Course Information
Course Description
Ethics are always on the mind of a legal practitioner, as ethical violations can mar a legal career. An area of concern for litigators specifically is the possibility of being disciplined not only by state bar authorities, but by judges in the form of sanctions and public ridicule. This course explores five areas within the broader topic of legal ethics and writing in which judges have taken the leading role in enforcing ethical norms.
Join attorney Daniel Abrams to find out how you can be more ethically aware in your legal writings and subsequently, your practice.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify court-awarded sanctions for frivolous legal writing
- Understand the duty to cite adverse authority
- Utilize civility in legal writing
- Explore the ethics of ghostwriting
- Avoid plagiarism and its ethical ramifications
Credit Information
Faculty
Daniel Abrams
Law Office of Daniel L. Abrams, PLLC
Daniel L. Abrams’ practice focuses on legal malpractice, and business litigation. Mr. Abrams has helped many corporations and individuals complaining of inadequate legal services or overbilling obtain relief and settlements from their former attorneys. He represents mostly plaintiffs but occasionally defendants in legal malpractice cases and other disputes related to legal ethics, including legal fee disputes, breach of fiduciary duty cases, cases alleging conflicts of interest, and other professional responsibility issues. Lawyers and law firms frequently hire Mr. Abrams to serve as lawyer, expert or consultant on issues related to legal ethics or the law governing lawyers. He has taught legal ethics to other lawyers for the Practicing Law Institute, the New York State Bar Association, Lawline.com and Access MCLE. He has also appeared as a guest lecturer at Suffolk Law School.
In addition to his legal malpractice and ethics practice, Mr. Abrams has an active business litigation practice. Mr. Abrams’ clients include business owners, general counsel, and individuals in a full range of business litigation and arbitration matters. His cases have included business dealings arising out of oil & gas contracts, licensing agreements, business mergers, employment agreements, financing arrangements, business fraud, trade secrets, and corporate whistleblower allegations. His litigation cases include a successful multi-million dollar reversal of an arbitration award, a defense victory after a bench trial in a breach of contract case, and many favorable settlements of commercial disputes and legal malpractice cases.
Mr. Abrams received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1995 where he was an Olin Fellow of Law and Economics. He is a member of The Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, where he served on the Professional Responsibility Committee and the Subcommittee on Lawyer Promotion and Advertising from 2004-2007. He is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court, Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, Second Circuit United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals, and Tenth Circuit United States Court of Appeals.
Reviews
Made short concise points.
name of course belies how absolutely helpful this ethics class is; excellent content; highly recommend for all litigation/situational attnys
very helpful re: dealing with adverse authority during legal writing
good
Clear and well-organized.
This was one of the best i have seen on LawLine.
very informative.
Really Good! Well done!
Mr. Abrams was very familiar with the subject matter and had numerous suggestions for avoiding pitfalls. In particular he stressed the importance of citing adverse authority in briefs, with the suggestion of including it in footnotes to avoid disrupting the flow of the argument being made.
Daniel was a solid presenter.
Nicely and completely presented
Some issues I had not considered. Thanks!
great course!
Good course
A substantive and concise class - excellent.
Presenter was articulate, interesting and cohesive as well as comprehensive.
Na
Great program!
good course
Ok
Excellent and engaging presentation.
Great Job...very useful refresher after not practicing for 14 years!
Helpful
Mr. Abrams made a great presentation and I would encourage others to listen to him. I particularly liked his forthright manner. Well done.
Nice pace and list of topics.
Very helpful with those difficult ethics questions. Well presented
Excellent, very informative, right on point about important issues.
Appreciated the tips like "proofread first for tone"
Very thorough.
Very helpful
Very good basic primer
Nice work from the presenter!
good program
Again Mr. Abrams approaches his subject knowledgeably and succinctly. Very informative.
Highlights standards of how to present the written word in litigation.
Excellent ethics course.
Well done
Direct and to the point. Bravo!
thank you!
Excellent delivery.
Great speaker. Would definitely listen to more from Mr. Abrams. .
