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First Friday Ethics: July 2026
Contains material from Apr 2026 to May 2026
First Friday Ethics: July 2026
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Need ethics credit? We’ve got you covered! UT Law CLE’s First Friday Ethics streams live every first Friday of the month, and features some of our best ethics speakers and presentations for a total of 3.00 hrs ethics credit. Fulfill your entire annual ethics requirement in Texas in one day!
Maintaining Your Ethics in Trying Times: One Lawyer’s Tale (0.75 hr ethics)
Lawyers know that hard cases make bad law. Likewise, maintaining your professional ethics in a difficult situation is very different than day-to-day practice. Hear ethical perspectives and lessons learned from serving as a local elected official and a defendant in lengthy litigation while still practicing as a lawyer.
Leah Stewart, Reed, Claymon, Meeker, Krienke & Spurck, PLLC - Austin, TX
Ethics: My Opinion, My License – Is It a Business Decision? (0.75 hr ethics)
This session reviews the ethical rules and principles that lawyers must consider when advising clients on land development issues, with a hard look at situations where a client’s mileage may vary from the legal advice given, and the outcomes to the lawyer—is the matter ultimately a risk-taking analysis, where all a lawyer can do is advise the client, leaving them the business decision to make in following (or not) the lawyer’s advice.
Alan J. Bojorquez, Bojorquez Law Firm, PC - Austin, TX
Kimberley Mickelson, Downtown Houston+ - Houston, TX
Generative AI in Litigation: Practical Uses, Pitfalls, and Guardrails (1.00 hr ethics)
Generative AI is rapidly reshaping litigation for attorneys and experts—from discovery and expert analysis to drafting and research. This session explores current AI trends, provides concrete real-world use cases, and discusses the legal, ethical, and evidentiary risks that need to be managed.
Kristofer Buchan, StoneTurn Group, LLP - Houston, TX
Legal Privilege: Understanding Who You Represent and Avoiding Other Ethical Pitfalls (0.50 hr ethics)
This topic focuses on the perennially-important ethical issues concerning how to create privilege; how to maintain it; and how, as in-house counsel, to instruct the business to maintain it. Examine (in)famous examples of where things went wrong, and advise on how to avoid similar situations.
Allison Standish Miller, Steptoe LLP - Houston, TX
Includes: Video Captions Audio Transcript Paper Slides
- Total Credit Hours:
- 3.00 | 3.00 ethics
- Credit Info
- TX, CA, PA
- TX MCLE credit expires: 6/30/2027
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Sessions
Credit
1.
Maintaining Your Ethics in Trying Times: One Lawyer’s Tale (Apr 2026)
Leah Stewart
0.75
0.75
0.00
0.75 | 0.75 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Slides
(pdf)
– 25 pgs
Session 1 —50 mins 0.75 | 0.75 ethics
Maintaining Your Ethics in Trying Times: One Lawyer’s Tale (Apr 2026)
Lawyers know that hard cases make bad law. Likewise, maintaining your professional ethics in a difficult situation is very different than day-to-day practice. Hear ethical perspectives and lessons learned from serving as a local elected official and a defendant in lengthy litigation while still practicing as a lawyer.
Originally presented: Feb 2026 School Law Conference
Leah Stewart,
Reed, Claymon, Meeker, Krienke & Spurck, PLLC - Austin, TX
2.
ETHICS: My Opinion, My License; Is it a Business Decision? (Apr 2026)
Alan J. Bojorquez, Kimberley Mickelson
0.75
0.75
0.00
0.75 | 0.75 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Slides
(pdf)
– 21 pgs
Session 2 —45 mins 0.75 | 0.75 ethics
ETHICS: My Opinion, My License; Is it a Business Decision? (Apr 2026)
This session reviews the ethical rules and principles that lawyers must consider when advising clients on land development issues, with a hard look at situations where a client’s mileage may vary from the legal advice given, and the outcomes to the lawyer—is the matter ultimately a risk-taking analysis, where all a lawyer can do is advise the client, leaving them the business decision to make in following (or not) the lawyer’s advice.
Originally presented: Mar 2026 Land Use Conference
Alan J. Bojorquez,
Bojorquez Law Firm, PC - Austin, TX
Kimberley Mickelson,
Downtown Houston+ - Houston, TX
3.
Generative AI in Litigation: Practical Uses, Pitfalls, and Guardrails (May 2026)
Kristofer Buchan
1.00
1.00
0.00
1.00 | 1.00 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Slides
(pdf)
– 23 pgs
Session 3 —53 mins 1.00 | 1.00 ethics
Generative AI in Litigation: Practical Uses, Pitfalls, and Guardrails (May 2026)
Generative AI is rapidly reshaping litigation for attorneys and experts—from discovery and expert analysis to drafting and research. This session explores current AI trends, provides concrete real-world use cases, and discusses the legal, ethical, and evidentiary risks that need to be managed.
Originally presented: Apr 2026 Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute
Kristofer Buchan,
StoneTurn Group, LLP - Houston, TX
4.
Legal Privilege: Understanding Who You Represent and Avoiding Other Ethical Pitfalls (May 2026)
Allison Standish Miller
0.50
0.50
0.00
0.50 | 0.50 ethics
Downloadable Materials
Transcript
(txt)
Paper
(pdf)
– 15 pgs
Slides
(pdf)
– 14 pgs
Session 4 —30 mins 0.50 | 0.50 ethics
Legal Privilege: Understanding Who You Represent and Avoiding Other Ethical Pitfalls (May 2026)
This topic focuses on the perennially-important ethical issues concerning how to create privilege; how to maintain it; and how, as in-house counsel, to instruct the business to maintain it. Examine (in)famous examples of where things went wrong, and advise on how to avoid similar situations.
Originally presented: Apr 2026 Corporate Counsel Institute
Allison Standish Miller,
Steptoe LLP - Houston, TX