The Legal Ethics Curse

Lawyers, the legal profession, law firms, and even legal ethics scholars are facing rapidly developing events and meteoric developments that threaten to upend the assumptions of law practice, and possibly worse. Bedrock assumptions about what constitutes ethical practice are being challenged. Technology and the reactions to the pandemic have exposed deep anachronisms in what have been regarded as settled legal ethics principles. This makes it a frightening time to be a lawyer and a challenging time to be an ethical lawyer.

This program examines critical practice challenges that the Rules of Professional Conduct do not adequately address, and in some cases, not at all. From recent legal developments to the date of the seminar, and from festering legal ethics dilemmas that lie lurking in the shadows, “The Legal Ethics Curse” will challenge, engage, and even frighten attendees. This is an intense, multidisciplinary, hypothesis-based program. Attendees will leave with new tools to address legal ethics problems when they arise, and will be prepared to prevent them from arising in the first place.

This course is designed for attorneys across all disciplines, regardless of experience, who are interested in the evolving landscape of legal ethics.

Learning Objectives:

1. Review Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
2. Evaluate the context, application, and limitations of the ethics rules, with an emphasis on the varying rules across jurisdictions and the risks of non-compliance.
3. Identify when legal ethics issues arise and address them.
4. Gain legal ethics problem-solving skills by examining complex legal ethics problems.
5. Explore recent legal developments and legal ethics dilemmas.
6. Anticipate the legal ethics issues likely to arise in 2026.

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Central Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Mountain Time: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Pacific Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Alaska Time: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Thursday, February 26, 2026
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Thursday, June 25, 2026