New Jersey (NJ) Ethics CLE Course Catalog

You’re leaving your firm, but what do you need to know before you go? This panel will discuss what to do and what not to do to make sure you meet your ethical obligations to your clients and your old firm, while avoiding problems for you and your new firm.

This panel will share technology tips, best practices internally and with clients. Also included will be ethical considerations of technology in a practice.

You’ve heard all the stereotypes about New Jersey? Well, some are true, and some not so much. But you might be surprised by how the myths, realities, and Hollywood fictions about the Garden State teach valuable ethics lessons to lawyers. Join the CLE Performer, Stuart Teicher, Esq., as he explains how his home state illustrates critical ethic lessons for lawyers. Topics include: The value of keeping your mouth shut (Rule 1.6). Communicating with clients safely (Rule 1.4), and more.

With the scale of change witnessed in 2020 from businesses battling the pandemic, to exploring the increasing importance of ESG, diversity and inclusion, the world of compliance, ethics and culture is likely to undergo much change in the coming years, which should be for the better. In this session, we will explore these emerging trends and how they link to the role of General Counsel in the "new normal".

The automation of data collection, coupled with highly sophisticated tools for analyzing and processing data in real time, is radically changing the way we do business. This topic has prompted considerable debate, both philosophical and legal, about the right, legitimate, and proper ways we collect data. This highly engaging session will tackle the timely topic of the ethical responsibilities of data leveraging and collection.

eDiscovery has come a long way from its early days, and with these strides has come a new series of ethical question marks Social media - litigation can become an ethical minefield. Speakers in this session will delve into some common questions plaguing today's legal leaders, from the razor thin line between public and private information, to what is deemed "fair game" in the social stratosphere.

Facial recognition is used by law enforcement surveillance, airport passenger screening, and employment and housing decisions. Despite widespread adoption, face recognition was recently banned for use by police and local agencies in several cities, including large cities after whistleblowers uncovered inherent bias within these algorithms. Our experts in this fascinating session will discuss the implications of this embedded bias, how they uncovered it, and the ethics behind the use of this technology.

Organizations are actively building strategic DE&I programs that go beyond a box checking exercise. This session will tackle DE&I from the angle of ethics and data. Speakers will explore topics from ethical use of racial data, the public use of equity index data, the legality of diverse staffing, and legislation coming down from the new administration.

With the advent of social media platforms and the digitalization of nearly every document and conversation, the ethical line of negotiations has been blurred. Panelists in this session will explore the ethical obligations of negotiation tactics and mechanisms, and answer the question, how far is too far when it comes to securing a win?