Why you should attend
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
You can access the live webcast from your home or office computer and still receive participatory credit. Or, you can schedule a groupcast in your office to make the MCLE required subjects credit available to all your attorneys facing the deadline. If you need more credits to meet your 25-hour total by the deadline, go to www.pli.edu for a full list of upcoming live and On-Demand web programs. Both live and On-Demand web programs qualify for participatory MCLE credit.
What you will learn
- How to overcome new challenges in protecting privilege and confidentiality
- Strategies to resolve conflicting ethical responsibilities of various jurisdictions
- Master recent developments in the law governing attorneys
- Techniques to recognize and deal with stress & substance abuse in the legal profession
- Opportunities to eliminate bias in the legal profession
Who should attend
All attorneys licensed to practice law in California, and particularly those whose last names begin with a letter from A through G should attend. Receive all the required subject MCLE credit that you need in just one day!
Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
9:00 Program Overview
Merri A. Baldwin (Moderator); Wendy Wen Yun Chang, Randall Difuntorum, James E. Towery, Mark L. Tuft
9:15 Protecting Privilege and Confidentiality: New Challenges
The duty of confidentiality is a fundamental cornerstone of the fiduciary duties lawyers owe their clients. The attorney-client privilege serves that duty by protecting confidences against those outside the attorney-client relationship. Through hypotheticals and audience participation, the panel will examine recent cases in which courts have construed the attorney-client privilege, including cases concerning waiver of the privilege through production of documents. We will also look at issues arising from the inadvertent or unauthorized production of privileged information and the steps in-house and outside counsel can take both to preserve the confidentiality of their own privileged information and guard against breaching ethical rules when receiving privileged information belonging to other parties.
Merri A. Baldwin (Moderator); Wendy Wen Yun Chang, Randall Difuntorum, James E. Towery, Mark L. Tuft
10:30 Networking Break
10:45 New Frontiers: Lawyers’ Conflicting Ethical Responsibilities Across Different Borders
Legal ethics rules differ significantly across different jurisdictions, including states, federal agencies, and of course countries, particularly in the area of conflict of interest rules, attorney fees, advertising and confidentiality. These differences can pose significant problems for in-house and outside lawyers involved in cross-border practice, as well as for courts and bar regulators. Currently, California rules govern California lawyers wherever conduct occurs, as well as non-California lawyers engaged in conduct in the state. The Model Rules, by contrast, apply choice of law principles to apply the law of the place in which conduct occurred or had its “predominant effect.” Technology, lawyer mobility and the reality of cross-border law firms create the possibility of competing obligations that can leave lawyers in an uncertain ethical position. The panel will address a series of hypotheticals demonstrating the potential for conflicting standards, and will discuss possible ways to resolve these situations under both the current rules and the proposed California rules.
Merri A. Baldwin (Moderator); Wendy Wen Yun Chang, Randall Difuntorum, James E. Towery, Mark L. Tuft
12:15 Networking Break
12:30 Recent Developments in the Law Governing Attorneys
The panel will survey the latest cases, rules, statutes and ethics opinions affecting the practice of law in California, including recent developments in disqualification, attorney fee issues, conflicts of interest, professional liability, and advocacy and representation. The panel will also discuss proposed changes to the ethics rules at a national level and the status of the State Bar's proposed amendments to the California rules of professional conduct. This segment will also provide an opportunity for the audience to stump the panel with questions the audience will be encouraged to submit during the program.
Merri A. Baldwin (Moderator); Wendy Wen Yun Chang, Randall Difuntorum, James E. Towery, Mark L. Tuft
1:30 Lunch Break
Afternoon Session: 2:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
2:45 Dealing With Stress and Substance Abuse in the Legal Profession
This presentation will examine stress, depression, substance abuse and other personal challenges commonly faced by today`s legal professionals. The presentation will also identify resources available to help lawyers address these problems, including the Lawyer Assistance Program at the State Bar of California.
Richard P. Carlton
3:45 Networking Break
4:00 The Opportunity and Obligation to Eliminate Bias in the Legal Profession
From courtrooms to law firms, attorneys are confronted with the opportunity and obligation to eliminate bias in the profession. Panelists will address the status of diversity in the legal profession and judiciary; professional obligations to clients, parties, witnesses, colleagues and the Courts to avoid and eliminate bias; mechanisms for raising concerns of discrimination or bias; and best practices for increasing diversity and countering bias.
Jean K. Hyams, Yolanda Jackson
5:00 Adjourn
Co-Chair(s)
Speaker(s)
Program Attorney(s)
John M. Mola ~ Director of California Operations, Practising Law Institute
San Francisco Seminar Location
PLI California Center, 685 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105. (415) 498-2800.
San Francisco Hotel Accommodations
The Palace Hotel, 2 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94105. Call (800) 917-7456 seven days a week from 6:00 am to 12:00 am (PDT) and mention you are attending this program at Practising Law Institute to receive the preferred rate. For online reservations, go to www.sfpalace.com/pli to receive the preferred rate.
Due to high demand we recommend reserving hotel rooms as early as possible.
PLI's live programs are approved in all states that require mandatory continuing legal education for attorneys, except Arizona. Please be sure to check with your state for details.
Please check the CLE Calculator above each product description for CLE information specific to your state.
Special Note: In New York, newly admitted attorneys may receive CLE credit only for attendance at "transitional" programs during their first two years of admission to the Bar. Non-traditional course formats such as on-demand web programs or recorded items, are not acceptable for CLE credit. Experienced attorneys may choose to attend and receive CLE credit for either a transitional course or for one geared to experienced attorneys. All product types, including on-demand web programs and recorded items, are approved for experienced attorneys.
Please note: The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement.
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.
Credit will be granted only to the individual on record as the purchaser unless alternative arrangements (prearranged groupcast) are made in advance.