NJSBA Family Law Section

Good afternoon Family Law Section members,

On Thursday, June 24, NJICLE will present Webcast- Sean Carter on Ethics: Be on Your Best Behavior from 12 to 4:45 p.m.

Sean Carter is back - with an all-new 4-part webinar, designed to fully satisfy your New York and New Jersey MCLE ethics obligations including your diversity requirement.

Earn 4.0 ethics credits the fun way – listen to attend Sean Carter's laugh packed program via webinar, in the comfort of your home or office. Our program features vignettes that will teach you how to do the right thing all time.

FEATURING
Sean Carter
Sean Carter graduated from Harvard Law School in 1992. His ten years of legal practice focused on corporate securities and mergers and acquisitions. During this time, he represented such clients as GNC, Experian, The Boston Beer Company Homeside Lending, Safelite Auto Glass, J. Crew and many others. Most recently, he served as in-house counsel to a publicly-traded finance company.
In 2002, Mr. Carter left the practice of law to pursue a career as the country's foremost Humorist at Law. Since then, Mr. Carter has crisscrossed the country delivering comedic professional educational seminars for more than 400 organizations in more than 40 states. He is also the author of the first-ever comedic legal treatise -- If It Does Not Fit, Must You Acquit?: Your Humorous Guide to the Law.

PROGRAM AGENDA
12:00 Introduction
12:05 Don't be an Outlaw-The Ethical Imperative to Follow the Law
Lawyers must not only have a fundamental understanding of the law, but also, a fundamental commitment to abiding by it. And while the necessity to avoid committing major felonies is obvious to everyone, some lawyers forget about the necessity to follow the "little laws" as well. In this eye-opening webinar, legal humorist Sean Carter will recount the tales of past Ethy Award nominees (those who were recognized the best of the worst ethics violations). These lawyers learned, albeit too late, that if you do even a minor crime, you will do the disciplinary time an Outlaw: The Ethical Imperative to Follow the Law

1:10 Break
1:15 From Competence to Excellence-The Ethical Imperative for Excellent Client Service
The very first rule of the ethics canon calls for lawyers to provide competent representation to clients. Yet, mere competence isn't enough to satisfy our ethical obligations to our clients. We must instead strive for excellence. In this unique webinar, noted legal humorist Sean Carter will highlight the need for excellence in client service and demonstrate the consequences of mediocrity by recounting the sagas of past Ethy Award nominees -- lawyers who earned CLE infamy for the failure to provide excellent client service.
2:25 Break
2:30 May It Displease the Court-Keeping Your Head (and Law License) in Court
In this hilarious webinar, legal humorist Sean Carter reviews some of the most outrageous breaches of lawyer decorum in recent years. In doing so, he will address the underlying reasons for lawyers to act out in this manner and provide tips to prevent losing control of our emotions (and our law licenses).

3:35 Break
3:45 I THINK, THEREFORE I AM … BIASED: How Implicit Biases Manifest in the Legal Profession
The human brain is wired to recognize patterns and make generalizations, even those based on faulty or incomplete information. And contrary to popular opinion, lawyers are human as well and therefore, we are just as susceptible to forming biases and acting upon them. And it does not require that we harbor ill will or animus towards other people. In fact, most often, our biases are not even our own, but rather those that have been taught to us.
In this eye-opening presentation, the presenter will use videos to show lawyers just how easy it is to form these biases, how they manifest themselves in the way we treat clients, colleagues and opposing parties, and most importantly, how we can reduce the effect of these biases by recognizing and compensating for them.

4:45 Adjourn

CLE Credits:
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 5.2 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 4.0 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism. and 1.2 qualify as hours of credit for diversity and inclusion
NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 5.2 credits (50 minute hour), including 4.0 ethics/professionalism and 1.2 diversity and inclusion credit.
PA CLE: 4.0 ethics credits pending ($16 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program)
NY CLE (nt): 4.0 ethics credits and 1.0 diversity and inclusion credits

The general tuition is $179.

Click here to register for Webcast- Sean Carter on Ethics: Be on Your Best Behavior!

For questions or to register by phone, please contact an association representative at 732-214-8500, or by email at [email protected].

All the best,
Barb

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Barbara Straczynski
Director of New Media and Promotions
New Jersey State Bar Association
New Brunswick NJ
(732) 937-7524
[email protected]
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