Approved by The Florida Bar for 1.0 hour of General CLE credit including 0.5 hour of Ethics CLE credit and 0.5 hour of Mental Health and Wellness CLE credit.

DESCRIPTION

When your clients are facing life-changing consequences, the ethical stakes skyrocket along with the emotional pressure – and that’s when even seasoned attorneys can feel the heat! Professional legal educator Stuart Teicher, Esq. (known as The CLE Performer) serves up a practical, step-by-step tutorial for navigating complex ethical decisions when your client’s freedom, fortune, or future hangs in the balance. You’ll learn a systematic approach to identify relevant rules, analyze competing obligations, and make sound ethical choices when the weight of your client’s world is on your shoulders. From criminal defense to high-stakes corporate deals, custody battles to bankruptcy proceedings, this program equips you with the tools and frameworks to keep your ethical standards rock-solid when client pressure reaches a boiling point and everyone’s counting on you to get it right. Learning objectives include:

-Master a systematic framework for identifying applicable ethical rules when client desperation creates pressure around RPC 1.7 conflicts of interest and RPC 1.9 duties to former clients
-Apply clear assessment techniques to balance competing obligations under RPC 1.6 confidentiality requirements and RPC 3.3 duties of candor when clients face serious consequences
-Develop consultation protocols and documentation strategies that satisfy RPC 1.1 competence requirements during emotionally charged, high-stakes client situations

PRICE

$60

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SPEAKER BIO

Stuart I. Teicher, Esq. is a professional legal educator who focuses on ethics law and writing instruction. A practicing attorney for over 25 years, Stuart’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 legal departments, provides CLE instruction at law firm client events, and also gives keynote speeches at conventions and association meetings.

Mr. Teicher helps attorneys get better at what they do (and enjoy the process) through his entertaining and educational CLE Performances. He speaks, teaches, and writes— Thomson Reuters published his book entitled, Navigating the Legal Ethics of Social Media and Technology.

Mr. Teicher is a Supreme Court appointee to the New Jersey District Ethics Committee where he investigates and prosecutes grievances filed against attorneys. Mr. Teicher is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law where he teaches Professional Responsibility, and he is an adjunct professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick where he teaches undergraduate writing courses.