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CLE Bundle 6 Pack / Required Subjects Specialty Pack 2013

(6 hr needed – 4 hr Ethics, 1 hr Elim. Of Bias, 1 hr Substance Abuse)

Ethics: All You Need to Know

LACBA’s Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee will present its 8th annual ethics seminar on Saturday, December 3, 2011. This seminar gives participants both the opportunity to learn about important ethics issues that have a direct impact on the practice of law from the top practitioners in the field and acquire 4 hours of ethics MCLE at the same time.

The first segment reviews the important ethics highlights of the past year from the courts, legislature, and statewide ethics committees. Panelists John Amberg and Jon Rewinski have presented this popular talk for the past seven years. Next, the Rules of Professional Conduct have always been a trap for the unwary. Joan Mack and Robert Sall discuss the relationship between these rules and legal malpractice.

Conflicts of interest are a critical part of the practice of law – they often present problems to attorneys when talking to prospective clients, and opportunities to opposing counsel who use disqualification motions to distract the other side. Mark Hansen and Robert Kehr will lead this discussion.

Finally, David Brandon and Richard Burdge, Jr. will speak on attorney's fees from the retainer agreements, to their reasonableness, to the obligation to return unearned fees, and to fee arbitration when the client and attorney have a dispute about whether the fees are owed or have been earned.

Preventing Substance Abuse and Eliminating Bias

This two-hour program will provide an opportunity to learn about two important areas of concern in the legal profession, prevention of substance abuse and elimination of bias. The two presentations will give you a head start on fulfilling your New Year’s resolutions to improve the legal profession, and they’re presented just in time to fulfill one hour of hard-to-get MCLE credit for Prevention of Substance Abuse and Elimination of Bias.

Presentation 1: Why are Lawyers so Unhappy?

Speaker: Dr. Alex Y. Yufik

This presentation will focus on substance abuse and mental illness in the legal profession, as well as conditions which may result in an attorney's reduced ability to function psychologically, socially, occupationally or interpersonally. In addition, coping strategies and treatment solutions will also be discussed.

Dr. Alex Yufik is a Board Certified Forensic Psychologist and a licensed attorney. He obtained his law degree from Villanova University School of Law and his doctorate in clinical psychology from George Washington University in D.C. Dr. Yufik is employed by the State Bar of California as a Case Management Supervisor at the Lawyers Assistance Program, where he supervises other clinicians in the program and conducts evaluations of attorneys who require monitored recovery and treatment for substance abuse and/or mental illness. He also assists the State Bar Court and Office of Chief Trial Counsel regarding attorneys who face disciplinary proceedings and have mental health problems.

In his private practice, Dr. Yufik sees patients, conducts forensic evaluations in criminal and civil cases such as, competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, sex offender evaluations, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and psychological injury.

Presentation 2: Discrimination Based on Sexual and Gender Identity
Speaker: Mia Frances Yamamoto

This presentation will focus on State and Federal Anti-Discrimination Statutes; Human Relations: Hiring, firing, advancement and restroom accommodations for transgender persons; Transgender students and schools; Transgender persons and police courts and prisons; Transgender records, status and identity.

Mia Frances Yamamoto (formerly Michael F. Yamamoto) was named Criminal Defense Attorney of the Year by the Los Angeles County Bar Association and one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in California by the California Daily Journal. This well-known UCLA School of Law alum has tried over 150 jury trials, including 2 death penalty trials. In addition to being a noted criminal defender, she is also an influential community advocate, a Court TV commentator, winner of various lifetime achievement awards, including the 2008 ABA Spirit of Excellence Award, and a mentor to many in the legal profession who have made local and global impacts in criminal defense, human rights, and diversity.




 
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  • 011515 - Ethics: All You Need to Know (Audio CD)
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    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit, including Ethics credit - 4

    Product Name: Ethics: All You Need to Know

    Product Description:
    LACBA’s Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee will present its 8th annual ethics seminar on Saturday, December 3, 2011. This seminar gives participants both the opportunity to learn about important ethics issues that have a direct impact on the practice of law from the top practitioners in the field and acquire 4 hours of ethics MCLE at the same time.

    The first segment reviews the important ethics highlights of the past year from the courts, legislature, and statewide ethics committees. Panelists John Amberg and Jon Rewinski have presented this popular talk for the past seven years.

