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Seminar Title: A Five-Star Buffet of Recent Ethics and Professionalism Issues
Instructor: Dr. William D. Brown
2012 Seminar offered via live toll-free conference call 1-3pm ET (unless otherwise noted):
Dec 26, Dec 30 (4-6pm)
Description:
Is law a profession, business or both? Should non-lawyer ownership of law firms be permitted? Other salient legal ethics issues of 2011 include law schools paying firms to allow graduates to “test drive” a slot at a firm; the effect of the deluge of cases on public defenders; shifts in lawsuit funding, and the seemingly increasing lack of professionalism and consequences on law practice. Finally, would former President Nixon have been better served if the current rule on confidentiality rather than that of 1972 had been in effect? Explore why John Dean thinks so, comparing confidentiality rules of 1972 to 2011.
Credit Hours: 2 CLE Hours (Ethics, Professionalism)
Accreditation:
AL, AR, CA, CO, DE, IN, KS, MS, NC, NJ, NM, NV, NY, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA, WI: 2 hrs ethics
GA, OH: 1 hr ethics/1 hr professionalism
IA: 1 hr ethics/ 1 hr general
MO, WV: 2.4 hours ethics
OK: 2.5 hours ethics
TN: 2 hrs dual
VT: 1 hr ethics/1 hr general
NJ: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 2 hours of total CLE ethics credit.
This program has been accredited by the Law Society of Upper Canada for 2 Professionalism Hours and 2 New Member CPD Hours.
Materials: Cases, opinions, and articles relating to seminar topic, plus appropriate correlating selections from –
The Ethics of Legal Ethics (Vol. I)
William D. Brown, Ph.D.
Washington: The Wayne Smith Company, 1995
Board of Directors – Lapdog or Watchdog?
William D. Brown, Ph.D.
Leesburg, VA: Wycliff Publishers, 2007
Dissemination: Materials sent via e-mail
Seminar Content:
1.00 hr. The business or profession of law?
PREAMBLE & ABA MR 5.4:Professional Independence of a Lawyer
Law schools paying the piper for recent grads
Are public defenders too inundated with cases?
Exploring some of the more dangerous practice areas
1.00 hr. Shifting control to law access
Shifts in lawsuit funding
ABA MR 8.4:MISCONDUCT
Lawyers sanctioned in fen-phen case debacle
Role professionalism plays in law access
A Lawyer’s Creed – “To my clients, I offer” and the application on a large scale
John Dean on sparing Nixon – compare DR 4-101 with MR 1.6
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2.00 hrs. = Total CLE Credit (2 hrs. - Legal Ethics and Professionalism)
Presenter:
William D. Brown, Ph.D.
mailto:wdb@trtcle.com
Education
Ph.D. - Florida State University
M.Th. - Texas Christian University
B.D. - Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University
B.A. - Lynchburg College
Positions
Chairman and presenter, TRT, Inc. (1990 - present)
President, The Ethics Institute (1992 - present)
Private Practice (Clinical Psychology) (1970 - present)
Academic Appointments
Chair, Dept. of Family Psychology and Community Development, University of Maryland Department Head, Dept. of Child Development & Family Relations, and Associate Professor, Human Factors Research Laboratory, Colorado State University
Professor of Family Life, Stephens College
Psychology Instructor, United States Armed Forces Institute
Publishing/Writing
Brown, William D. Board of Directors – Corporate Governance Lapdog or Watchdog?, Leesburg, VA: Wycliff Publishers, 2007
__________________ The Ethics of Legal Ethics (Vol. 1), Washington: The Wayne Smith Company, 1995
__________________ The Right Thing: ethics inaction/ethics in action, Washington: The Wayne Smith Company, 1991
__________________ Welcome Stress! It Can Help You be Your Best, Minneapolis: CompCare Publishing Co., 1983
__________________ Families Under Stress, Washington: Prentice Hall (Brady Division), 1977
__________________ “A Social-Psychological Conceptual Framework of the Family,” (Chapter VIII) in Emerging Conceptual Frameworks in Family Analysis, F. Ivan Nye and Felix M. Berardo (eds.) New York: The Macmillan Company, 1966
Affiliations
American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility
American Psychological Association
Potpourri
Married to Nett Brown
Two children
Seven grandchildren
Veteran, United States Navy (Submarines)
