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PLI's California MCLE Marathon 2012: Current Developments in Legal Ethics - Substance Abuse - Elimination of Bias in the Profession

Released on: Dec. 17, 2012

Running Time: 06:00:33

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Running Time	Segment Title	Faculty
[01:20:30]	Protecting Privilege and Confidentiality: New Challenges	Mark L. Tuft ~ Cooper, White & Cooper LLP Merri A. Baldwin ~ Shareholder, Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC James E. Towery ~ Rossi, Hamerslough, Reischl and Chuck Randall Difuntorum ~ Director, Professional Competence, The State Bar of California Wendy Wen Yun Chang ~ Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
[01:29:45]	New Frontiers: Lawyers' Conflicting Ethical Responsibilities Across Different Borders	Mark L. Tuft ~ Cooper, White & Cooper LLP Merri A. Baldwin ~ Shareholder, Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC James E. Towery ~ Rossi, Hamerslough, Reischl and Chuck Randall Difuntorum ~ Director, Professional Competence, The State Bar of California Wendy Wen Yun Chang ~ Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
[01:00:15]	Recent Developments in the Law Governing Attorneys	Mark L. Tuft ~ Cooper, White & Cooper LLP Merri A. Baldwin ~ Shareholder, Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC James E. Towery ~ Rossi, Hamerslough, Reischl and Chuck Randall Difuntorum ~ Director, Professional Competence, The State Bar of California Wendy Wen Yun Chang ~ Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
[01:00:40]	Dealing With Stress and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession	Richard P. Carlton, MPH ~ Acting Director, State Bar of California
[01:00:05]	The Opportunity and Obligation to Eliminate Bias in the Legal Profession	Yolanda M. Jackson ~ Deputy Director, The Bar Association of San Francisco Jean K. Hyams ~ Levy Vinick Hyams & Burrell LLP

Satisfy all of California’s MCLE special requirements at this fast-paced and up-to-the-minute program. If your last name begins with a letter from A through G, your MCLE compliance deadline of February 1, 2013 is fast approaching.

The MCLE Marathon, taught by a faculty of outstanding California lawyers and other professionals who are recognized leaders in their field, will conveniently provide all of the California required-subjects that you need:

4 hours of legal ethics
1 hour of prevention, detection and treatment of substance abuse or mental illness that impairs professional competence
1 hour of elimination of bias in the legal profession

Lecture Topics [Total time 06:00:33]

Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.

Program Overview* [00:09:18]
Merri A. Baldwin, Randall Difuntorum, Mark L. Tuft, James E. Towery, Wendy Wen Yun Chang
Protecting Privilege and Confidentiality: New Challenges [01:20:30]
Merri A. Baldwin, Randall Difuntorum, Mark L. Tuft, James E. Towery, Wendy Wen Yun Chang
New Frontiers: Lawyers' Conflicting Ethical Responsibilities Across Different Borders [01:29:45]
Merri A. Baldwin, Randall Difuntorum, Mark L. Tuft, James E. Towery, Wendy Wen Yun Chang
Recent Developments in the Law Governing Attorneys [01:00:15]
Randall Difuntorum, Merri A. Baldwin, Mark L. Tuft, James E. Towery, Wendy Wen Yun Chang
Dealing With Stress and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession [01:00:40]
Richard P. Carlton, MPH
The Opportunity and Obligation to Eliminate Bias in the Legal Profession [01:00:05]
Jean K. Hyams, Yolanda M. Jackson

The purchase price of this includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:

