Gain an understanding of the proper ways to engage using technology and the impact of attorney-client interactions.
Attendees of this presentation will garner a wealth of insights crucial for navigating the modern legal landscape, especially in the realm of digital communication via texting. By delving into the privacy implications surrounding texting in professional legal settings, attendees will not only become well-versed in maintaining confidentiality but also adept at handling the technological tools at their disposal with professional etiquette. Through the exploration of real-life case studies, attendees will grasp the tangible consequences and legal precedents associated with texting, enhancing their practical understanding and preparation for similar scenarios. The course aims to foster a robust comprehension of ethical boundaries, particularly focusing on the maintenance of attorney-client privilege amidst digital communication, which is paramount in upholding the integrity of legal practice. A thorough analysis of the legal frameworks governing texting, with an emphasis on the regulatory nuances in California and Massachusetts, will equip attendees with a well-rounded understanding of the legal terrain, enabling them to navigate it with confidence. The presentation also delves into the inherent risks associated with the concurrent personal and professional use of devices, offering pragmatic strategies to mitigate potential pitfalls and ensuring a seamless adaptation to the digital realm. Lastly, by elevating awareness and adherence to the best practices for engaging technology, attendees will be better positioned to reduce the risks of inadvertent disclosure, fostering a culture of professional etiquette and diligence in their practice.
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Overview of Privacy in Digital Communication
- Setting the Stage: Why Is Texting a Double-Edged Sword?
- Privacy Expectations: Bridging the Gap Between Convenience and Confidentiality
Unveiling the Ethical Spectrum
- Unpacking Confidentiality and Attorney-Client Privilege in Digital Realms
- Texting Etiquette: The Professional's Guide to Digital Interaction
Legal Panorama: Privacy Laws and Texting
- Dissecting Relevant Privacy Laws: A Closer Look at California and Massachusetts
- Real-World Scenarios: Legal Precedents and Their Implications
Complications and Risk Management
- Dual-Use Dilemma: Navigating Personal and Professional Use of Devices
- Cybersecurity Awareness: Guarding Against Hacking and Inadvertent Disclosures
Final Reflections
- Recapitulation: Ensuring Adherence to Legal and Ethical Guidelines
- Looking Ahead: Embracing Technology While Upholding Professional Integrity
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This course was last revised on November 28, 2023.
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- AK CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- Alaska attorneys may receive 1.5 hours of continuing legal education, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit for completing this program. Please contact the Alaska Bar Association or go to www.alaskabar.org for details regarding reciprocity with other states.
- AL CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This course or a portion thereof has been approved by the Alabama State Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for a maximum of 1.5 hours' credit, including 1.5 hours of ethics credit.
- AR CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This course has been approved for 1.5 hours of CLE by the Arkansas CLE Board, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- Arizona CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- The Arizona State Bar does not pre-approve or pre-certify MCLE programs. However, records of this program and attendance will be maintained by Lorman Education Services for auditing purposes. This activity may qualify for up to 1.5 hours toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona, including 1.50 hours of professional responsibility.
- CA MCLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5; Technology in the Practice of Law 1.5
- Lorman Business Center, LLC. is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.5 CLE hours of participatory credit, of which includes 1.50 hour(s) of ethics credit and Technology in the Practice of Law for 1.50 hours.
- CT CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- Neither the Connecticut Judicial Branch nor the Commission on Minimum Continuing Legal Education approve or accredit CLE providers or activities. This course has been approved for CLE credit in jurisdictions aside from CT and therefore it automatically meets the content and delivery requirements in Connecticut. Credit is based on a 60 minute credit hour and shall be awarded as follows: 1.5 CLE credit(s) including 1.50 hour(s) of ethics credit.
- FL CLE 2.0 including Technology 2; Ethics 2
- This course has been approved by The Florida Bar for 2.0 hour(s) of CLE credit, including 2.00 hour(s) of ethics credit and 2.00 hour(s) of Technology credit. Course classification: Intermediate level.
- GA CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency for 1.5 CLE hours, including 1.5 ethics hour.
- HI CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program was approved by the Hawaii State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credit hours including 1.50 ethics credit hours.
- IL CLE 1.5 including Legal Ethics 1.5
- This course was approved for a total of 1.5 hours of MCLE Credit by the Illinois MCLE Board.
The Illinois Commission on Professionalism has also approved this course for the following credit: Legal Ethics for 1.50 hours.
- MN CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1
- This program has been approved by the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 hours of credit, including 1.00 hours of ethics credit.
- MO CLE 1.8
- This course qualifies for self-study CLE credit in Missouri.
- MS CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Mississippi Commission on Continuing Legal Education for a maximum of 1.5 credit hours, including 1.5 hours of ethics credit.
- ND CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- North Dakota CLE policy does not allow for pre-approval of any self-study courses. This course may qualify for up to 1.5 hours of CLE credit, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- NH MCLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- NH MCLE does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the NH Minimum CLE requirement. Lorman Education Services believes this Ondemand course meets the requirement of NH Supreme Court Rule 53 and may qualify for 90 minutes of ethics credit.
