New 2025 Ethics Workshop Presentation Agenda (2025)
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Board of Professional Responsibilityâs
2025 Ethics Workshop
Friday, November 21, 2025
8:00 – 8:15 Registration
Presentation Speaker
Justice Holly
8:15 – 8:25 Welcome/Greeting
Kirby
Threats and Attacks on Judges, the Justice System, and Legal
Institutions: Our Ethical Obligations
8:25 – 9:25 Justice Kirby will explore individual and collective ethical
Justice Holly
1.0 (dual) Kirby
obligations in the face of threats and attacks on legal institutions, on
our justice system, and on our judges.
Longevity and Brain Health: How to Empower Cognitive
Fitness
The brain is the lawyerâs most important asset, and neuroscience
9:25 – 10:25 research can help us understand how to empower cognitive fitness Debra Austin
1.0 (dual) during all stages of life. This session will include information on
brain function; stress and other risks to cognitive capacity; and a
menu of science-based recommendations to protect brain health and
enhance longevity.
10:25 – 10:30 5 Minute Break
The Changing Face of Technology and its Impact on the
Practice of Law
Just when we thought we had a grip on the use of technology in the
10:30 – 12:00 practice of law, along came AI DeepFakes, social engineering, and Bill Ramsey
1.5 (dual) increasing privacy invasions. It is easy to get lost. This session will
explore practical solutions and explore ways to avoid getting lost in
the hype and technical jargon.
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (on your own)
Recent Developments in Lawyers Assistance Program
1:00 – 2:00 This program will highlight the following topics relating to recent Buddy
developments by TLAP: Mental Health Challenges in the Legal
1.0 (dual) Stockwell
Profession; Confidential TLAP Assistance Behind the Scenes; and,
Best Practices in Monitoring Fitness to Practice.
2:00 – 2:05 5 Minute Break
AI and Ethics
AI seems to be everywhere, in everything, including all sorts of
tools for lawyers. Some are useful and cool; some maybe not so
2:05 – 3:05 much. Some are dangerous; some are safer. How can lawyers use
AI effectively, comply with the ethics rules ranging from
Lucian Pera
1.0 (dual)
competence to confidentiality, meet their obligations to clients,
and not wind up as the next front-page example of lawyer
stupidity? Find out.
3:05 – 3:10 5 Minute Break
Board of Professional Responsibilityâs
2025 Ethics Workshop
Friday, November 21, 2025
Not so Secret an Agent
Lawyers are not spies, but they do serve as agents for a principal.
This sixty-minute session provides a comprehensive overview of
the obligations owed by a lawyer, as a fiduciary, to clients. There
3:10 – 4:10
will be a focus on attorneys who represent clients with diminished Jim Grogan
1.0 (dual) capacity and a discussion of recent efforts to modify the ethics
rules governing the representation of children, cognitively
impaired adults, and others with certain challenges. A summary of
significant recent trends in lawyer regulation will also be featured.
Closing/Dismissal