Too Hot to Handle: The Legal Ethics of Inadvertently or Improperly Produced Privileged Information
Merri A. Baldwin
The California Supreme Court Clarifies Attorney Work Product Protection and the Ninth Circuit Rejects the Selective Waiver Doctrine
Randall Difuntorum
The State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, Formal Opinion No. 2012-183
Randall Difuntorum
Proposed Rule 1.6 Confidential Information of a Client
Randall Difuntorum
Explanation of Recommendation to Not Adopt Model Rule 4.4 Respect for Rights of Third Persons
Randall Difuntorum
A California Perspective on Foreign Lawyer Consultants
Fordham Law Review (Janine Griffiths-Baker & Nancy J. Moore, Regulating Conflicts of Interest in Global Law Firms: Peace in Our Time?, 80 Fordham L. Rev. 2541 (2012))
Proposed Changes in the Regulation of Cross-Border Practice and Resolving Choice of Law Issues: New Challenges for Lawyers Practicing in California
Mark L. Tuft
Proposed Rule 5.5 Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law
Randall Difuntorum
Proposed California Rule of Professional Conduct 8.5
Randall Difuntorum
The State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, Formal Opinion No. 2012-184
Randall Difuntorum
The State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, Formal Opinion No. 2011-181
Randall Difuntorum
Selected New Developments in the Law of Lawyers
James E. Towery
The State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, Formal Opinion No. 2011-182
Randall Difuntorum
Proposed California Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1
Randall Difuntorum
Proposed California Rule of Professional Conduct 1.8.10
Randall Difuntorum
The California Rules of Professional Conduct
Randall Difuntorum
Stress, Depression, and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
Richard P. Carlton, MPH
Dealing with Stress and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession (PowerPoint Slides)
Richard P. Carlton, MPH
Additional Resources Related to Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession
Jean K. Hyams
Accommodating Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Clients
Jean K. Hyams
Request for Accommodations by Persons with Disabilities and Response, California Judicial Council Form, MC-410
Jean K. Hyams
The State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, Formal Opinion No. 1987-92
Jean K. Hyams
Rule 2-400. Prohibited Discriminatory Conduct in a Law Practice
Yolanda M. Jackson
Conscious and Unconscious Bias in the Legal Profession: Anecdotes from the Real World
Yolanda M. Jackson
February 2011 Self Study Examination, Addressing Bias in the Legal Profession, The Bar Association of San Francisco
Yolanda M. Jackson
Ways to Respond to Bias, and Steps to Recognize and Let Go of Biases
Yolanda M. Jackson
Index to PLI's California MCLE Marathon 2012

Presentation Material

Dealing With Stress and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
Richard P. Carlton, MPH
The Opportunity and Obligation to Eliminate Bias in the Legal Profession
Jean K. Hyams

Co-Chair(s)

Merri A. Baldwin ~ Shareholder, Rogers Joseph O'Donnell, PC

Randall Difuntorum ~ Director, Professional Competence, The State Bar of California

Speaker(s)

Wendy Wen Yun Chang ~ Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Jean K. Hyams ~ Levy Vinick Hyams & Burrell LLP

Yolanda M. Jackson ~ Deputy Director, The Bar Association of San Francisco

Richard P. Carlton, MPH ~ Acting Director, State Bar of California

James E. Towery ~ Rossi, Hamerslough, Reischl and Chuck

Mark L. Tuft ~ Cooper, White & Cooper LLP

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Please Note: The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. PLI programs may qualify for credit based on the requirements outlined in the MCLE Regulations and Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. Rule 45.

*PLI will apply for credit upon request. Louisiana and New Hampshire: PLI will apply for credit upon request for audio-only on-demand web programs.

¹Alabama: Approval of all web based programs is limited to a maximum of 6.0 credits.

²Iowa: The approval is for one year from recorded date. Does not approve of Audio-only On-Demand Webcasts.

³Missouri: On-demand web programs are restricted to six hours of self-study credit per year. Self-study may not be used to satisfy the ethics requirements. Self-study can not be used for carryover credit.

⁴New Hamphsire: The approval is for three years from recorded date.

⁵New Mexico: On-Demand web programs are restricted to 4.0 self-study credits per year.

⁶New York: Newly admitted attorneys may not take non-traditional course formats such as on-demand Web Programs or live Webcasts for CLE credit. Newly admitted attorneys not practicing law in the United States, however, may earn 12 transitional credits in non-traditional formats.

⁷North Carolina: A maximum of 4 credits per reporting period may be earned by participating in on-demand web programs.

⁸Ohio: To confirm that the web program has been approved, please refer to the list of Ohio’s Approved Self Study Activities at http://www.sconet.state.oh.us. Online programs are considered self-study. Ohio attorneys have a 6 credit self-study limit per compliance period. The Ohio CLE Board states that attorneys must have a 100% success rate in clicking on timestamps to receive ANY CLE credit for an online program.

⁹Oklahoma: Up to 6 credits may be earned each year through computer-based or technology-based legal education programs.

¹⁰Pennsylvania: PA attorneys may only receive a maximum of four (4) hours of distance learning credit per compliance period. All distance learning programs must be a minimum of 1 full hour.

¹¹Rhode Island: Audio Only On-Demand Web Programs are not approved for credit. On-Demand Web Programs must have an audio and video component.

¹²Tennessee: The approval is for the calendar year in which the live program was presented.

¹³Virginia: All distance learning courses are to be done in an educational setting, free from distractions.

