This class is not eligible for D.C. Bar CLE Passport use.

Credits: 3.0 ethics and professionalism credit hours

Description: Every period has unpredictable winds and currents that challenge attorneys to keep their ethical bearings. In 2024, those winds are blowing gustier than ever, with challenges to the legal ethics culture sometimes developing faster than bar associations, courts and scholars can respond to them. As a result, the ethical sensibilities and problem-solving skills of the individual attorney are more crucial than ever.

This insightful and engaging class designed for the D.C. Bar uses hypothetical problems based on actual and current cases, insights from current commentary and scholarship, and multi-disciplinary concepts with immediate value to legal practitioners. This class will challenge those who attend and leave them with new tools, sharpened skills, and plenty to think about. Our esteemed speaker will focus on new legal ethics developments in the District and elsewhere. Among the issues explored in this class are the following:

• The increasing clash between business realities and professional ideals
• How to ensure that the right ethics alarms sound in time
• The ethical referral maze
• Conflicts of interest that you might get away with, but shouldn’t
• AI and the latest technology traps
• Ethical billing conundrums
• More, including new developments right up to class time