When your clients are facing life-changing consequences, the ethical stakes skyrocket along with the emotional pressure - and that's when even seasoned attorneys can feel the heat! Professional legal educator Stuart Teicher, Esq. (known as The CLE Performer) serves up a practical, step-by-step tutorial for navigating complex ethical decisions when your client's freedom, fortune, or future hangs in the balance. You'll learn a systematic approach to identify relevant rules, analyze competing obligations, and make sound ethical choices when the weight of your client's world is on your shoulders. From criminal defense to high-stakes corporate deals, custody battles to bankruptcy proceedings, this program equips you with the tools and frameworks to keep your ethical standards rock-solid when client pressure reaches a boiling point and everyone's counting on you to get it right. Read more
When your clients are facing life-changing consequences, the ethical stakes skyrocket along with the emotional pressure - and that's when even seasoned attorneys can feel the heat! Professional legal educator Stuart Teicher, Esq. (known as The CLE Performer) serves up a practical, step-by-step tutorial for navigating complex ethical decisions when your client's freedom, fortune, or future hangs in the balance. You'll learn a systematic approach to identify relevant rules, analyze competing obligations, and make sound ethical choices when the weight of your client's world is on your shoulders. From criminal defense to high-stakes corporate deals, custody battles to bankruptcy proceedings, this program equips you with the tools and frameworks to keep your ethical standards rock-solid when client pressure reaches a boiling point and everyone's counting on you to get it right. Read more
1 Participatory MCLE Credits Taylor Swift’s songs aren’t just artistic masterpieces, they are ethics masterpieces too! Join the CLE Performer Stuart Teicher as he reviews select lyrics from Taylor’s songs and shows how they illustrate lessons from the Rules of Professional Conduct. And yes, this is different from Stuart’s OTHER Taylor Swift program. Songs (and lessons) include: “I did something bad” and the prohibition on assisting in a client fraud - Rule 1.2(d) “Blank Space” and how even the messiest… Read more
College mascots represent their schools with pride, loyalty, and unwavering standards - qualities every attorney should embody. Professional legal educator Stuart Teicher, Esq. (known as The CLE Performer) reveals how these iconic figures demonstrate core principles of legal ethics. From the tiger's protective instincts to the eagle's soaring integrity, mascots show us what it means to represent something bigger than yourself while maintaining consistent character both in the spotlight and behind the scenes. Read more
Country music tells the stories of real people making tough choices - just like the ethical dilemmas attorneys face every day. Professional legal educator Stuart Teicher, Esq. (known as The CLE Performer) uses classic country songs to explore the rules of professional conduct in a way that's both memorable and practical. From Dolly Parton’s superior skills to Johnny Cash's redemption stories, to the lessons from today’s country pop, you'll discover how the themes in country music mirror the ethical challenges lawyers encounter with clients, courts, and colleagues. This program transforms dry ethics rules into relatable lessons using the storytelling power of country music, helping you remember key principles when real ethical dilemmas hit your practice like a freight train. Read more
For years, legal ethics reformers have tried to soften zealous advocacy, pushing civility, professionalism, and "reasonable" representation. They failed. And they should fail. Because when the system crushes people, lawyers are the last line of defense. In this frank discussion, Stuart Teicher, Esq., the CLE Performer, talks about the history of the concept of zealous advocacy, explains the rules that form the boundary of proper lawyer behavior, and dismantles the myth that diluting aggressive representation is progress. Read more
Only the CLE performer, Stuart Teicher, can weave together three seemingly unrelated things into a coherent explanation of the rules on conflicts. You’ve got to see it to believe it. Join Stuart as he explains how: Read more