage! Diligence (Rule 1.3), Responsibilities for Others (Rule 5), and a Brief Introduction to Project Management
- The Vision of the Rule's Preamble and the Value of Public Service (Rule 6.1); Kouzes and Posner's “Inspire a Shared Vision”
4:15 pm
Adjourn
Faculty
Dan Price, Ph.D., is the President of Winning Ways Management Inc. and has over 30 years of experience in business, government, and higher education management and leadership. Winning Ways Management, Inc. provides leadership and management training and development, with a particular emphasis on project management. Dr. Price has impacted thousands of people over the years with his dynamic and energetic classes, seminars, and workshops. Dan is a retired US Air Force pilot with over 3200 hours of flying time in the B-52 and other aircraft. Dr. Price was the Managing Consultant and Senior Compliance Analyst for the MCI Year 2000 Project Management Office. He served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of a Denver software development company. He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, from the University of South Dakota, and from Colorado Technical University with a Doctorate in Management. He is a certified project manager (PMP) via the Project Management Institute. He taught Leadership and Project Management as an adjunct professor at Colorado Technical University, Kaplan University and is currently on the faculty of PM College and the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Price published a new project management book called Takeoff. He is currently the President of the Pikes Peak chapter of the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD). While at the U. S. Air Force Academy, Dr. Price taught honor and ethics to hundreds of Cadets.
Richard Pennington, LL.M., J.D. is of counsel to the government contracts department of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP and the principal of SCOPEVision LLC -- a Colorado company focused on "connecting vision to results . . . together." SCOPEVision® is an organizational improvement model that emphasizes simplicity in effectively managing organizational performance. Richard is a 2008 Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and 2005 Manager of the Year award recipient from the Colorado State Managers Association. He is the former director of the Division of Finance and Procurement, Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration. Richard is a retired Air Force Colonel who started his career flying B-52s and ended it as a judge advocate specializing in federal procurement. He graduated from the Air Force Academy (distinguished graduate), the University Of Denver College Of Law (Order of St. Ives) and has an advanced government procurement law degree from The George Washington University. Richard has conducted seminars, presentations, and taught college courses in ethics, organizational performance management, negotiation, procurement, legal issues in project management, and intellectual property. His publications include So You Want to be a “Temp”: Ethics and Temporary Attorney Relationships," The Colorado Lawyer (April 1995) and a book review of The Persuasive Leader, The Colorado Lawyer (to be published August 2008).
Video Replays:
January 8, 2008
Denver: CLE Classroom, 1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Grand Junction: 1250 East Sherwood Drive
Colorado Springs: 421 South Tejon Street, Suite 100
