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Michigan CLE
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Attorney Ethics, Civility and Professionalism
The obligations on attorneys, as defined by the professional code of ethics and rules of conduct, often do not help attorneys deal with day-to-day interactions with colleagues and clients. Often, even though we know the rules, our actions and behaviors are guided by our feelings in a moment instead of the rules. This CLE course will discuss how reframing concepts and emotional regulation can aide attorneys in developing habits that will lead to professional, ethical conduct. More Info
$341Ethics Credit -
Contractual Deal Killers In Real Estate Law: What Attorneys Need to Know
This CLE course offers a comprehensive understanding of critical contractual considerations in residential real estate representation. The course covers the following topics: Varied Contract Types for Condominiums and Co-operative Housing Co-operative Housing Contracts Condominium Contracts Contracts for Single-Family and Multi-Family Properties Essential Areas of Contractual Consideration Mortgage Commitment Examination Title Investigation Procedures Assessing Liens and Violat... More Info
$291General Credit -
Business Valuation for Attorneys
There is a valuation process that takes place with every client, and determining the value of a client’s business or business interest is often critical to meeting their needs and can impact the outcome of their case. Valuation is therefore crucial to a variety of legal issues such as divorce, estate planning, partnership disputes, sales and other transactions. This CLE course will offer a review of the potential needs and basic tenets of valuations. The course will explain the options... More Info
$291General Credit -
Learning The Basics of Conducting a Social Security Disability Case
This informative CLE course will provide you with everything you need to know to prove the disability of a client, all the steps leading to a hearing and how to prepare, The course will review the different disability programs and their eligibility requirements. The course will also explain how the Social Security Administration defines disability as well as how to determine the correct application to process and what the application process is like. Appeals for applications that are... More Info
$551.5General Credits -
What Attorneys Need to Know about Comic Book Publishing: A Test Drive
Take a deep dive into the comic book publishing industry in this two-hour crash course. Presented by experienced comic book publishing attorneys, you will learn how to draft a rough outline of critical contract provisions, develop effective and industry-tailored client interview skills, and participate in mock negotiations. The course will teach you to identify and resolve potential pitfalls within publishing contracts. This CLE course will address: · Develop client intake sk... More Info
$552.25General Credits -
How to Find the “Smoking Gun” to Win Your Case
Even the most complex cases have that one detail, the “smoking gun” that will tip the case to a win. This CLE course will explain how to find that detail and use it to your client’s advantage. Using tried and true tips and strategies to discover what will make the difference between a resounding win and a loss, the course will focus on examples from the presenter’s trip and fall and slip and fall premises cases, auto collisions, staircase accidents, med mal and product liability cases,... More Info
$291General Credit -
AI, Fair Use, and Representing Comic Book Creators and Publishers
Even the comic book industry has rules and the past year has seen some seismic legal changes in the industry. This CLE course will present the recent growth of the comic book industry as well as how AI-generated artwork has impacted it, both for good and for bad. The course will offer a comprehensive guide to representing comic book clients, explaining how to approach the drafting of contracts while avoiding IP pitfalls and discuss the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsm... More Info
$813General Credits -
Will, Trusts, and Advanced Directives: Know What is Right for Your Client
This comprehensive CLE course will present effective planning tools related to Last Wills & Testaments and trusts. The course will introduce succession planning, estate planning and how to plan using wills and trusts, as well as more advanced directives including POA’s, living wills and health care proxies. Medicaid planning, tax planning and asset protection when creating estate plans as well as the impact of the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act that advocates the inclusion of standa... More Info
$291General Credit -
The Five Rules: How to Prepare Your Client for Deposition
Depositions are a critical component of any case. This CLE course will present a Five Rule System, devised by the presenter and in use for over 25 years to prepare everyone from executives to professional athletes to children, which will transform your client into a solid, strong, successful witness. The system helps to prepare every client from the nervous to the over-confident to the unlikeable. Presented in an entertaining and memorable style, the course will provide you with everyt... More Info
$291General Credit -
Professionalism: The Calling, Leadership, and Answering When the Bough Breaks
Adversity is part of almost any profession, certainly work in the legal profession. Often, we have only our own conscience to guide us and perhaps, the examples of others, in order to analyze complex issues and come to a determination that fits our moral compass. This CLE course will provide a crisis that puts one’s professionalism on trial and explores possible responses. The course will utilize video clips to illustrate forms of professionalism and conduct in our obligation as attorn... More Info
$341Ethics Credit
