Digging for Buried Treasure AND Ethics Expose
December 2009
Digging for Buried Treasure: How a Search Through the Rules of Professional Conduct Reveals the Seven Secrets to Attorney Success AND Ethics Expose: Revealing the Dangeres of Social Networking and Other Pitfalls in Everyday Practice
Program Description
Like every attorney, you want to know how to be happy and successful. Ever think that answers were hidden in the Rules of Professional Conduct? Join Stuart Teicher, a lawyer and nationally recognized CLE speaker, as he digs through the code and unearths the practical advice that lies beneath. In these unique and motivating seminars, Teicher empowers you to succeed by providing tangible tips about the profession that will help you flourish in the practice for years to come.
What you'll learn
- How ethics rules can be a roadmap to superior performance
- Keys to living a rich life outside of the office to positively affect your ability to serve clients
- Using relentless determination to approach your career
Who should attend
Any lawyer who wants to learn how to be happier and more successful, all while earning ethics credits
Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 am
Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 12:00 pm
Programming
10:30 - 10:45 am
Networking Break
12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own)
1:00 - 4:00 pm
Programming
2:30 - 2:45 pm
Networking Break
4:00 pm
Adjourn
Topics
Use the RPCs and Their Commentary to Rediscover the Nobility of the Profession
- The meaning of the lawyer's role in contemporary society as defined by the ethics rules, official commentary and the RPC Preamble
- Understand the unique roles a lawyer plays:
- Advisor, RPC 2.1
- Advocate, RPC 3
- Negotiator
- Evaluator, preamble, comment 2
- Third party neutral, RPCs 1.12 and 2.4
- Adjust Your Attitude
- “…a lawyer is also guided by personal conscience," Preamble to RPC, Comment 7
- The desire and willingness to work (Grounded in RPC 1.1: Thoroughness and preparation)
- Understanding our role as a zealous advocate
Take Care of Yourself, Emotionally and Physically-the Need to Function at Optimal Levels for Your Own Sake and That of Your Clients.
- How your personal emotional state affects your ability to serve your clients
- Communication and informed consent, RPC 1.4
- Lack of competence, RPC 1.1
- Compromising confidentiality, 1.6
- How emotional instability can cause conflicts of interest, RPC 1.7
- Being aware of the pitfalls of substance abuse
- Discussing some actual disciplinary cases
Be the Best at What you Do-Master Your Substantive Area of Law and Hone Your Attorney Skills…Be Captisuading™
- Mastering your substantive area of law
- Be the best by following the roadmap to superior representation set forth in the elements of the “Grand Troika” of ethics rules
- Perfect your critical lawyering skills
- Mastering the secret attorney skill: Be a Captisuading™ communicator
Steering Clear of Common Ethics Pitfalls
Explores the most widespread ethical violations that lead to disciplinary action against attorneys and provides advice on how to avoid grievances and steer clear of common pitfalls.
Ethical Dilemmas When Leaving Your Firm
This certainly is an era of change. Many attorneys are leaving their firms, either by our own choice or someone else's. Regardless of the motivation, there are serious ethical questions that arise. Can you take your clients? Your assistant? What about conflicts going forward?
Ethical Pitfalls in Social Networking
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn-we know how they can help, but what about the danger zones? Learn about the must-know ethical issues involved in various types of social media.
Abour Featured Faculty Stuart Teicher
Stuart I. Teicher, Esq. is a nationally known speaker. A practicing attorney for over 15 years, Teicher's career is now dedicated to helping fellow attorneys survive the practice of law and thrive in the profession. Mr. Teicher teaches seminars, provides in-house training to law firms and gives keynote speeches at conventions and association meetings.
Stuart Teicher helps attorneys get better at what they do (and enjoy the process) through his entertaining and educational CLE presentations. His expertise is in the “Knowledge Gap”: the critical skills of ethics, advocacy, and client development.
Teicher is also a Supreme Court appointee to the New Jersey District Ethics Committee where he investigates and prosecutes grievances filed against attorneys, and he is an adjunct professor of law at Rutgers Law School, Camden, where he teaches professional responsibility.
Video Replays: January 21, 2010
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Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $299.00 |
| CBA | $249.00 |
| New Lawyer | $209.00 |
| CBA | $209.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
- Ethics Credits: 7.00
- EDI Credits:
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