Featuring nationally known speaker Sean Carter, Esq.

 

Sean Carter introduces a new form of CLE–comedic legal education. It is often said that laughter is the best medicine, and Sean Carter combines a healthy dose of substantive legal knowledge and side-splitting humor to create his own special potion of “lawghter.” In his seminars, you will learn how to avoid the most common ethical pitfalls faced by lawyers and how to alleviate the stress of practicing law. You will also be treated to engaging updates on the most significant legal developments. And, perhaps, most important, you will have a great time in the process.

Attendance is limited!  Register today!

 

 

 

8:30 am

 

9:00 am

 

The simple truth is that legal ethics is not much different from ethics in general. There are very basic things that lawyers must do (and not do) to avoid disciplinary problems. In this hilarious presentation, Mr. Carter explores some of the more outrageous disciplinary cases that come before state bar committees and how lawyers can avoid being a part of them. Lawyers and legal staff persons alike will learn:

 

- Why legal ethics isn't an oxymoron

- The “real” source of most complaints against lawyers

- How to do unto others before they sue unto you

 

10:15 am

 

10:30 am

 

In an increasingly crowded legal marketplace, lawyers are discovering that effective legal marketing is essential to a thriving practice. Yet, in their zeal to effectively promote their services, it is paramount that lawyers remember they must abide by a code of conduct far more stringent than that imposed upon the typical marketer. In this fast-paced presentation, Mr. Carter explores the do's (and mostly don'ts) of marketing under the code of legal ethics. Mr. Carter will:

 

- Show the best (and worst) of televised lawyer ads

- Discuss the current debate surrounding “Best Lawyer” and “Super Lawyer” status

- Examine the ethical implications of using seminars, columns, and blogs as marketing tools

 

11:45 am

 

1:00 pm

 

Increasingly, lawyer civility is becoming an oxymoron, but it doesn't have to be that way. Civil litigation need not lead to all-out civil war. As legal professionals, lawyers have an obligation to act just that way–professionally. It's possible to be courteous, kind, accommodating, and effective. In this presentation, Sean Carter shares his wacky, irreverent, yet insightful thoughts on professionalism and ethics. Specifically, Mr. Carter explains how to put the “civil” back into civil litigation.

 

2:15 pm

 

2:30 pm

 

In this presentation, Mr. Carter continues his discussion of professionalism and ethics by exploring the more discreditable aspects associated with the legal profession. Lawyers and legal staff persons alike will get a kick out of hearing about outrageous lawsuits (“McDonald's™ made me fat!”), celebrity trials, dumb laws, lawyers behaving badly, and life inside a law firm.

 

3:45 pm

 

 

Sean Carter

Lawpsided Seminars

Mesa, Arizona

 

In nearly a decade of law practice after graduating from Harvard Law School, Sean Carter represented such clients as GNC, Experian, The Boston Beer Company, Homeside Lending, Safelite Auto Glass, J. Crew and many others.  In 2002, Mr. Carter left the practice of law to pursue a career as the country's foremost (and perhaps only) Humorist at Law.

 

Mr. Carter is the author of the first-ever comedic legal treatise–If It Does Not Fit, Must You Acquit?: Your Humorous Guide to the Law.  His syndicated legal humor column has appeared in general circulation newspapers in more than 30 states, including The Los Angeles Times.  Mr. Carter also wrote a weekly humor column for lawyers that appeared in the ABA e-Report from 2003 to 2006.

 

As a legal commentator, Mr. Carter has appeared on local television programs and is a frequent guest on talk radio shows across the country.  In 2003, the Radio-TV Interview Report dubbed Sean Carter as “America's Funniest Lawyer.”

 

Mr. Carter is a frequent presenter for state and local bar associations, law firms, in-house corporate legal departments and law schools.  Each year, he presents more than 100 humorous programs on such topics as legal ethics, stress management, constitutional law, legal marketing and much more.