Great presentation. Thanks.
Very good.
Very fine presentation.
Very well-organized written materials.
Mr. Abrams did a great job.
Outstanding
Plagiarism discussion was helpful.
Speaker is clearly well-versed in this material. Excellent program.
Great presentation - enjoyed it!
This program was truly exceptional!
Great job.
good written materials and tips.
solid
Presenter obviously as a specialist and taught the information in a well reasoned and concise manner
good course
Very concise and interesting.
Great course.
Succinct and great confidence in delivery
good speaker
good, lecturer spoke in a way that was very easy to understand.
thank you
Great CLE.
Issues I had never considered, not being a litigator. Very interesting.
Excellent CLE on issues involving ethics in writing.
Excellent.
Good content, well-presented. That guy's got the kind of presence you'd want in court, it seems to me.
The course was well presented.
Well organized and presented.
pragmatic and well thought out for the presentation.
Excellent presentation. Very informative.
The examples from the Dershowitz case, Rule 11 discussion, and the Shipley matter were helpful in particular.
Excellent.
Very good class. Personable demeanor.
Practical. Very clearly taught.
Great presentation -- very informative and glad I took the course.
Good job!
Info packed content, interesting delivery, request more from this presenter
Very informative. Nice job.
The speaker covered a dry topic well, and provided useful practice advice.
Very interesting course Learned many new cases things
excellent presentation
Thank you!
Outstanding presentation. Very informative.
succinct and clear; good reminders
Enjoyable
Interesting topic for a CLE.
Great job, Dan! Very well presented. Please keep updating and doing more presentations! Thank you for the wonderful instruction!
Very thorough program.
Great course
comprehensive.
good
Great!
Excellent
Very informative, organized, well-presented. I learned something.
Useful for claiming CLE credit
Enjoyed instructor
Dan is the best
very thorough presentation!!
Course was very well done.
The content was very practical.
good course
Very interesting topic - I will be using the information in my undergrad Business Law class that I teach. (Where students do a lot of writing - finding plagiarism rampant these days.)
Even for a non-litigator, this presentation is valid. Especially for in-house attorneys.
Good overview of issues
Very informative. Thank you
A+
I always dread doing my CLE but I'm alwyas impressed by how interesting it is when I get around to watching the lectures. I guess I'm more interested in the law than I realize.
EXCELLENT PRESENTATION
Well organized presentation. Important information clearly delivered.
Mr. Abrams' presentation was well-researched and insightful for litigators. Thank you.
Thanks
Direct and on pont for topic and subject matter.
Very good, Mr. Abrams.
Good presentation.
Great course.
clear and concise information
Good class
Thank you
Informative
comprehensive topics - good job on an ethics presentation
Very practical information.
Very good presentation and personable guy
Attorney Danny Abrams was very clear and articulate. Thank you.
Good course.
Excellent
lecturer was good, materials not as good
Professional presentation
Very good program
thanks!
Easy manner; organized; very good flow and informative; made it more interesting and efficient
This on-demand webinar was very informative and convenient.
Good program
the slides are very helpful
Great class.
interesting and helpful lecture
Great lecturer!
Perfect refresher course
Good
Good coverage of ethical considerations in pleadings
Concise, but informative
Good "to the point" seminar
excellent!
Good
Really enjoyed it!
Interesting information and well-presented.
Very good.
Nice presentation - good topic
The summary at the end was very useful and helped me clarified my notes taken during the lecture.
Good course. Helpful information. Many areas covered in a detailed way.
The instructer and materials were excellent. This was probably the best CLE course I have ever taken. It was very informative.
Covered a lot of topics I wasntt aware of
The course content was well organized.
perfect delivery of very helpful material
good knowledge about writing
Very informative.
Good job on frivolous litigation matters and incivility in legal writing.
A good presentation of an important but seldom treated topic.
great topic and good presenter. Thanks!
Extremely nice job! Very informative, clearly presented and it held my interest.
Very good topic
Wonderfully interesting.
The speaker was very helpful.