2023 Ethics Update, Part 1

Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. in partnership with Freestone and WebCredenza, Inc.

February 8, 2023

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (MT)

*Live Audio Streaming Only

1.0 Ethics credit

Registration Fee:  $55.00

2023 Ethics Update, Part 2

Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. in partnership with Freestone and WebCredenza, Inc.

February 9, 2023

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (MT)

*Live Audio Streaming Only

1.0 Ethics credit

Registration Fee:  $55.00

2023 Spring New Attorney Program (In-Person Only)

Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc.

Friday, May 5, 2023
8:00 am to 12:30 pm (MT)

Boise Centre East

195 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise

*In-Person Attendance Only* 

4.0 CLE credits of which 1.0 is Ethics – NAC Approved

Registration Fee: 

Early Bird Registration (by May 2)            $100.00

Standard Registration                                    $130.00

The New Attorney Program consists of an introduction on Idaho practice, procedure, and ethics. This course meets the CLE requirements of Idaho State Bar Commission Rule 402(f)(3).  You must be admitted and sworn into the Idaho State Bar for this course to count toward your New Admittee CLE requirement. If you will not be sworn in on or by May 5, 2023, you will have to wait until Fall 2023 to take this course.

Agenda

8:00 am      Lawyering Skills

Moderator:     Hon. Jessica M. Lorello, Idaho Court of Appeals

                     James A. Cook, Idaho Legal Aid Services Inc.

                     Syrena C. Hargrove, U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Idaho

                     Aaron R. Bell, Evans Keane LLP

                    Jeremiah M. Hudson, Fisher Hudson Shallat          

9:30 am      Break

9:45 am      Idaho State Bar & Idaho Law Foundation Potpourri

                   Maureen R. Braley – Idaho State Bar/Idaho Law Foundation

                   Teresa A. Baker – Idaho State Bar/Idaho Law Foundation

                   Jennifer M. Schindele – Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program

10:15 am    Idaho Lawyer Assistance Program

                   Mack Mayo – Piskel Yahne Kovarik, PLLC

10:45 am    Break

11:00 pm       Federal & State Judiciary Panel 

                      Hon. Thomas W. Whitney –District Judge, 3^rd Judicial District

                      Hon. Laurie A. Fortier – Magistrate Judge, 4^th Judicial District

12:30 pm     Program Concludes

*The next course will be held on Friday, September 29, 2023, in person in Boise.

Lawyer Ethics and Texting

Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. in partnership with Freestone and WebCredenza, Inc.

February 22, 2023

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (MT)

*Live Audio Streaming Only

1.0 Ethics credit

Registration Fee:  $55.00

Text messaging has become a mainstream form of communication.  Clients now routinely text their lawyers about pending matters.  They may ask about the status of a case, provide facts about a case, communicate decisions to a lawyer, or message other sensitive information.  These messages are often to a lawyer’s mobile phone that is used extensively for personal purposes, unsecured in their transmissions, and easily accessible by third parties. This new wave of lawyer-client communication raises many difficult ethical questions, including preservation of the attorney-client privilege.   This program will provide you with a guide to the major ethics issues when lawyers and their clients text message about pending matters.

• Confidentiality issues involving unsecured transmission of texts involving sensitive case issues
• How to handle mobile phones used for both personal purposes and law practice
• Potential loss of the attorney-client privilege when text messages are accessible by third parties
• Tension among the duties of competence, prudence and to communicate with clients
• Understanding the ethical risks and counseling clients about the risks to their case when texting

Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Legal Profession

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (MT)

2.0 Ethics credits (pending)

University of Idaho College of Law – Boise

501 W. Front St., Room 221

*Live Webcast Available

Cost:

$75 – General Registration

$45 – Members of the Professionalism and Ethics Section

No Cost – Law Students

Take Advantage of Membership Benefits Now: Join the Professionalism and Ethics Section for only $40.

Membership benefits include free CLEs and members-only pricing for our annual CLEs and our popular Ethical Happy Hours.

Join the Idaho State Bar Professionalism and Ethics Section for a discussion on common challenges to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment in the legal profession, and best practices to overcoming those challenges in individual workplaces, the courtroom, and beyond.

The session will include an interactive workshop component in which presenters will have participants work through common hypotheticals of challenging workplace and courtroom scenarios.

Moderator:  Michael Satz, Public Advocate

Panelists:

Brenda M. Bauges, University of Idaho College of Law

Derrick Nelson, St. Luke’s Health Systems

Adam Scheerer, Idaho Power Company

Trina Finley Ponce, Boise Cascade Company

The Ethics of Supervising Other Lawyers

Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. in partnership with Freestone and WebCredenza, Inc.

February 17, 2023

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (MT)

*Live Audio Streaming Only

1.0 Ethics credit

Registration Fee:  $55.00

Lawyers are not only responsible for their own ethical conduct and decision making but also for the ethical practice of lawyers they supervise.  Whether it’s a partner supervising the work of an associate or the lead lawyer on a case supervising a group of partners and associates, the supervising lawyer has responsibilities to ensure that the lawyers he or she is supervising are ethically compliant. When subordinate lawyers violate ethics rules, supervising lawyers are potentially liable for that misconduct. This program will provide you with a guide to ethical issues when lawyers supervise other lawyers and non-lawyer support staff.

