When celebrities collide, the legal and ethical fallout often maps directly onto the rules governing attorney conduct. Professional legal educator Stuart Teicher, Esq. (known as The CLE Performer) uses the biggest celebrity scandals of recent years — from Will Smith’s Oscars moment to the Blake Lively defamation litigation — to unpack the ethics rules attorneys navigate every day. Objectives include:

– Identify how filing claims without adequate legal basis violates RPC 3.1, using the dismissal of ten of Blake Lively’s thirteen claims as a case study in meritorious vs. frivolous litigation

– Recognize how physical assault might constitute a crime, violating Rule 8.4 on misconduct

– Consider how Timothy Chalamet’s ill-advised comments about opera and ballet illustrate conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice (Rule 8.4(d))

– And more!

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This course has been approved by the Legal Specialization and Education Department for 1.0 General Credit, 1.0 Ethics Credit.

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.
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