Monthly Archives: February 2017

LA MCLE: Late Louisiana CLE Compliance

The annual compliance requirement is for Louisiana attorneys is 12.5 hours, including 1 hour of ethics and one hour of professionalism. All credit hours should have been earned by December 31, 2016 and reported by January 31, 2017. If you did not get your required Louisiana MCLE completed you have some work to do! Louisiana Late MCLE Deadline March 31 The good…

CA CLE: New Ethics Rules Coming to California

Yes, this time it will really happen.  Over a decade in the works, California is very close to finalizing a new set of ethics rules. The latest three-year rules revision effort is nearly complete and the new Rules of Professional Conduct will soon become a reality for all attorneys in California.  The last step is for the Supreme Court approve the new…

CLE Course: Dealing with Cognitive Bias in Trial from Voir Dire to Deliberations

Fairness is a fundamental tenet of the American judicial system. However, no matter how rational and fair people think they might be, all individuals have cognitive biases that effect their judgement and beliefs. These cognitive biases play out in the courtroom everyday across the country and ultimately influence the behavior and decisions of jurors, witnesses, attorneys and judges. Bias & the Legal…