2022

First Friday Ethics (May 2022)

STUDIO WEBCAST May 6, 2022
Conference Concluded

Overview

10:00 a.m. to 1:20 p.m. (3.00 hr | 3.00 hr ethics)
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!

This month includes:

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics)
You’ve Received a Grievance or Sanctions Motion – What Now?
Scott Rothenberg, Law Office of Scott Rothenberg - Bellaire, TX
Receiving a grievance or a sanctions motion can be very upsetting for lawyers, but it doesn’t have to be. Please join Scott Rothenberg for an informative, reassuring, step-by-step process on what to do when a grievance or sanctions motion comes knocking at your office door.

11:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. (1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics)
Ethics and the Duty of Loyalty (REPLAY)
Robert Denby, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston, TX
Claude E. Ducloux, Attorney at Law, Austin, TX
The lawyer’s fiduciary responsibilities are at the core of ethics programs everywhere and include the duty to refrain from conflicts of interest. But in a modern society, where lawyers freely move between large firms with sophisticated clients, should the firm and client have a right to waive such traditional conflicts of interest to hire new talent? There is a growing movement to allow firms and lawyers to provide advance consent to situations that are currently barred by conflict of interest rules, as well as organized opposition to “taking the wrecking ball to client loyalty.” Find out what’s going on and see what you think!

12:20 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. (1.00 hr | 1.00 hr ethics)
Effective Engagement Letters and Other Simple Risk-Management Tools (REPLAY)
A.J. Singleton, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Lexington, KY
This ethics CLE presentation will look at engagement letters and how they can be used as a risk management tool. Along they way, the presentation will provide practical tips to help lawyers avoid conflict of interest pitfalls and to assist in controlling client expectations about the scope of the representation.

If you cannot watch the entire webcast at its scheduled time, register now and view the recording and eCourse when it is available in “Your Briefcase” after the webcast. Earn CLE credit (in TX and CA) on your time!

Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

Time

Credit

Subject

Speaker
Friday Morning, May 6, 2022
10:00 am

1.00 hr ethics

You’ve Received a Grievance or Sanctions Motion – What Now?

Receiving a grievance or a sanctions motion can be very upsetting for lawyers, but it doesn’t have to be. Please join Scott Rothenberg for an informative, reassuring, step-by-step process on what to do when a grievance or sanctions motion comes knocking at your office door.

Scott Rothenberg, Law Office of Scott Rothenberg - Bellaire, TX

Scott Rothenberg, Law Office of Scott Rothenberg - Bellaire, TX
11:00 am

10-Minute Break
11:10 am

1.00 hr ethics

Ethics and the Duty of Loyalty (REPLAY)

The lawyer’s fiduciary responsibilities are at the core of ethics programs everywhere and include the duty to refrain from conflicts of interest. But in a modern society, where lawyers freely move between large firms with sophisticated clients, should the firm and client have a right to waive such traditional conflicts of interest to hire new talent? There is a growing movement to allow firms and lawyers to provide advance consent to situations that are currently barred by conflict of interest rules, as well as organized opposition to “taking the wrecking ball to client loyalty.” Find out what’s going on and see what you think!

Robert Denby, Vinson & Elkins LLP - Houston, TX
Claude E. Ducloux, Attorney at Law - Austin, TX

Robert Denby, Vinson & Elkins LLP - Houston, TX
Claude E. Ducloux, Attorney at Law - Austin, TX
12:10 pm

10-Minute Break
12:20 pm

1.00 hr ethics

Effective Engagement Letters and Other Simple Risk-Management Tools (REPLAY)

This ethics CLE presentation will look at engagement letters and how they can be used as a risk management tool. Along they way, the presentation will provide practical tips to help lawyers avoid conflict of interest pitfalls and to assist in controlling client expectations about the scope of the representation.

A.J. Singleton, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC - Lexington, KY

A.J. Singleton, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC - Lexington, KY
1:20 pm

Presentations Conclude

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Conference Faculty

Robert Denby

Vinson & Elkins LLP
Houston, TX

Claude E. Ducloux

Attorney at Law
Austin, TX

Scott Rothenberg

Law Office of Scott Rothenberg
Bellaire, TX

A.J. Singleton

Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Lexington, KY

Credit Info

STUDIO WEBCAST

MCLE Credit

Texas – 3.00 hrs | 3.00 hrs Ethics

You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Completion will be emailed to you upon claiming credit. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number provided on your certificate of attendance.

California – 3.00 hrs | 3.00 hrs Ethics

To claim California MCLE credit, California credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. Verification pop-ups will NOT display when the webcast video player is in "full screen" mode. Furthermore, the notification sound effect alerting pop-ups, will NOT play on mobile devices. We recommend viewing from a computer, as opposed to a mobile device, should MCLE credit, other than Texas, be needed. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.
You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Other States – 3.00 hrs | 3.00 hrs Ethics

Note on Self-Reporting Your Credits in Another State

If you wish to satisfy MCLE or other professional education requirements in another state for a program offered by the University of Texas School of Law, please check with the state bar or other licensing authority in that state to ensure it will qualify for self-reporting your credits.

To claim Other States MCLE credit, Other States credit option must be selected PRIOR to viewing the live webcast. You must claim and certify your credit online in Your Briefcase, you will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records and to provide to other licensing authorities as needed.

This accreditation requires attendance verification. UT Law CLE monitors and records attendee responses to questions that randomly appear during the live webcast presentation. The response record is detailed on the Certificate of Completion.

MCLE credit is presented based on a 60-minute credit hour.

Key Dates

STUDIO WEBCAST – May 6, 2022

Conference Concluded

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