Description
- Speakers, session times and credit hours are subject to change.
Ethics | 
Professionalism | 
Trial Practice
- Presiding:
- Stuart I. Teicher, Program Chair; CLE Performer & Ethics Educator; Stuart Teicher Esq: I Teach Lawyers, Milltown, NJ
- 8:00
- REGISTRATION
- AI is coming for lawyers and Chat GPT is leading the way. Since the landscape is constantly changing, lawyers need guidance to help understand current technologies and navigate future AI platforms. Join Stuart Teicher, Esq., the “CLE Performer,” as he explains how the legal ethics rules apply to generative AI and the concerns with other forms of current technology. The session provides a framework to use in evaluating technologies that don’t yet exist.
- 8:30
- Introduction
- Julia D. Neighbors, ICLE Director, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
- 8:35
- PROFESSIONALISM ISSUES WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY
- Stuart I. Teicher
- Understanding the difference between professionalism and ethics
- The professionalism mandate to master evolving technology
- Professional conduct in the metaverse
- Emojis and professionalism (or the lack thereof)
- Facial recognition and the lawyer’s professional duty to society to play a role in that issue.
- What the Creed and the Aspirational Goals have to say about the competence gap in the use of generative-AI
- 9:35
- THE ETHICAL TRAPS OF A SLEW OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- Stuart I. Teicher
- Transparency and the client role in deciding on the use of AI – Rule 1.2
- The duty to supervise, both subordinate lawyers (Rule 5.1) and the nonlawyer assistance, like AI (Rule 5.3)
- Bias and Discrimination, Rule 8.4
- Confidentiality and technology, generally
- 10:35
- Break
- 10:45
- THE ETHICS DANGERS OF GENERATIVE AI
- Stuart I. Teicher
- The relevant ethical standards applicable to all new technology; Rule 1.1 and the “reasonable expectation of privacy standard”
- Expanding on Confidentiality: the cloud, the impact on generative AI. Rule 1.6, the “reasonable care standard,” and the lawyer’s fiduciary duty standard of Rule 1.15 Comment [1].
- Deepfakes:
- Competence and understanding the danger (Rule 1.1);
- The duty to advise clients in deepfake situations (Rule 2.1)
- Submission of deepfake evidence and candor to the tribunal (Rule 3.3)
- 11:45
- Adjourn
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Speaker
Professional Educator & Legal Ethics Speaker
Stuart Teicher, Esq: I Teach Lawyers
Stuart I. Teicher, Esq. is a professional legal educator who focuses on ethics law and writing in-struction. A practicing lawyer for over 30 years, Stuart’s career is now dedicated to helping fel-low lawyers survive the practice of law and thrive in the profession. Mr. Teicher teaches semi-nars, provides in-house training to law firms and legal departments, provides continuing legal education (CLE) instruction at law firm client events, and also gives keynote speeches at con-ventions and association meetings.
Stuart helps lawyers get better at what they do (and enjoy the process) through his entertaining and educational CLE “performances”. He speaks, teaches, and writes— Thomson Reuters published his book entitled, Navigating the Legal Ethics of Social Media and Technology. His most recent book is entitled, How to Stop Hating the Law: A Path to Hope for Miserable Law-yers.
Mr. Teicher is a Supreme Court appointee to the New Jersey District Ethics Committee where he investigates and prosecutes grievances filed against attorneys. Mr. Teicher also served on the New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics Fee Arbitration Committee. Mr. Teicher is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law where he teaches Professional Responsibility, and for 15 years he was an adjunct professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick where he taught un-dergraduate writing courses. He also taught both Professional Responsibility and Legal Writing at St. John’s University School of Law in New York City.
www.StuartTeicher.com
stuart.teicher@iCloud.com
Tel: 732-522-0371
Lodging
Although there is no contracted room block for this program, there are some hotel discounts. As a member of the Bar, you are eligible for discounted rates at hotels in close proximity to the State Bar of Georgia headquarters located in downtown Atlanta. To receive these special rates, make sure you ask for the State Bar of Georgia discount when making reservations. The Bar has negotiated discounted rates with the following hotels. **Blackout dates apply for each hotel.
Hotel Discounts for Bar Members
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