ethics cle from emerald education
The Ethics of Excellence
Why Ethical Rules & Rhetoric Often Mismatch with Reality -
And What Can Attorneys Do to Help Close this Gap More Often
The day's four sessions will include:
- ATTORNEY DUTIES TO ASPIRE
plus Ethical Issues in Aggressive Tax Advice
and Second Thoughts & Smell Tests
Reinforce your Intuition to Avoid Ethical Temptation
- ETHICS AT THE SPEED OF LAW plus JANE FONDA, J.D.?
Every Attorney's Duty to Promote the Causes of the
Defenseless - Global Justice, "Jubilee",
War Crimes, Outsourcing & Other Hard Cases
- DARWIN ON TRIAL?
plus The Bork/Black(mun) Conundrum &
Ethics For A Wired World
- THE ETHICS OF PROSECUTION
Why Must You Care If Convicted Criminals are
Treated Harshly by the Police, Press,
Courts and/or Other Prisoners?
plus
PRIVACY, SECRECY & SECURITY
- in a post 9/11 world
Bell Harbor Conference Center - Seattle, WA
Tuesday, Dec 21, 2004
7:30 am - 5:00 pm
» recording available
| The Ethics of Excellence
Why Ethical Rules & Rhetoric Often Mismatch with Reality And What Can Attorneys Do to Help Close this Gap More Often | ||
| Professor Kenneth Himma AM Chair (present all day)
The Honorable John Coughenour PM Chair Michael King AM Questioner King & Himma PM Questioners -- featuring -- Andrew Benjamin, Aaron Caplan, Seth Cooper, Anne Bremner, Aaron Caplan, John Drescher, Stephen Feldman, Thomas Hillier, Douglas Klunder, Jim Murray, James J. Na, Jeanette Petersen, Bert Sacks, David Skover, Joseph Shaub, Scott Schumacher, Gary Swearingen, Eldon Vail, Jeffrey Van Duzer Dec 21, 2004 (Tuesday) Bell Harbor Conference Center - Seattle, WA | ||
| 8.0 credits (8.0 ethics) WSBA #131365 | ||
| 7:30 am | Check In & Registration
Continental Breakfast available | |
| 7:55 am | Welcome/Introductions
John Rapp | |
Program | ||
| -- Session #1 -- | ||
| 8:00 am | ATTORNEY DUTIES TO ASPIRE
General Review of Pertinent RPCs, the Attorney's Oath & Other Sources of Duty to Non-Clients Everywhere Professor Kenneth Einar Himma Seattle Pacific University
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| 8:15 am | ETHICS & STRATEGY
Ethical Issues in Aggressive Tax (& Other) Advice Professor Scott Schumacher University of Washington School of Law | |
| 9:00 am | GUT FEELINGS, SECOND THOUGHTS & SMELL TESTS
How to Reinforce your Power to Use Emotion & Intuition to Avoid Ethical Temptations In Law. | |
| 10:00 am | Break | |
| -- Session #2 -- | ||
| 10:15 am | ETHICS AT THE SPEED OF LAW
Some Observations & Proven Stratagems Dean Jeffrey Van Duzer, Seattle Pacific University | |
| 10:45 am | JANE FONDA, J.D.?
How Broad is Every Attorney's Sworn Ethical Duty to Promote the Causes of the Defeseless & Oppressed Everywhere? Global Justice, "Jubilee", War Crimes, Outsourcing & Other Hard Cases John Drescher Discovery Institute
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| 12:15 pm | Lunch (on your own) | |
| -- Session #3 -- | ||
| 1:00 pm | DARWIN ON TRIAL?
Why Every Ethical Attorney Should Support the Teaching of All Sides of the Evolution Controversy Seth Cooper Discovery Institute
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| 1:45 pm | THE BORK/BLACK(MUN) CONUNDRUM
When/Can a Smart Judge's Views be so Extreme that an Ethical Attorney Should Oppose Their Selection? Doug Klunder
| 2:30 pm | ETHICS FOR A WIRED WORLD
How Private Should We Strive to Remain? Themes & Principles Toward a General Theory of Personal Privacy Prof. Ken Himma |
| 3:00 pm | Break | |
| -- Session #4 -- | ||
| 3:15 pm | THE ETHICS OF PRIVACY, SECRECY & SECURITY
What Legitimate Sacrifices Does The Post-9/11 World Require - and How Should the Bar Respond? Douglas Klunder
| 4:15 pm | THE ETHICS OF PROSECUTION
Why Must You Care If Convicted Criminals are Treated Harshly by the Police, Press, Courts and/or Other Prisoners? Anne Bremner
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| 5:15 pm | Adjourn | |
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