Pennsylvania Live CLE Bundle 2024-2025

Even for attorneys with no interest in practicing trusts and estates law, knowing the basics of this area adds tremendous value to their lives, their clients’ lives, and to their friends and family. Unfortunately, this is the area of law that will impact everyone in one way or another, whether as an attorney or as an individual.

This course will cover topics such as the differences between wills and trusts, why clients may want or have them, and what probate is and why it is often disliked. Participants will learn the tax implications (and what is expected in terms of changes in the next few years) of passing away (and a primer on how different the tri-state area alone is in its tax treatment). Important areas of discussion will also include other documents and considerations that comprise an estate plan, as well as how a well-drafted plan protects clients’ families and ensures their legacy. Attendees will be given a brief introduction to advanced planning. Finally, probate differs between states, so attorneys will learn the differences between NY vs. NJ; Tax Cliff in NY, Estate Tax in CT.

This program is targeted to new attorneys; either still deciding on where to focus their practice or who practice in other areas and would benefit from more of a working knowledge, and/or would like to be prepared for the call from friends, family, or past clients who need some guidance. This will introduce attendees to the core concepts and resources to understand some of the more complex areas in greater detail. This is a legal skill and a life skill!

Learning Objectives:

1. Assess why estate plans are needed. 
2. Explore what estate taxes are and how they impact planning.
3. Examine the Holistic Estate Plan.
4. Recognize the role of advanced planning.

The opportunity to learn about the seldom-explored area of sports law, combat sports law, is an excellent opportunity for an attorney, even if they do not practice in this field. This course provides attorneys with a unique opportunity to explore the specialized and often overlooked field of combat sports law. Whether or not you currently practice in this field, understanding the regulatory landscape of professional combat sports such as boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) can enhance your legal expertise.

Attendees will gain a comprehensive overview of the procedural frameworks for challenging disciplinary actions and navigating the appeals process within these sports. The course will also highlight current trends and developments shaping the legal environment in combat sports.

Legal practitioners who handle or wish to expand their knowledge of the regulatory and disciplinary aspects of combat sports, as well as the dynamic and complex realm of sports law, will find this program especially valuable.

Learning Objectives:

1. Review the basics behind the regulatory and legal procedures of some of the world’s professional combat sports.
2. Consider where to look and what to think about when faced with an athlete in certain combat sports who has a rules and regulatory issue arise in the course of their career or during a particular bout or competition. 
3. Explore basic pointers to advise the agents and managers of athletes in certain combat sports as to how to handle rules and regulatory issues that may arise regarding their athletes.
4. Assess ways to educate athlete clients in various sports about how to avoid and mitigate certain violations of their chosen combat sport’s rules and regulations.
5. Examine exceptionally niche areas of sports law that help create a more well-rounded sports law practitioner.
6. Identify when the Court of Arbitration for Sport, or other judicial or quasi-judicial bodies, may or may not be available for an appeal in combat sports.

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Central Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mountain Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Pacific Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Alaska Time: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 6:00 AM - 8:00 AM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Monday, June 22, 2026
Monday, June 29, 2026
Monday, July 6, 2026
Monday, July 20, 2026
Monday, August 3, 2026

The "big picture" challenges to legal ethics principles posed by advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related high-technology advances require consideration from attorneys. Stephan Hawking, the leading physicist of the latter 20th and early 21st centuries, predicted (until his death in 2018) that "artificial intelligence" would be mankind's "last invention." How near or far into the future is such a fate awaiting humanity? Will he be proven right, or will human intelligence (HI) manage to prevent such an apocalypse? How long will AI's "childhood" last? Can humans (or will humans) identify evolutionary changes warranting countermeasures so they don't become irreversible revolutionary changes for the worse rather than the better? Do not ethical duties of the legal profession necessarily include continuing vigilance regarding such technological changes to enable us to protect and preserve the tools (such as attorney-client confidentiality and privilege) needed for the legal profession to continue performing our most important mission: to protect liberty writ large?

Attendees will cover topics such as how AI was viewed in the past, how it has evolved in the present, and possible future implications. The types of AI and their classifications will be discussed. Participants will learn how the judiciary has treated AI and current questions and issues related to AI usage in the legal profession.

