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RUBRIC Audio-Jumbo-Bundle - 8.0 WA AV MCLE (incl. 1.5 ETHICS) - Includes Bush v. Gore 10 Years Later (2.0 / 0.5 ethics), The Future of Gun Control (2.0), From Monkey Trial to Intelligent Design: the Evolution of Religion in the Classroom (1.5), Toil & Trouble: Witch Hunts & the Law (1.5), and 2009 WA Ethics Highlights (1.0 ethics). Recorded CLEs at a great price that won't put you to sleep! Special combined price: $140 -
2010 WA Judicial Highlights: Civil & Ethics (MCLE #272848) - 4.0 WA AV MCLE (incl. 1.0 ETHICS) - Recorded different times (see below) - Starts immediately. While you were busy serving your clients the courts were busy cranking out decisions – including many you need to know about. Is there a stack of unreviewed advance sheets under a pile somewhere in your office? No worries – we’ll present the 2010 Judicial Highlights from the Washington Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals, in a way that is both informative and entertaining.
Entire Course - 4.0 WA AV MCLE (incl. 1.0 Ethics) - Special combined price - $100 -
Part 1 - Arbitration, Litigation & Torts - 1.5 WA AV MCLE - Recorded 1/26/2011 - $50 -
Part 2 - Business, Real Estate, Constitutional & Governmental, Domestic & Related areas - 1.5 WA AV MCLE - Recorded 1/27/2011 - $50 -
Part 3 - Ethics - 1.0 WA AV ETHICS - Recorded 10/27/2011 - $40 -
Bush v. Gore 10 Years Later (MCLE #275173) - 2.0 WA AV MCLE (incl. 0.5 ETHICS) - Recorded 12/22/2010 - Starts immediately. Bush v. Gore ended vote counting and decided a razor-thin American Presidential election on novel and highly activist Equal Protection grounds. But can it be considered a landmark case if ten years later it has yet to be cited by the U.S. Supreme Court? This CLE re-examines how the Supreme Court played the decisive role in choosing the President in 2000, the legal reasoning of the Court, and what the decision means for the rule of law in a Republic. The final half-hour is devoted to a discussion of the judicial ethical issues involved, including duties of independence and recusal. $70 -
The Client-Lawyer Relationship (MCLE #297528) - 1.0 WA AV ETHICS - Recorded 11/09/2011 - Starts immediately. It is no secret that many ethical duties are owed to our clients. But when does a person or entity become the lawyer’s client? Who is the client? What about prospective clients, where the lawyer does not “take the case”? When and how can a lawyer decline or terminate representation? This CLE is intended to address these questions, which are fundamental to proper application of many of the other ethics rules. $50 -
Ethics of Communicating with Jurors (MCLE #274714) - 1.0 WA AV ETHICS - Recorded 12/16/2010 - Starts immediately. Communication with jurors is one of the most important – and most delicate - tasks undertaken by the trial lawyer. In addition to legal constraints, there are ethical constraints on such communication, starting from the moment a lawyer tries to understand prospective jurors, to the courthouse elevator, to formal arguments during trial, to post-discharge juror de-briefing. This one-hour teleconference will make sure that the next time you go to trial you are aware of the applicable RPCs, Court decisions and Ethics Opinions on this important subject. $50 -
Flat Fee Agreements & the RPCs (MCLE #276186) - 1.0 WA AV ETHICS - Recorded 2/10/2011 - Starts immediately. In tough times more clients are demanding value and predictability in the legal fees they pay. There are many articles suggesting the practitioner gains competitive advantage in this market by offering flat-fee billing in the commercial, corporate, and even litigation fields, but they rarely pause to consider the particular ethical issues raised by such agreements. This CLE is intended to help fill that gap. $50 -
From Monkey Trial to Intelligent Design: the Evolution of Religion in the Classroom (MCLE #273704) - 1.5 WA AV MCLE - Recorded 12/6/2010 - Starts immediately. Efforts to maintain government neutrality on religion have repeatedly stumbled on the question of what to teach our children in public school about the origins of humanity and the diversity of life. From the notorious Scopes monkey trial to modern-day trials over the teaching of so-called “intelligent design,” the law has confronted the question of where faith leaves off and science begins. This CLE explores these fascinating and fundamental questions in light of the purpose of the First Amendment Establishment Clause. $60 -
The Future of Gun Control (MCLE #272368) - 2.0 WA AV MCLE - Recorded 11/10/2010 - Starts immediately. The Second Amendment has suddenly sprung to prominence on the strength of two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions: McDonald v. Chicago (2010), and DC v. Heller (2008). Read in combination, Americans now have a fundamental and federally-protected personal right to bear arms in self-defense. But many questions remain, and now we embark on the hard, case-by-case work of determining the scope of that right. Can your neighbor keep a rocket-propelled grenade launcher? Must guns be allowed into the courthouse? Can handguns be banned? What about open carry laws? What are the limits on the newly announced Second Amendment rights? This fascinating CLE will put you in the know on one of the most important and controversial legal issues of our time. $70 -
Toil & Trouble: Witch Hunts & the Law (MCLE #270712) - 1.5 WA AV MCLE - Recorded 10/29/2010 - Starts immediately. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 are such a fertile metaphor for law run amok that if they didn’t exist Arthur Miller would have had to create them. Our Halloween (and any time) treat for all hardworking lawyers is this in-depth examination of witch hunts from Salem to Wenatchee, and the lessons we can learn from them. $60 -
2009 Judicial Highlights - Civil & Ethics (MCLE #270707) - Civil only: 2.0 WA AV MCLE; Ethics only: 1.0 WA AV ETHICS; Combined: 3.0 WA AV MCLE, including 1.0 Ethics - Civil recorded 2/17/2010, STARTS 7:54 minutes:seconds in; Ethics recorded 2/24/2010, STARTS 5:30 minutes:seconds in. While you were busy serving your clients the courts were busy cranking out decisions – including many you need to know about. Is there a stack of unreviewed advance sheets under a pile somewhere in your office? No worries – we’ll present the 2009 Judicial Highlights from the Washington Supreme Court and Courts of Appeals, in a way that is both informative and entertaining. This CLE will survey the key Washington State civil and ethics cases decided in 2009 that made new law, overruled prior precedent, significantly extended existing law, and/or dealt with a subject of substantial public interest.
To purchase CIVIL - $60 -
To purchase ETHICS - $40 -
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