- NM CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the New Mexico Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 hours of credit, including 1.5 hours of ethics credit.
- NV CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Nevada Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE hours, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- NY CLE 1.5 including Ethics and Professionalism 1.5
- This course has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York Continuing Legal Education Board for up to a maximum of 1.5 credit hours in the area(s) of Ethics and Professionalism for 1.50 hours. Each hour may be counted only as satisfying one category of credit. Duplicate credit for the same hour of instruction is not permitted. This course qualifies for credit for established attorneys only. Lorman Business Center, LLC. has a financial hardship guideline. Please contact customer service at 1.866.352.9539 for instructions on how to apply.
- OH CLE 1.5 including Professional Conduct 1.5
- This course has been approved by the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credit hours, including Professional Conduct for 1.50 hours. Please note: Not more than twelve (12) hours of self-study CLE credit for any biennial reporting period may be earned by an Attorney or Judge under Regulation 409.2. To fulfill CLE requirements for self-study, web-based programs, you must complete 100% of the polling questions during the program. Your hours will be filed electronically within thirty (30) business days by Lorman Education Services provided you fulfilled 100% attendance and polling questions answered.
- PA CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This Distance Learning program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 hours including 1.50 hours of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit.
- RI CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Rhode Island Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for 1.5 hours of CLE credit, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- SC CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the South Carolina Supreme Court Commission on CLE and Specialization for 1.5 hours of mandatory CLE credit, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- UT CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Utah State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE hours, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- VA CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Virginia Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 CLE credit hours, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- VT CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This self-study program has been approved by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board of Vermont for 1.5 hour(s) of CLE credit including 1.50 hour(s) of ethics credit. Please note: Attorneys may only claim 12 credits per compliance period in this format. This course is considered "Non-Moderated Programming without Interactivity".
- WA CLE 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Washington State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 hours of A/V credit, including 1.50 hours of ethics credit.
- WI CLE 1.5
- This program qualifies for 1.5 hour(s) of ondemand CLE through the WI Board of Bar Examiners.
- WV MCLE 1.8 including Ethics 1.8
- This program has been approved by the West Virginia State Bar MCLE Commission for 1.8 MCLE hours, including 1.8 hours of ethics credit.
- NALA 1.5 including Ethics 1.5
- This program is applicable for continuing legal assistant education credit. Please check with your accrediting board to see if this course will qualify towards your recertification requirements.
Program Length: 1.5 hour(s) including 1.50 hour(s) of ethics credit.
To earn each credit Lorman offers through the OnDemand learning platform, you need to watch 100% of the program. Also, for certain credits you will need to fulfill additional requirements which will be displayed on the "credits" tab when viewing the course.
Virginia MCLE requirements do not allow approval for programs that do not include an audio or audiovisual component.
This program was previously offered as a live webinar. Virginia MCLE requirements do not allow approval for attendance at duplicate programs.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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- AK CLE 1.5
- Arizona CLE 1.5
- CA MCLE 1.5
- CT CLE 1.5
- HI CLE 1.5
- ME CLE 1.5
- MO CLE 1.8
- NJ CLE 1.8
- NM CLE 1.5
- NY CLE 1.5 including Areas of Professional Practice 1.5
- VT CLE 1.5
- WA CLE 1.5
- WV MCLE 1.8
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Noel R. Bagwell, III, Esq.
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• Operates ExecutiveLP®, a virtual law firm based in Nashville, Tennessee
• Has won numerous awards, including the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Attorney for Justice award for his pro bono work with veteran entrepreneurs, as well as the Clarksville, TN Mayor’s Certificate (2019) for his contributions to the business community in that city, which, in 2019, Money magazine named the Best Place to Live in America
• Exclusively works with business clients to transform their legal support from a cost center to a profit engine, through ExecutiveLP’s legal operations install service, Profit from Legal™, and ExecutiveLP’s Legal Lifeline and Signet™, outside general counsel services
• Author of How to Structure Your Business for Success, a book of legal guidance for startups interested in putting their new venture on a firm legal foundation; Profit from Legal, an upcoming book structuring legal operations around the use of legal key performance indicators to create the conditions necessary for legal support to generate a posi-tive ROI for businesses; and numerous print and electronic articles for the Nashville Bar Journal and various blogs
• The host of the Profit from Legal Podcast
• J.D. degree, Cumberland School of Law at Samford University; Scholar of Merit: Economic Analysis of Law; B.A. degree in Philosophy, minor in international studies, Austin Peay State University
• Can be contacted at 615-716-0606 (option 5) and [email protected], on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2779139/; LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13936380/; on Twitter: @ExecutiveLP; https://www.twitter.com/ExecutiveLP; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExecutiveLP; or Fa-cebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/profitfromlegal
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