Symposium On-Demand: 22nd Annual Symposium on Legal Malpractice & Ethics

Were you unable to join us live & in-person for the 22nd Annual Symposium on Legal Malpractice & Ethics? For the first time, the St. Mary's Law Journal is offering the 2023 Ethics Symposium On-Demand. Watch the video recordings of the event at your leisure, follow along with the digital learning materials, and self-report your CLE hours.

With distinguished speakers from the trenches and academia, the 22nd Annual Symposium on Legal Malpractice & Ethics features topics to keep practitioners informed on professional responsibility issues relevant in practicing law today.

On-Demand registered participants will receive 6.0 CLE credit hours including 6.0 hours in ethics by self-reporting to their state bar (see information below on how to self-report CLE hours).

- Attorney Registration $100

- Government Employees and Non-Attorneys $70

- St. Mary's University School of Law Faculty and Staff Gratis

- St. Mary's University School of Law Students Gratis

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FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Michael S. Ariens

Aloysius A. Leopold Professor of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law

The Lawyer’s Conscience: A History of American Lawyer Ethics

David Caudill

Professor of Law, Villanova University School of Law

Law and its Limits: Ethical Issues in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or, the Modern Prometheus

Jan L. Jacobowitz

Founder & Owner of Legal Ethics Advisor; Adjunct Professor, University of Miami School of Law

Unauthorized Practice or Untenable Prohibitions: Refining and Redefining UPL

Peter Jarvis

Of Counsel, Holland & Knight LLP

Unauthorized Practice or Untenable Prohibitions: Refining and Redefining UPL

Vincent R. Johnson

South Texas Distinguished Professor of Law, St. Mary’s University School of Law; Member, Texas Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda

Legal Ethics Reform in Texas

Nathan Moelker

Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Alabama

Conduct Relating to the Practice of Law: ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) and its History in the Light of the Constitution

The Honorable Gerald S. Reamey

City of Shavano Park Municipal Court Judge; Professor of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law

The Lawyer as Dream Enabler

Sarah Schmitz

Dean's Fellow, University of Kansas School of Law

To Write or Not To Write: The Ethics of Judicial Writings and Publishing

Russell Stetler

Former National Mitigation Coordinator at Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project (FDPRCP); Current expert consultant on the investigation & presentation of mitigation evidence in death penalty cases

Mitigation Reports in Capital Cases: Legal and Ethical Issues

Michele Struffolino

Nova Southeastern University College of Law, Professor of Law

Can They Handle the Truth? Teaching Law Students Ethics during a Time of a Societal and Generational Divide

W. Bradley Wendel

Edwin H. Woodruff Professor of Law, Cornell Law School

Mitigation Reports in Capital Cases: Legal and Ethical Issues

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How to Self-Report CLE Hours:

Texas Attorneys can self-report all 6.0 CLE participatory hours which includes 6.0 ethics hours. More information on how to self report your hours can be found here.

If you are out of state and would like to register for the on-demand offering, contact us at lawjournal@stmarytx.edu to request a certificate of attendance upon completion of the on-demand course.

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Questions?

Please contact St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice and Ethics at jlegalmalethics@stmarytx.edu or call the Journal's Editor in Chief, Ms. Julia Tillman at 936-827-4400.