This seminar focuses on common-sense methodologies for identifying ethical quandaries and formulating ethically appropriate solutions. It includes a number of hypothetical scenarios affording participants interactive participation to sharpen their skills to overcome ethical quandaries.
DVD Supplemental Information
Title: Ethical Quandaries - Problem-Solving Workshop
Instructor: James R. Wrenn, Jr., J.D.
Presenters: James R. Wrenn, Jr., J.D. and William D. Brown, Ph.D.
Description: This seminar focuses on common-sense methodologies for identifying ethical quandaries and formulating ethically appropriate solutions. It includes a number of hypothetical scenarios affording participants interactive participation to sharpen their skills to overcome ethical quandaries.
Credit Hrs: 1 CLE Hour (Ethics, Dual, General) depending upon jurisdiction
*Note - DVD's are not preapproved for CLE. Written materials are provided as a url link on the cover of the DVD. TRT, Inc. does provide documentation following the written materials, for you to submit to your state bar for approval.
Materials: The types of ethical problems most often leading to discipline/malpractice are preventable by common-sense methods, yet despite one's best efforts, there are still others that surface no matter what. The materials of this seminar include suggestions for avoiding the avoidable ones and for solving the un-avoided ones. It also includes hypothetical scenarios affording participants interactive opportunities to sharpen their analytical skills.
Dissemination: DVD
Seminar Content:
.50 hr. A. Avoiding the Avoidable-- Common sense prevention of the kinds of ethical problems that most often result in discipline or malpractice.
B. Historical perspective on disciplinary enforcement and ethical problem-solving.
C. Solving or mitigating unforeseen ethical problems arising despite best efforts to prevent them-- Methodologies.
.50 hr. D. Hypothetical scenarios for interactive participation to sharpen ethical problem-solving skills. References to specific Model Rules are illustrative to show their potential applicability or deficiency as tools for solving particular problems.
01. Difficult Clients -- See ABA Model Rules 2.1 & 3.1.
02. Former Clients-- See ABA Model Rule 1.9.
03. Multiple Clients-- Differing interests-- See ABA Model Rules 1.7, 1.8 & 1.10.
04. Opposing Counsel-- Legitimate tactics or misconduct? -- ABA Model Rules 8.3 & 3.4.
05. Former Firm-- Old Baggage-- ABA Model Rules 1.9 & 1.10.
06. Crime/Fraud Issues-- See ABA Model Rule 4.1
07. Moral/Ethical Issues-- Divergence or Convergence? See ABA Model Rules 2.1, 3.1 & 3.3.
08. Terms of Engagement-- Economic limitations or problems-- See ABA Model Rules 1.16, 3.1, 3.3 & 3.4..
F. Appendix: Includes particular ABA Model Rules, which are also available on-line at http://www.abanet.org/cpr/mrpc/mrpc_toc.html.
1.0 hr. = Total CLE Credit
Presenter:
James R. Wrenn, Jr., J.D.
jwrenn@wrennlaw.com
Education
J.D. - University of Virginia Law School (1971)
B.A. - (History) University of Richmond (1968)
Bar Membership
Virginia State Bar: Member since 1972
Admission to Practice
Virginia Supreme Court & all inferior courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia
US District Courts for Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Positions
Virginia State Bar Counsel (1976-1977)
Virginia State Bar Special Counsel (1972-1976)
Private Practice since 1977
Academic Appointments
Adjunct Instructor on Legal Ethics, University of Richmond Law School (1978-1980)
Adjunct Professor, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University (1975-1977)
Publishing/Writing/Lecturing
Author/Lecturer (pro bono) for seminars and publications by pro-bono CLE organizations and bar associations (continually since 1975)
Author/Lecturer VLR Seminars (1986-1975) Recent Case-Law; Professional Responsibility Issues
Editor of Virginia Law Reports (VLR) (formerly VRR) (private reporting service for appellate case-law in Virginia) (1981-1995)
Affiliations
President, National Organization of Bar Counsel (NOBC) 1976
Virginia Sate Bar (participation on various committees not listed)
Potpourri
Major Fields of Interest: Lawyer discipline, legal ethics, reinstatement, judicial ethics, Judicial Inquiry & Review, Commission matters, expert-witness issues
Presenter:
William D. Brown, Ph.D.
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.
President, The Ethics Institute
Private Practice (Clinical Psychology)
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
Instructor (Psychology), United States Armed Forces Institute
Publishing/Writing
Board of Directors – 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
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)
