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Webinar: Stoic Lessons for Ethical Success

October 21 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

1 Participatory MCLE Credits

Ancient Stoic philosophy offers lawyers a timeless roadmap for ethical practice under pressure. This program connects Stoic principles—wisdom in judgment, courage under adversity, justice toward others, and temperance in conduct—to modern professional responsibility challenges. Professional legal educator, Stuart Teicher, Esq. (known as The CLE Performer) demonstrates how Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca’s teachings translate into practical tools for navigating conflicts of interest, client communication, and maintaining competence. Stoicism isn’t about suppressing emotion—it’s about cultivating character that withstands any challenge while serving clients and the profession with integrity.

Learning Objectives:

  • Apply the Stoic dichotomy of control to distinguish between controllable ethical choices and external outcomes in client matters, reinforcing duties under RPC 1.1 (Competence) and RPC 1.3 (Diligence)
  • Implement the virtue of justice—fairness and duty to others—when navigating conflicts of interest and confidentiality obligations under RPC 1.7 (Conflict of Interest) and RPC 1.6 (Confidentiality)
  • Cultivate temperance and self-discipline to avoid the excesses that lead to violations of RPC 8.4 (Misconduct), maintaining balanced judgment in high-pressure situations

Speakers: Stuart I. Teicher

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Non-Member Price
$75

Member Price
$55

Stuart I. Teicher, Esq. is a professional legal educator who focuses on ethics law and writing instruction.   A practicing attorney for nearly 3 decades, Stuart’s career is now dedicated to helping fellow attorneys survive the practice of law and thrive in the profession.   Mr. Teicher teaches seminars, provides in-house training to law firms and legal departments, provides CLE instruction at law firm client events, and also gives keynote speeches at conventions and association meetings.
 
Stuart helps attorneys get better at what they do (and enjoy the process) through his entertaining and educational CLE Performances.  He speaks, teaches, and writes— Thomson Reuters published his book entitled, Navigating the Legal Ethics of Social Media and Technology.

For well over a decade Mr. Teicher was a Supreme Court appointee to the New Jersey District Ethics Committee where he investigated and prosecuted grievances filed against attorneys.  Mr. Teicher continues to work with the New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics as a Supreme Court appointee to the Fee Arbitration Committee. Mr. Teicher is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law where he teaches Professional Responsibility, and he is an adjunct professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick where he teaches undergraduate writing courses.

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