Calling all Abraham Lincoln and history buffs!
Prepare for 3 “power hours”: Lincoln’s lessons to live by, all wrapped up in “wild card” ethics credits! The perfect blend of entertainment and education, this program demonstrates the value of living by Lincoln’s teachings—professionally and personally.
Incorporate his guiding principles into your practice and life:
- Lack of Vanity
- Candor with the Court
- Justice and Fairness
- Candor to Opposing Counsel
- Dignity and Civility
- Courtesy and Goodwill
- Brevity and Clarity
- Candor to Client
- Diligence
Watch his lessons come to life through professionally produced video vignettes
Video clips describing Lincoln’s life and beliefs are coupled with an engaging discussion that provides a modern context to the model of professionalism that Lincoln provides.
Agenda
An Introduction to Abraham Lincoln’s Life
Can Lawyer Lincoln Really Speak to Today's Lawyer?
Video Vignettes and Panel Discussion
Lincoln’s Qualities of Professionalism:
- Lack of Vanity
- Candor with the Court
- Justice and Fairness
- Candor to Opposing Counsel
- Dignity and Civility
“You Aren’t in Charge Here, Abe!”
How Might Lincoln Approach a Contentious Deposition?
Video Vignettes and Panel Discussion
Lincoln’s Qualities of Professionalism Continued:
- Courtesy and Goodwill
- Brevity and Clarity
- Candor to Client
- Diligence
“Wild Card” Credits
Don't think you need three ethics credits? Ethics credits are "wild card" credits that can be applied either as ethics credits or generally toward your overall 12-credit CLE requirement.
Special thanks and acknowledgement to the Atlanta Bar Association, producers of the Lincoln on Professionalism DVD, for making the DVD and selected accompanying materials available. Both were prepared by the Atlanta Bar Association with the Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism.
Our thanks, as well, to the PBA Civility in the Profession Committee for their support and sponsorship of this program. The Committee's mission is to instill, promote and enhance professionalism and civility within the legal profession by encouraging discussion about the importance of professionalism and civility among the members of the bar, the judiciary and the public. We hope this program offers a means for meeting that objective.
All attendees will receive the course book as a digital download.
Recorded in October 2022.