Course Ideas

We have many courses under development. Here are a few course topic ideas:

National Diversity/Inclusion CLE Samples (All areas and sub-areas are potential CLE topics)

  • Challenging implicit biases;

  • Advancing Minorities/Women in the profession;

  • The meaning of Diversity and Inclusion;

  • Embracing Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession;

  • Making the business case for Diversity and Inclusion in your organization;

  • Tips for improving Diversity and Inclusion in the legal profession;

  • Restructuring organization policies to encourage retention;

  • Mentoring relationships between majority and minority attorneys;

  • Client-initiated efforts to increase diversity of lawyers;

  • Positive Steps to Increase Gender Diversity and Eliminate Bias in the Legal Profession;

  • Overcoming and Eliminating Age Bias against both Younger and Older Lawyers;

  • Leadership, Diversity, and Inclusion: Uncovering the Talent in Your Team;

  • The Metrics of Diversity Initiatives: How Can We Measure Progress;

  • Changing Workplace Culture: Creating LGBT Inclusive Workplaces;

  • Diversity and the US Supreme Court;

  • What is meant by diversity and inclusion;

  • History of Diversity of the US court system, Appellate Courts and US Supreme Court;

  • How to build the business case for Diversity and Inclusion in your law firm;

  • Best practices for lawyers and law firms to improving Diversity and Inclusion in the legal profession;

  • Breaking Through Bias: Communication Techniques for Minorities/Women to Succeed;

  • Breaking Through Bias: eliminating the stereotypes about Minorities/Women;

  • Culturally Competent Lawyering; Understanding of how cultural differences between lawyers impacts the representation of a client;

  • Getting Behind and In Front of Implicit Bias in the Workplace Category: Government & Legislative Law, Online Content, Diversity and Inclusion;

  • Ways implicit bias can affect our communications and actions in the workplace;

  • Explore ways to ‘interrupt’ bias and improve the workplace environment;

  • Understanding, Identifying and Overcoming Different Types of Bias in the Leg

  • Identifying Implicit Bias and Unconscious Bias in the Work Place.

Attorney Mental Health/Substance Abuse Topics

  • Substance Abuse Identification;

  • Recognizing and Reducing Substance Abuse;

  • Practicing Wellness: Skills Beyond the Status Quo;

  • Relaxation/focus techniques;

  • Availability of wellness technology/apps;

  • Reducing Stress for Mental Health;

  • How to quiet the racing mind, and how to use breathing to relax and focus;

  • The workspace can create major issues which influence personal health and wellness, how to address these issues;

Attorney Civility Topics

  • Incivility in the Workplace;

  • Difficult people are everywhere, however how to handle them in the legal profession;

  • The legal field can be a very stressful work setting; adding a hostile person in the work environment can make it feel impossible to cope;

  • Understanding the psychological, physical, and emotional impact of dealing with difficult people at work while simultaneously providing helpful skill sets to manage individual experiences;

  • provide concrete and action steps that will help attorneys feel more empowered and in control;

  • How dealing with a difficult person at work creates problems in life;

  • How to stop doing actions which create more problems in dealing with a difficult person;

  • Different skills in managing internal thoughts and feelings about difficult people at work;

Professionalism Topics

  • The relationship between legal practice and technology;

  • Motion and trial practice, deposition training, negotiation strategies, settlement simulations, mediation;

  • Effective legal research techniques;

  • Law practice management;

  • Client communication and client relations;

  • Techniques to address the misuse and abuse of discovery and litigation;

  • Billable hours and responsible fees;

  • Pro bono training;

  • Negotiation Success Series;

  • Fundamentals of Effective Client Communication;

  • Settings & Customizations for Lawyers Using Android;

  • Hands-On: Create Charts for Your Cases in Microsoft Excel;

  • The Art & Science of Criminal Defense: Expert Advice to Sharpen Your Skills;

Legal Ethics Topics

  • Legal ethics courses usually address the Rules, Opinions and Caselaw interpreting and apply ethics decisions to attorneys.

  • The Rules of Professional Conduct establish minimal ethical standards that every lawyer must comply with in order to promote the highest standards of the legal profession;

  • Conflict between duty to client and duty to the system of justice or to the public good;

  • Conflict between duty to client and duty to opposing attorney;

  • Attorney’s responsibilities as an officer of the legal system;

  • Spotting and avoiding malpractice;

  • Other duties and responsibilities articulated in the Rules of Professional Conduct;

  • I Could Get Away with an Ethics Violation, But SHOULD I Do It;

  • Let’s Get Technical: Digital Security Ethics for Law Firms;

  • From a Different Perspective: The Ethical Challenge Presented by Social Media Metadata;

  • Conflicts of Interest: A Practical Legal Ethics Guide;

  • Ethics of Going Into Business With Clients;