The format of this program combines the lecture method with the Socratic method, fostering extensive interactive participation and critical analysis of a broad range of issues relevant to the seminar's subject matter. This approach goes beyond merely chronological descriptions of specific topics and subtopics. In other words, the content of each workshop (and the order and extent of emphasis upon particular topics and subtopics) will be substantially influenced by the nature and extent of interactive participation regarding specific aspects thereof. Depending on the number of participants in a particular seminar, the format typically results in most, if not all, participants engaging in conversational-style, interactive discussions and analyses of specific topics during the seminar, and also permits interruptions, questions, challenges, and other contributions throughout the seminar. Think of collegially enjoyable and enlightening round-table discussions. It's a form of learning that involves thinking while interactively participating, rather than learning solely by listening (the latter of which is the lecture method).

This program is designed for any lawyer who understands: (a) that the very nature of the constitutional form of government is to protect the good of liberty from the evil of tyranny, (b) that, therefore, the primary mission of our profession is to protect liberty writ large within the bounds of the rule of law [in contrast to the rule of men (mankind)], and (c) that protecting such good from such evil requires our profession to be disciplined by understanding essential principles of science in seeking to prevent the latter from destroying the former.

Learning Objectives:

1. Refresh what should be every lawyer's common knowledge of unique aspects of the legal profession in contrast to all other professions, occupations, etc.: It's the effect of the Constitution's (and each state constitution's) vesting of "the judicial power" of the sovereign in its "Supreme Court" and its thereby incorporation of the evolutionary nature of the judiciary's common law inherent judicial power (i.e., sui generis power) to define, prescribe, and enforce educational, moral, ethical and civil standards for the practice of law and the status of lawyers as officers of the courts.
2. Understand that common law inherent judicial power (sui generis power) in an adversarial system created under common law, the supreme court of the sovereign (i.e., the U.S. Supreme Court and each state supreme court) creates structural and functional tools for the administration of justice – i.e., rules of evidence, burdens of proof, procedural rules, definitions of the practice of law, regulatory control over the conduct of attorneys, and the nature and scope of attorney-client confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, and attorney work-product. 
3. Examine how the judiciary generally encourages lawyers to utilize modern devices, programs, applications, and procedures, and in some contexts specifically requires the utilization of particular devices, programs, applications, and procedures while also requiring lawyers to utilize them in ways that comport with duties imposed by the judiciary upon lawyers.
4. Explore how lawyers' uses of AI and similar or related programs, applications and procedures intrinsically undermine the extent of privacy necessary for proper utilization of particular tools (such as attorney-client confidentiality, attorney-client privilege, and attorney work-product), and such undermining of privacy a fortiori interferes with, or jeopardizes, lawyers' abilities to utilize them in ways that comport with duties imposed by the judiciary upon lawyers. This creates a conundrum. 
5. Evaluate the significance of such a conundrum where privacy is undermined; lawyers must have sufficient scientific literacy to recognize the contexts in which technology can undermine or even negate efforts by lawyers to satisfy the legal and ethical duties imposed upon them by the judicial branch as "officers of the courts." 
6. Assess how the nature and ubiquity of technological threats to lawyers' ethical duties are such that efforts by individual lawyers to counter or negate such threats cannot succeed without overt and comprehensive regulatory measures by the courts to provide constitutionally effective countermeasures against such threats.

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Central Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Mountain Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Pacific Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Alaska Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Monday, June 15, 2026
Monday, June 22, 2026
Monday, June 29, 2026
Monday, July 6, 2026
Monday, July 13, 2026

Probate horror stories aren’t just dramatic tales; they are real-life legal disasters with serious consequences. From rogue executors to ambiguous wills and family conflicts fueled by careless drafting, probate missteps can lead to costly delays, emotional turmoil, and prolonged litigation. Attorneys must take a proactive approach to minimize these risks and protect their clients' interests.

This program explores how probate proceedings can unravel and how effective, strategic drafting can prevent chaos before it begins. Through analysis of real-world cases where probate went awry, attendees will gain actionable insights and practical tools to strengthen their estate planning and drafting techniques.

Designed for both attorneys new to estate practice and seasoned professionals looking to refine their approach, this seminar offers essential strategies to navigate the complexities of wills, trusts, and probate with confidence.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify common legal issues that arise when probate is mismanaged or poorly planned.
2. Discuss real-life cases of probate litigation to understand causative drafting errors.
3. Become familiar with drafting strategies to mitigate fiduciary risk and prevent family disputes.
4. Evaluate using clear and enforceable language in wills and trusts to reduce the likelihood of court intervention.
5. Recognize warning signs of potential future litigation during the estate planning phase.
6. Review legal ethics, specifically those related to wills and estates.

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Central Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Mountain Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Pacific Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Alaska Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Tuesday, October 6, 2026