Annual Symposium on Legal Malpractice & Ethics

Annual Symposium on Legal Malpractice & Ethics

 

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You are cordially invited to the
Twenty-Third Annual Symposium
on Legal Malpractice & Ethics

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2024
8 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. CT
BEXAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE
DOUBLE HEIGHT COURTROOM
100 DOLOROSA
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78205

    Symposium Agenda:
  • 8:00 AM to 8:15 AM — Registration and Breakfast
  • 8:15 AM to 8:30 AM — Malpractice & Ethics Editor in Chief Ms. Alyssa Boggs Introduction, Welcoming Remarks by Dean Patricia Roberts, and Invocation by Deacon Jack Nichols
  • 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM — J. Nick Badgerow, The Ethical Lawyer: Beyond the Rules
  • 9:30 AM to 10:15 AM — Sudarsanan Sivakumar & Marshall Maina, "Zealous" Professional Ethics: The Transcendence of Natural Law, Legal Positivism, and the Ethical Stage in the U.S. Legal Ethics System and the Moral Dilemma that Surround Zealous Representation
  • 10:15 AM to 11:00 AM — Thomas N. Bulleit, Rumpole and the Dissatisfied Client: Lessons on Justice from Four Case Studies in Client Objectives v. Lawyer Means
  • 11:00 AM to 11:10 AM — Break
  • 11:10 AM to 11:55 AM — Dr. Benjamin Rigney, Restoring the Public’s Faith: Character Education and the Supreme Court
  • 11:55 AM to 12:10 PM — Lunch is Served
  • 12:10 PM to 12:55 PM — Featured Lunchtime Speaker: Professor Vincent Johnson, Artificial Intelligence and Legal Malpractice Liability
  • 12:55 PM to 1:05 PM — Break and Lunch Clean Up
  • 1:05 PM to 2:05 PM — Lewis Kinard, Robert Denby, & Amy Bresnen, Texas Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda Discuss Recent Developments in Texas Ethics Rules
  • 2:05 PM to 2:50 PM — Professor Debra Moss Vollweiler, Legal Malpractice in Florida: An Empirical Study
  • 2:50 PM to 3:00 PM — Break
  • 3:00 PM to 3:55 PM — Professor Michael Ariens, What's Ethics Got to Do With It
  • 3:55 PM to 4:00 PM — Closing Remarks

Please register for our event at the link provided here.

  • Attorneys $100 Early Registration (Nov. 2023–Jan. 25 2024)
  • Attorneys $165 Regular Registration (January 26, 2024)
  • Government Employees and Non-Attorneys $70
  • St. Mary's University School of Law Faculty and Staff Gratis
  • St. Mary's University School of Law Students Gratis

6.5 CLE participatory hours and 6.5 CLE ethics hours will be included.