Virginia Live CLE Bundle 2021

Gender bias in the workplace creates an environment of inequality, missed opportunities, and negative morale. Whether these biases are conscious or unconscious, they can affect hiring, promotions, and interactions among leadership and employees. Overcoming these biases can lead to more inclusive and productive working environments.

In this program, attendees will learn how to identify gender bias within themselves and others. Attendees will also study the ways gender bias impacts the profession both collectively and individually. Perhaps most importantly, participants in this session will learn how to overcome such biases and create more inclusive environments. Other topics include hiring, pay disparity, leadership, caregivers, and harassment.

Attorneys and legal professionals who are interested in learning how inclusive working environments can benefit their practice and the profession are encouraged to attend. This program is designed for all attorneys in all practice areas.

Learning Objectives:

• Classify and describe examples of gender bias in the legal field.
• Recognize and label the impact of gender bias. 
• Identify and recognize strategies for addressing gender bias. 
• Design and construct policies that promote inclusivity. 
• Explore and examine the ethical implications of gender bias and promoting inclusive environments. 
• Examine and analyze the advantages of inclusivity.

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Central Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Mountain Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Pacific Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Alaska Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026

The rise of the internet, social media, and digital communication platforms has profoundly transformed the landscape of defamation law. This program offers attorneys a clear and in-depth introduction to the foundational principles of defamation as they apply to both private individuals and public figures, while also addressing the nuanced legal standards that distinguish the two.

This program will provide attendees with insight into the evolving challenges posed by modern forms of communication, including issues related to the credibility of online content, First Amendment protections, and the complexities of preserving digital evidence. The course also examines current trends and emerging developments in defamation litigation, providing practical guidance for navigating this dynamic area of law.

Designed for attorneys seeking a deeper understanding of defamation law, this program balances core legal principles with real-world considerations relevant to today’s digital environment.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explain the foundational principles of defamation law. 
2. Distinguish the unique challenges that come with litigating a defamation case involving electronic communications. 
3. Compare and contrast historical definitions and modern interpretations of public figures.
4. Recognize issues of credibility in electronic communications. 
5. Analyze the First Amendment Protections. 
6. Identify methodologies for preserving evidence in defamation cases.

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Central Time: 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Mountain Time: 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Pacific Time: 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Alaska Time: 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 5:30 AM - 6:30 AM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Attorneys should attend this program to learn how to assess the shifting boundaries of the executive branch's prerogative power as presidents exercise legislative and judicial authority through various means, including executive orders, proclamations, memoranda, executive agreements, signing statements, pardons, vetoes, and national security directives.

Attendees will learn how to classify and assess the Constitutionality of executive privilege by past, present, and future presidential administrations. Historical antecedents, along with recent executive actions and resulting litigation, will provide the primary basis for the analysis.

Attorneys with any level of experience seeking to better understand whether executive prerogative power and “presidential leverage” are an encroachment upon legislative and judicial constitutional powers or inherent in the penumbra of constitutional powers vested in the executive branch are encouraged to attend. This question is explored via concrete examples of presidential actions and associated case law.

Learning Objectives:

1. Engage in a historical review of different theories of presidential power from Abraham Lincoln through Franklin D. Roosevelt.
2. Evaluate the perceived modern trend toward Unitary Executive Theory from post-World War II to the second Trump Administration.
3. Evaluate the efficacy of the federal judiciary and Congress as checks on the exercise of presidential prerogative powers via case law and ongoing litigation.
4. Assess direct presidential prerogative powers that have been most commonly exercised by modern presidents since Ronald Reagan, including executive orders as strategic policy tools to achieve desired results via concrete examples.
5. Illustrate the indirect powers of the executive branch to achieve desired outcomes via presidential leverage, such as the paralysis by analysis via Presidential Commissions, veto warnings, executive signing statements, and agenda removal to encourage defunding/dismantling government programs inimical to the president’s agenda.
6. Delineate the potential advantages and disadvantages of executive overreach given the scope of the president’s enumerated Article II powers.

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Central Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Mountain Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Pacific Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Alaska Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Friday, January 23, 2026
Friday, February 13, 2026
Friday, March 6, 2026
Friday, March 27, 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026

Over fifty lawsuits related to artificial intelligence have been filed worldwide, with a myriad of issues at play. This course provides an overview of these suits, their comparative aspects, and the emerging themes among them. Legal practitioners working in or interested in art law will gain insight into national and international issues regarding AI, art, and the law.

Attendees will learn about complementary and contradictory rulings and policies in the U.S. and abroad in places such as China and the United Kingdom. Focus will also be given to the legal practitioner’s duties and responsibilities regarding the ethical use of generative AI tools in daily practice.

This course is designed for attorneys seeking an introduction to AI issues, both nationally and internationally, in the fields of art and law.

Learning Objectives:

1. Explore legal issues involving AI internationally. 
2. Examine legal issues involving AI in the U.S.
3. Review AI legal issues that are on Appeal in the U.S.
4. Assess the intersection of generative AI and ethics.

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Central Time: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Mountain Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Pacific Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Alaska Time: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Friday, January 9, 2026
Friday, January 16, 2026
Friday, January 23, 2026
Friday, January 30, 2026
Friday, February 6, 2026