Free Continuing Legal Education Credit in Ethics offered on Second Life®
On Thursday, June 25, 2009, at noon, attorneys licensed in California will be able to earn one free unit of continuing legal education credit in ethics on Second Life® by attending a seminar hosted by the Second Life Bar Association. Second Life is a online virtual world where people create avatars and then interact with others in the virtual world. I am a member of the Second Life Bar Association, a legal organization made up of lawyers, students and scholars from around the world who are interested in law and in interacting in a virtual environment.
The Second Life Bar Association has arranged for Carol Langford, an attorney and professor based in Walnut Creek, California, to give a lecture on ethics. Ms. Langford specializes in giving advice on legal ethics and discipline to attorneys, judges, law firms and corporations, and in representing lawyers and law students before the California State Bar in disciplinary and admissions matters. Ms. Langford has devoted a considerable amount of her time to training lawyers in issues involving law practice management. She has also co-written two books: a nationally adopted textbook entitled Legal Ethics in the Practice of Law, 3rd Edition (Lexis Law Publishing, 2007 )and The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer, Truth, Justice, Power and Greed (Ballantine, 1999).
Ms. Langford's lecture will cover the grounds for discipline, the steps of disciplinary proceedings, the trial, and the types of discipline that may be imposed. For those of you who have not heard Ms. Langford speak, you are in for a nice surprise. She makes the topic of ethics fun as she speaks with a lighthearted humor throughout her talk.
You may find out more information and register for the seminar on the SL Bar Association's website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
