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Hooked on CLE: May 2026
Contains material from Jul 2025 to Mar 2026
Hooked on CLE: May 2026
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THIS MONTH: Storytelling in Advocacy • Taxation of Crytpocurrency and Digital Assets • Workplace Accommodations: In-Depth Review and Recent Developments • The Geothermal Market of Today: New Opportunities, New Risks • Avoiding Ethical and Sanctions Risks using AI-Based Legal Research
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- Total Credit Hours:
- 4.00 | 1.00 ethics
- Credit Info
- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 4/30/2027
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Sessions
Credit
1.
Storytelling in Advocacy (Nov 2025)
Matthew C. Powers
0.50
0.00
0.00
0.50
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Paper
(pdf)
– 12 pgs
Session 1 —24 mins 0.50
Storytelling in Advocacy (Nov 2025)
Reflections on the use of stories to teach and persuade decision-makers.
Originally presented: Sep 2025 Advanced Texas Administrative Law Seminar
Matthew C. Powers,
Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody - Austin, TX
2.
Taxation of Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets (Feb 2026)
Joshua Smeltzer
1.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Slides
(pdf)
– 9 pgs
Session 2 —62 mins 1.00
Taxation of Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets (Feb 2026)
A review of the tax considerations and concerns associated with acquiring, holding, and transacting in cryptocurrency and digital assets.
Originally presented: Dec 2025 Taxation Conference
Joshua Smeltzer,
Gray Reed - Dallas, TX
3.
Workplace Accommodations: In-Depth Review and Recent Developments (Jul 2025)
Caitlin Boehne, Victoria Martin Phipps
0.75
0.00
0.00
0.75
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Paper
(pdf)
– 16 pgs
Paper
(pdf)
– 12 pgs
Slides
(pdf)
– 28 pgs
Session 3 —43 mins 0.75
Workplace Accommodations: In-Depth Review and Recent Developments (Jul 2025)
A deep dive on state and federal caselaw requiring workplace accommodations for disability, religion, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions. The speakers address hot-button issues related to requests to work from home and recent developments expanding employees' rights to reasonable accommodations.
Originally presented: Jun 2025 Labor and Employment Law Conference
Caitlin Boehne,
Kaplan Law Firm - Albuquerque, NM
Victoria Martin Phipps,
Texas A&M University - College Station, TX
4.
The Geothermal Market of Today: New Opportunities, New Risks (Mar 2026)
Joseph F. Batir, PhD
0.75
0.00
0.00
0.75
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Slides
(pdf)
– 28 pgs
Session 4 —46 mins 0.75
The Geothermal Market of Today: New Opportunities, New Risks (Mar 2026)
The geothermal market has changed, with significant expansion in the most recent 10 years. There are three key components driving this geothermal market expansion – new technology, new money, and “new” locations. With expansion, though, comes new risks, which may require legal rulings. Presented here are the most recent developments of the geothermal market – the technology, the locations, the money that is driving new growth for this 100-year-old industry, and the risks that are becoming top priority issues.
Originally presented: Jan 2026 Renewable Energy Law Institute
Joseph F. Batir, PhD,
BatirWeGo Holdings LLC - Dallas, TX
5.
Avoiding Ethical and Sanctions Risks using AI-based Legal Research (Dec 2025)
Scott Rothenberg
1.00
1.00
0.00
1.00 | 1.00 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Paper
(pdf)
– 31 pgs
Slides
(pdf)
– 22 pgs
Session 5 —57 mins 1.00 | 1.00 ethics
Avoiding Ethical and Sanctions Risks using AI-based Legal Research (Dec 2025)
Hundreds of lawyers and law firms around the country face sanctions or grievance problems resulting from the use of AI-based legal research. Learn how you can avoid the traps that snared your unfortunate colleagues.
Originally presented: Oct 2025 Gas and Power Institute
Scott Rothenberg,
Law Offices of Scott Rothenberg - Bellaire, TX