This program is eligible for 4 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 4.8 hours of CLE credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.
Overview
Two Popular Ethics CLEs. One Fabulous Program.
Why choose between Deal or No Deal: Ethics on Trial and Legally Blonde: Bend, Snap & Ethical Traps when you can have both?
Join The Comedian of Law, Joel Oster, for a unique two-in-one legal ethics experience that combines real-life disciplinary dilemmas with unforgettable lessons from the world of Legally Blonde. This entertaining and thought-provoking program will put your knowledge of professional responsibility to the test while exploring the ethical challenges lawyers face in real life—and on the big screen.
In Deal or No Deal: Ethics on Trial, you’ll match wits with disciplinary authorities as Joel humorously presents the facts behind real attorneys who ran afoul of the Rules of Professional Conduct. You’ll decide whether an attorney should take the disciplinary “deal” or take their chances at trial and face the penalty actually imposed. From inappropriate contact with jurors and lying attorneys to fist fights with judges, inappropriate romantic relationships with clients, substance abuse, and more, these true-to-life scenarios will test your ethical judgment.
Then, it’s time to bend, snap, and examine professional responsibility through the fabulous lens of Legally Blonde. Through Elle Woods’ journey from sorority sweetheart to Harvard Law student and future attorney, we’ll take a closer look at key scenes from the film and explore real-world issues involving conflicts of interest, bias, professionalism, and ethical decision-making in the legal profession.
Two CLE favorites. One program. Plenty of ethical traps. Come test your judgment, revisit the Rules of Professional Conduct, and see legal ethics in a way that is anything but ordinary.
Faculty
Joel L. Oster, Esq.
Joel is a litigator, national speaker, podcaster and stand-up comic. He currently is in private practice specializing in attorney ethics and constitutional law. Being the host of the podcast, DeBriefing the Law, Joel regularly speaks on attorney ethics nationwide on issues relating to attorneys reaching their full protentional in the practice of law. Joel has spoken to numerous bench and bar conferences and as well as other specialized attorney conferences.
Joel has been lead counsel on two cases that ended up at the United States Supreme Court. He was counsel for the town of Greece, New York in the landmark case Galloway v. Greece. Joel argued the case before the United States District Court for the Western District of New York and the Second Circuit, and was part of the legal team presenting the case to the U.S. Supreme Court where they successfully defended the Town against a challenge to its practice of opening its sessions with an invocation. In addition, Joel argued Trinity Lutheran v. Comer before the Western District of Missouri and the Eighth Circuit, before the Supreme Court decided the case in favor of his clients.
Joel has also spoken to thousands of attorneys across the United States and has learned from their successful and unsuccessful legal practices. Joel brings this practical perspective to all his seminars.
Oster earned his J.D. in 1997 from the University of Kansas School of Law. Oster is admitted to the bar in Kansas, Missouri, Florida, and numerous federal courts.
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Representation of Attorneys in Disciplinary Investigations
- City:
- Start Date:2024-01-11 19:00:00
- End Date:2026-01-11 19:00:00
- Length:
- Level:Intermediate
- Topics:Ethics
$199.00 ProPass
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