Session 1: Office Management Session 2: Avoiding Malpractice, Discipline and Other Trouble Run a thriving law practice with no ethical missteps. Whether you are a new or experienced attorney, this program gives you the essential tools to run a professional and successful law practice. A panel featuring a practitioner and counsel from the Office of Bar Counsel review the expectations and rules governing the ethical and responsible practice of law in Massachusetts. You learn the standards that represent the best traditions and highest aspirations of the legal profession as well as the best practices and procedures to make money while avoiding ethical mistakes. Take advantage of this opportunity to raise your practice to the next level of professional excellence.

Session 3: Fees Session 4: Conflicts Run a thriving law practice with no ethical missteps. Whether you are a new or experienced attorney, this program gives you the essential tools to run a professional and successful law practice. A panel featuring a practitioner and counsel from the Office of Bar Counsel review the expectations and rules governing the ethical and responsible practice of law in Massachusetts. You learn the standards that represent the best traditions and highest aspirations of the legal profession as well as the best practices and procedures to make money while avoiding ethical mistakes. Take advantage of this opportunity to raise your practice to the next level of professional excellence.

Session 5: Advertising, Marketing and Social Media Session 6: Preserving Your Mental Health Run a thriving law practice with no ethical missteps. Whether you are a new or experienced attorney, this program gives you the essential tools to run a professional and successful law practice. A panel featuring a practitioner and counsel from the Office of Bar Counsel review the expectations and rules governing the ethical and responsible practice of law in Massachusetts. You learn the standards that represent the best traditions and highest aspirations of the legal profession as well as the best practices and procedures to make money while avoiding ethical mistakes. Take advantage of this opportunity to raise your practice to the next level of professional excellence.

Litigators often encounter ethical challenges when communicating with clients, opposing counsel, or the court. Given the daily high-pressure environment that litigators face, it’s easy to make mistakes or become caught in ethical dilemmas. Protect your integrity by learning to recognize and avoid both common and uncommon ethical pitfalls, ensuring full compliance with the rules of professional responsibility in your practice.

At some point, every lawyer will make a mistake – and then will have to decide what to do about it. Whether sending an email to the wrong person or missing an important filing deadline, it can happen at any point in handling a client’s matter. Even a misrepresentation or misstatement to the court, opposing counsel, or other interested party could require disclosure. Sometimes these mistakes are harmless, but other times they can be of significant consequence. But the real trouble may lie with our defensive instincts – when, in a moment of panic about that error, we make a poor decision that unintentionally escalates the situation. What exactly must or should a lawyer report when a mistake is made? Can you continue to represent the client affected by that error? Is it okay to attempt to fix the problem or hire someone else to? This webcast will explore the applicable model rules of professional conduct and how to ethically and practically respond to legal or procedural mistakes.

The legal profession is facing an escalating crisis of alcoholism, substance use and mental health disorders. If you know a colleague who is struggling, staying silent can enable these issues, as well as expose your firm to liability. However, approaching a fellow lawyer in distress requires careful consideration and tact, as defensiveness and denial are common responses. Certain approaches yield greater results than others. You need to be equipped with actionable steps to provide the necessary support needed before the situation worsens.

Session 2: Ethical Issues in Representing Employers and Plan Sponsors If you provide legal counsel and guidance on plan administration for any employer sponsoring an employee benefit plan -- particularly 501(c)(3) and governmental employers -- you don’t want to miss this annual virtual program. Designed for those handling plans for medium and large employers, this premier event promises invaluable insights from 14 invited representatives from the IRS and Department of Labor, plus expert practitioners, ERISA litigators, and in-house counsel. Join us online for a comprehensive exploration of plan provisions, human resources considerations, employment agreements, and plan operations. With a small investment of your time, you’ll stay current on the most recent regulations, court opinions, and best practices in this area. Register now and be fully prepared to navigate both critical developments and future challenges with confidence, and bring value to your clients with your elevated expertise!

Want to get updated on the hottest issues in legal ethics, but only have an hour to spare? This lively and substantive webcast offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of a wide variety of ethics issues impacting lawyers in all practice areas and work settings. It highlights current developments, provides real-world examples, and delivers up-to-date advice on how courts and disciplinary authorities are interpreting and applying the rules of professional conduct in claims against attorneys.

Session 12: Ethical Dilemmas for Estate and Business Counsel Join us for this annual program! Get the business and tax planning solutions you need to build enduring family business succession plans. Improve your clients' chances of achieving long term generational wealth. Approximately 30% of all family-owned businesses pass to a second generation, with only 12% reaching a third. Less than 5% see a fourth-generation or more. Many family business owners aspire to see their enterprises thrive for generations but often overlook the critical planning required. Others lack the expertise to integrate business and tax decisions into a cohesive succession plan. In these cases, family businesses rely on expert legal counsel for guidance. Prepare yourself with legal resources you’ll need to answer your clients’ questions with this one-of-a-kind course. The legal insights shared by our expert faculty will help you better the odds for your family business or the ones you represent.

Session 10: Ethics and Environmental Law More than just an update on current developments, this singular course brings together cutting-edge issues in water law and examines them in high-level, integrated discussions. A top-flight faculty – including private practitioners, public interest advocates, and senior public officials from federal and state/local regulators and enforcement agencies – provide in-depth legal analyses, policy perspectives, and insights on the challenges environmental attorneys and related professionals in water law are facing today. Be part of the conversation! Join us online for this in-depth course and learn about not only recent programmatic, litigation, and regulatory developments affecting the protection of the nation’s waterways and wetlands, but also the larger, emerging issues that will strongly influence water law and practice in the years to come.