¹⁴Wisconsin: Ethics credit is not allowed. The ethics portion of the program will be approved for general credit. There is a 10 credit limit for on-demand web programs during every 2-year reporting period. Does not approve of Audio-only On-Demand Webcasts.

Running time and CLE credit hours are not necessarily the same. Please be aware that many states do not permit credit for luncheon and keynote speakers.

If you have already received credit for attending some or the entire program, please be aware that state administrators do not permit you to accrue additional credit for repeat viewing even if an additional credit certificate is subsequently issued.

Note that some states limit the number of credit hours attorneys may claim for online CLE activities, and state rules vary with regard to whether online CLE activities qualify for participatory or self-study credits. For more information, call Customer Service (800) 260-4PLI (4754) or e-mail info@pli.edu.

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If you have already received credit for attending some or the entire program, please be aware that state administrators do not permit you to accrue additional credit for repeat viewing even if an additional credit certificate is subsequently issued. PLI makes every effort to accredit its On-Demand Web Programs and Segments. Please check the CLE Calculator above for CLE information specific to your state. On-Demand Web Programs and Segments are approved in: Alabama¹, Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois , Iowa², Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri³, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire⁴, New Jersey, New Mexico⁵, New York⁶, North Carolina⁷, North Dakota, Ohio⁸, Oklahoma⁹, Oregon, Pennsylvania¹⁰, Rhode Island¹¹, South Carolina, Tennessee¹², Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia¹³, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin¹⁴ and Wyoming. Iowa, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin DO NOT approve Audio Only On-Demand Web Programs. Minnesota approves live webcasts ONLY Please Note: The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. PLI programs may qualify for credit based on the requirements outlined in the MCLE Regulations and Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. Rule 45. *PLI will apply for credit upon request. Louisiana and New Hampshire: PLI will apply for credit upon request for audio-only on-demand web programs. ¹Alabama: Approval of all web based programs is limited to a maximum of 6.0 credits. ²Iowa: The approval is for one year from recorded date. Does not approve of Audio-only On-Demand Webcasts. ³Missouri: On-demand web programs are restricted to six hours of self-study credit per year. Self-study may not be used to satisfy the ethics requirements. Self-study can not be used for carryover credit. ⁴New Hamphsire: The approval is for three years from recorded date. ⁵New Mexico: On-Demand web programs are restricted to 4.0 self-study credits per year. ⁶New York: Newly admitted attorneys may not take non-traditional course formats such as on-demand Web Programs or live Webcasts for CLE credit. Newly admitted attorneys not practicing law in the United States, however, may earn 12 transitional credits in non-traditional formats. ⁷North Carolina: A maximum of 4 credits per reporting period may be earned by participating in on-demand web programs. ⁸Ohio: To confirm that the web program has been approved, please refer to the list of Ohio’s Approved Self Study Activities at http://www.sconet.state.oh.us. Online programs are considered self-study. Ohio attorneys have a 6 credit self-study limit per compliance period. The Ohio CLE Board states that attorneys must have a 100% success rate in clicking on timestamps to receive ANY CLE credit for an online program. ⁹Oklahoma: Up to 6 credits may be earned each year through computer-based or technology-based legal education programs. ¹⁰Pennsylvania: PA attorneys may only receive a maximum of four (4) hours of distance learning credit per compliance period. All distance learning programs must be a minimum of 1 full hour. ¹¹Rhode Island: Audio Only On-Demand Web Programs are not approved for credit. On-Demand Web Programs must have an audio and video component. ¹²Tennessee: The approval is for the calendar year in which the live program was presented. ¹³Virginia: All distance learning courses are to be done in an educational setting, free from distractions. ¹⁴Wisconsin: Ethics credit is not allowed. The ethics portion of the program will be approved for general credit. There is a 10 credit limit for on-demand web programs during every 2-year reporting period. Does not approve of Audio-only On-Demand Webcasts. Running time and CLE credit hours are not necessarily the same. Please be aware that many states do not permit credit for luncheon and keynote speakers. If you have already received credit for attending some or the entire program, please be aware that state administrators do not permit you to accrue additional credit for repeat viewing even if an additional credit certificate is subsequently issued. Note that some states limit the number of credit hours attorneys may claim for online CLE activities, and state rules vary with regard to whether online CLE activities qualify for participatory or self-study credits. For more information, call Customer Service (800) 260-4PLI (4754) or e-mail info@pli.edu. 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