Available CLEs

MAY 12 PROGRAM: Black Box Ethics: When AI is Confidently Wrong

Artificial intelligence tools are rapidly entering legal workflows, often producing confident outputs that appear authoritative even when they are inaccurate. In this CLE, we'll examine how large language models actually work, why their design encourages fluent but sometimes unreliable answers, and how that behavior intersects with professional responsibility and privilege.

MAY 21 PROGRAM: Mediation in Estate Planning and Probate: Avoiding Problems and Settling Affairs Effectively

Nothing disrupts estate plans more than disputes over who gets what. Family relationships can be permanently ruptured. Mediation during the planning phase and after the loss of a loved one can establish positive dynamics for settling affairs as effectively as possible, preserving and protecting a person's full legacy. 

2026 Annual Legal Ethics Update

This CLE will review the latest court decisions, rule changes, and other updates on legal ethics.

Our presenter is Michael Downey, Esq. of the Downey Law Group. Michael Downey is a legal ethics lawyer and founder of Downey Law Group LLC, a law firm devoted to legal ethics, law firm risk management, and the law of lawyering. Michael regularly represents lawyers, their clients, judges, and other professionals in high stakes and complex civil litigation and disciplinary proceedings. Michael also serves as outside general counsel to numerous law firms.