    Next, the Rules of Professional Conduct have always been a trap for the unwary. Joan Mack and Robert Sall discuss the relationship between these rules and legal malpractice.

    Conflicts of interest are a critical part of the practice of law – they often present problems to attorneys when talking to prospective clients, and opportunities to opposing counsel who use disqualification motions to distract the other side. Mark Hansen and Robert Kehr will lead this discussion.

    Finally, David Brandon and Richard Burdge, Jr. will speak on attorney's fees from the retainer agreements, to their reasonableness, to the obligation to return unearned fees, and to fee arbitration when the client and attorney have a dispute about whether the fees are owed or have been earned.


    Program Schedule

    8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

    9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Review of ethics highlights of 2011
    Panelists : John Amberg of Bryan Cave and Jon Rewinski of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell.

    10:00-11:00 a.m. The relationship between the Rules of Professional Conduct and legal malpractice.
    Panelists: Joan Mack of Caldwell Leslie & Proctor and Robert Sall of the The Sall Law Firm.

    11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Break

    11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Conflicts of interest from writing disclosure letters to disqualification motions.
    Panelists: Mark Hansen of Seyfarth Shaw and Robert Kehr of Kehr Schiff & Crane.

    12:15-1:15 p.m. Attorney’s fees from the retainer agreement to fee arbitration.
    Panelists: David Brandon of Morris Polich & Purdy and Richard Burdge, Jr. of The Burdge Firm.




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  • 011561 - Preventing Substance Abuse and Eliminating Bias (Audio CD)
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    Product #: 011561

    Product Format: Audio CD

    Credits:

    • General CLE Credit, including Elimination of Bias - 1
    • General CLE Credit, including Substance Abuse Credit - 1

    Product Name: Preventing Substance Abuse and Eliminating Bias

    Product Description:
    This two-hour program will provide an opportunity to learn about two important areas of concern in the legal profession, prevention of substance abuse and elimination of bias. The two presentations will give you a head start on fulfilling your New Year’s resolutions to improve the legal profession, and they’re presented just in time to fulfill one hour of hard-to-get MCLE credit for Prevention of Substance Abuse and Elimination of Bias.

    Presentation 1: Why are Lawyers so Unhappy?
    Speaker: Dr. Alex Y. Yufik

    This presentation will focus on substance abuse and mental illness in the legal profession, as well as conditions which may result in an attorney's reduced ability to function psychologically, socially, occupationally or interpersonally. In addition, coping strategies and treatment solutions will also be discussed.

    Dr. Alex Yufik is a Board Certified Forensic Psychologist and a licensed attorney. He obtained his law degree from Villanova University School of Law and his doctorate in clinical psychology from George Washington University in D.C. Dr. Yufik is employed by the State Bar of California as a Case Management Supervisor at the Lawyers Assistance Program, where he supervises other clinicians in the program and conducts evaluations of attorneys who require monitored recovery and treatment for substance abuse and/or mental illness. He also assists the State Bar Court and Office of Chief Trial Counsel regarding attorneys who face disciplinary proceedings and have mental health problems.

    In his private practice, Dr. Yufik sees patients, conducts forensic evaluations in criminal and civil cases such as, competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, sex offender evaluations, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and psychological injury.

    Presentation 2: Discrimination Based on Sexual and Gender Identity
    Speaker: Mia Frances Yamamoto

    This presentation will focus on State and Federal Anti-Discrimination Statutes; Human Relations: Hiring, firing, advancement and restroom accommodations for transgender persons; Transgender students and schools; Transgender persons and police courts and prisons; Transgender records, status and identity.

    Mia Frances Yamamoto (formerly Michael F. Yamamoto) was named Criminal Defense Attorney of the Year by the Los Angeles County Bar Association and one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in California by the California Daily Journal. This well-known UCLA School of Law alum has tried over 150 jury trials, including 2 death penalty trials. In addition to being a noted criminal defender, she is also an influential community advocate, a Court TV commentator, winner of various lifetime achievement awards, including the 2008 ABA Spirit of Excellence Award, and a mentor to many in the legal profession who have made local and global impacts in criminal defense, human rights, and diversity.




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