• Standards for ensuring compliance by subordinate attorneys and potential liability when they act improperly
• Lawyer supervision of paralegals and other non-lawyer staff
• Responsibilities of subordinate lawyers who rely on judgment of supervising lawyers
• Special issues involved in billing the work of subordinate and co-counsel attorneys, and paralegals
• In-house counsel of outside counsel

The Intersection of Environmental Law and Tribal Nations

Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar Environment and Natural Resource Law Section

Thursday, February 23, 2022

12:00 pm – 4:30 pm (MT)

Perkins Coie, LLP

1111 W. Jefferson St. – Boise

*Live Webcast Available

4.0 CLE Credits (pending)

Cost: 

Members of Environment & Natural Resource Law Section             $  75.00

Non-Members                                                                                $ 100.00

Law Students                                                                                 Free

Program Agenda

12:00 pm        Hosted Lunch

12:15 pm        Protecting Tribal Reserved Rights:  The EPA’s Proposed Revisions to Water Quality Standards

                        Jennifer Brundage and Lauren Maher, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1:00 pm          Tribal Specific NEPA Considerations

                        Ted Boling, Perkins Coie, Washington DC

1:45 pm          The Myths and Triggers of Tribal Engagement

                        Collette Brown-Rodriguez, Avantus

                        Maranda Compton, Lepwe Inc.

2:30 pm          Break

2:45 pm          Tribal Equity and Transportation Planning in Idaho

                        Cecilia Arritola, Idaho Department of Transportation

3:15 pm          Trust Duties and Emerging Considerations Related to the National Historic Preservation Act

                        Stacey Bosshardt, Perkins Coie, Washington DC

4:00 pm          Coordinating with State Agencies, Tribes, and the Federal Government on NEPA, a State Perspective

                        George Lynch and Richard Stover, Idaho Governor’s Office of Energy and Mineral Resources

4:30 pm          Program Concludes

Trauma Informed Lawyering (Webcast)
Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar through a project of the Idaho Academy of Leadership for Lawyers with funding generously provided by the 4th and 7th District Bar Associations

Friday, February 24, 2023
8:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (MT)

Ada County Courthouse
200 W. Front St. – Boise

*Webcast Available

3.5 CLE credits of which 1.0 is Ethics.

Registration: Free – Must Register Below

Agenda

8:00 a.m.                         Registration

8:15 a.m.                         Ethical Considerations in Trauma Informed
                                        Lawyering and the Attorney Client Relationship
                                          Joseph N. Pirtle, Idaho State Bar Counsel

9:00 a.m.                       Focusing on the Basics of Trauma
                                          Brittney Durrell, Victim Advocate

10:30 a.m.                       Break

10:45 a.m.                        Practical Tips for Talking to Clients Impacted by Traum

                                          Jolene C. Maloney, Maloney Law Office

11:15 a.m.                        What Judges Wish Attorneys Did with Trauma Impacted Participants
                                           Hon. Andrew N.J. Ellis, Fourth District Magistrate
                                           Hon. Joanne M. Kibodeaux, Fourth District Magistrate

12:30 p.m.                       Program Concludes

Lawyer Ethics and Disputes with Clients

Sponsored by the Idaho Law Foundation, Inc. in partnership with Freestone and WebCredenza, Inc.

February 27, 2023

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (MT)

*Live Audio Streaming Only

1.0 Ethics credit

Registration Fee:  $55.00

Ethical tensions are perhaps never as great as when a lawyer is in dispute with a client. The dispute may arise over fees, communication, perceived conflicts of interest, or something else.  In these and other circumstances, the lawyer’s duties of loyalty, zealous representation and confidentiality are all brought into direct conflict with the lawyer’s interest in self-defense. In these extremely delicate circumstances, the lawyer must determine what information may disclosed in his or her self-defense, its impact on the attorney-client privilege, and what steps he or she can take to de-escalate the conflict.  This program will provide you with a real-world guide to the ethical issues for a lawyer when he or she is in conflict with a client.

• Disputes involving lawyers’ fees, communications, unfavorable result of representation, conflicts of interest, malpractice claims
• Confidentiality and self-defense – what disclosure of confidences is permissible?  
• Waivers and engagement letters to prevent dispute – or mitigate their damage
• Permissible and mandatory withdrawals from a representation
• Special attorney-client privilege issues in these disputes

Promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Legal Profession

Length: Approx. 2hrs

2.0 Ethics credits 

Cost:         $75

Join the Idaho State Bar Professionalism and Ethics Section for a discussion on common challenges to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment in the legal profession, and best practices to overcoming those challenges in individual workplaces, the courtroom, and beyond.

The session will include an interactive workshop component in which presenters will have participants work through common hypotheticals of challenging workplace and courtroom scenarios.

Moderator:  Michael Satz, Public Advocate

Panelists:

Brenda M. Bauges, University of Idaho College of Law

Derrick Nelson, St. Luke’s Health Systems

Adam Scheerer, Idaho Power Company

Trina Finley Ponce, Boise Cascade Company

Trauma Informed Lawyering (Webcast)
Sponsored by the Idaho State Bar through a project of the Idaho Academy of Leadership for Lawyers with funding generously provided by the 4th and 7th District Bar Associations

Friday, February 24, 2023
Length: Approx. 3.5 hrs

3.5 CLE credits of which 1.0 is Ethics.

Cost: Free

Program Topics

                         Ethical Considerations in Trauma Informed
                                        Lawyering and the Attorney Client Relationship
                                          Joseph N. Pirtle, Idaho State Bar Counsel

                      Focusing on the Basics of Trauma
                                          Brittney Durrell, Victim Advocate

                        Practical Tips for Talking to Clients Impacted by Traum

                                          Jolene C. Maloney, Maloney Law Office

                        What Judges Wish Attorneys Did with Trauma Impacted Participants
                                           Hon. Andrew N.J. Ellis, Fourth District Magistrate
                                           Hon. Joanne M. Kibodeaux, Fourth District Magistrate