ACBA Virtual MCLE Compliance Countdown

Conventional approaches to ethics programs tend to focus on the usual suspects: puffing vs. lying, lying by omission vs. lying by commission, etc.  Join JAMS neutrals Hon. David I. Brown (Ret.) and Stephen Sulmeyer, J.D., Ph.D. for a refreshingly different program on ethical dilemmas presented by emotional and psychological aspects of dispute resolution. This program will teach you how to increase your comfort level with the emotional and psychological dimensions of disputes and help you recognize and resolve ethical dilemmas that frequently lurk beneath the legal arguments.  The program will include an update on recent revisions to the Code of Professional Conduct important ethics opinions, and significant case law.

In this program, ethics expert Neil Wertlieb and State Bar-certified Legal Malpractice Law specialist Natalie Vance will discuss the following topics, among others: Who is the client when representing an entity and what are best practices with respect to individual stakeholders?; challenges in multijurisdictional practice, including remote work and unauthorized practice of law issues; accepting alternative forms of payment, including crypto; considerations when representing cannabis industry clients; a proposal to include civility as part of the California Rules of Professional Conduct; the appearance and role of ethics rules in civil litigation; and what happens in a State Bar Complaint. Mediator/Arbitrator Phillip Neiman will moderate their discussion.

• Phillip Neiman, Esq., FCIArb | JAMS
• Natalie Vance | Klinedinst PC
• Neil Wertlieb | Wertlieb Law Corp