Barely Competent = Fully Disbarred: Doing the Bare Minimum Leads to Maximum Exposure
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

In a profession obsessed with prestige, it's easy to focus on the tailored suit and the mahogany desk while neglecting the actual engine of the practice. But as many a disciplined attorney has discovered, looking the part is only half the battle; and it's the half that doesn't keep you from losing your license. In this hilarious yet sobering webinar, legal humorist Sean Carter explores the mathematical certainty that "barely competent" behavior eventually equals "fully disbarred" results.

Using humor, Sean deconstructs Rule 1.1 into its four essential pillars: (1) Knowledge, (2) Skill, (3) Thoroughness, and (4) Preparation. Through a rapid-fire review of real-world disciplinary files, this program serves as a critical reminder that while the state bars set the minimum standard for entry, the disciplinary boards have a very different definition of "adequate."

Ally McSteal: From the Don't Try This at Home Series
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Lawyers on our favorite TV legal dramas often act in ways that would cause significant trouble for actual lawyers. In this multimedia webinar, legal humorist Sean Carter will use short video clips from the very popular series, Ally McBeal, to demonstrate some of the legal ethics violations that played out on the show. In doing so, Carter hopes to show you how to keep your professional life from imitating art.

Don't Try This At Home Threepack #2605: Why You Should Never Emulate TV Lawyers
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Lawyers on our favorite TV legal dramas often act in ways that would cause significant trouble for actual lawyers. In this three-part multimedia webinar series, legal humorist Sean Carter will use short video clips from Ally McBeal, The Practice, and Boston Legal to demonstrate some of the legal ethics violations that played out on the show. In doing so, Carter hopes to show you how to keep your professional life from imitating art.

Part 1 - Ally McSteal
Part 2 - The Mal(Practice)
Part 3 - Boston (Il)legal

Register for individual programs or all three.

The (Mal)Practice: From the Don't Try This At Home Series
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Lawyers on our favorite TV legal dramas often act in ways that would cause significant trouble for actual lawyers. In this multimedia webinar, legal humorist Sean Carter will use short video clips from the very popular series, The Practice, to demonstrate some of the legal ethics violations that played out on the show. In doing so, Carter hopes to show you how to keep your professional life from imitating art.

Boston (Il)legal: From the Don't Try This At Home Series
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Lawyers on our favorite TV legal dramas often act in ways that would cause significant trouble for actual lawyers. In this multimedia webinar, legal humorist Sean Carter will use short video clips from the very popular series, Boston Legal, to demonstrate some of the legal ethics violations that played out on the show. In doing so, Carter hopes to show you how to keep your professional life from imitating art.

Nice Lawyers Finish First
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

It's been said that nice guys finish last. And while that might be true in the rough and tumble arenas of politics, professional prize fighting and marriage, nothing could be further from the truth in the practice of law. Zealous representation doesn't require us to be zealots. In fact, the most effective representation requires just the opposite. Nice lawyers finish first ... and so do their clients!

Half-Truths and Full Consequences: The Lawyer's Duty of Complete Candor
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Lawyers know they cannot lie, but far fewer appreciate how often ethical problems arise from what they don't say. In practice, half-truths, omissions, and carefully framed communications can be just as misleading as outright falsehoods, exposing lawyers to discipline even when every individual statement is technically accurate. This program explores the ethical duty of complete candor across the full spectrum of legal practice from initial client disclosures and ongoing communication to representations made to courts, opposing parties, and the public. By examining real-world scenarios where "technically true" became ethically problematic, we will confront a difficult question: when does strategic communication cross the line into misconduct?

The Ethics Snowball: How Little Lapses Turn into Big Trouble
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Lawyers often assume that minor ethical lapses are just that -- minor. But in practice, small acts of misconduct rarely stay small. A minor legal infraction, a missed financial obligation, the telling of a little "white lie," or a seemingly harmless ethics rule violation can trigger a chain reaction of consequences that grows far beyond the original act. This program explores how everyday decisions to cut corners can completely cut short a lawyer's career. Through real-world examples of lawyers who faced serious sanctions for seemingly trivial conduct, participants will examine how the "ethics snowball" forms, why it accelerates, and most importantly, how to stop it before it rolls right over them.

The 2026 Ethy Awards
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Each year, Hollywood celebrates the best performances in motion pictures at the Oscars. Well, in this program, we note the worst ethics violations in the legal profession at the Ethys. Humorist Sean Carter will host the festivities and announce the award winners in such categories as: Worst Original Excuse, Best Courtroom Outburst, Most Creative Billing, Least Competent, and much more. In the process of recapping some of the most egregious instances of unethical behavior, Mr. Carter will demonstrate how the rest of us can avoid more common ethical violations.

Invoices That Fit the Bill: Avoiding Excessive Fees
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Determining what constitutes a "reasonable" fee has never been more complex; or more important. As technology and automation allow lawyers to work faster and more efficiently, traditional assumptions about time, value, and billing are being tested in new ways. This program examines the ethical standard governing legal fees, focusing on how lawyers can charge appropriately while remaining within the bounds of professional responsibility. Through practical examples and common billing scenarios, participants will explore the factors that define reasonableness, the role of transparency and communication, and the risks that arise when fees, retainers, or billing practices cross the line. The program will also address advertising claims, fee disputes, and the ethical challenges of getting paid in a modern legal practice.

I Think, Therefore I Am ... Biased: How Implicit Biases Manifest in the Legal Profession
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

The human brain is wired to recognize patterns and make generalizations, even those based on faulty or incomplete information. And contrary to popular opinion, lawyers are human as well and therefore, we are just as susceptible to forming biases and acting upon them. And it does not require that we harbor ill will or animus towards other people. In fact, most often, our biases are not even our own, but rather those that have been taught to us.

In this eye-opening presentation, the presenter will use videos to show lawyers just how easy it is to form these biases, how they manifest themselves in the way we treat clients, colleagues and opposing parties, and most importantly, how we can reduce the effect of these biases by recognizing and compensating for them.

Engage!: Hands-On A.I. Training For Modern Legal Practice
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Join us for an extraordinary six-hour webinar journey where you'll not only learn about artificial intelligence's revolutionary impact on the legal profession but will also engage directly with the technologies reshaping our field. This hands-on workshop program is designed for forward-thinking legal professionals eager to command the tools of tomorrow, today.

Rude Ipsa Loquitur: How Incivility Speaks Poorly of the Profession
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Civility in legal practice is not merely aspirational. It is an actual ethical obligation. Yet too often, lawyers treat professionalism as optional, assuming that insults, disparaging remarks, and inflammatory language are simply part of the adversarial process. This program examines how incivility can undermine credibility, damage client interests, and lead to disciplinary consequences. Through real-world examples of lawyers whose words became their worst evidence, participants will explore how and when incivility crosses the line into misconduct, and why, in the practice of law, what you say often speaks louder than anything you file.

ChatOMG: The Ethical Pros and Cons of Using AI
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

ChatGPT and other AI generative language models are changing the way that we do business and practice law. And while AI will not replace the need for lawyers in the foreseeable future, it will drastically change how lawyers go about plying their craft.

In this forward-looking webinar, legal humorist Sean Carter will give you a sneak preview of the ethical pros and cons of utilizing this game-changing technology.

Legal Ethics Is No Laughing Matter: What Lawyer Jokes Say About Our Ethical Foibles
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

In this one-of-a-kind ethics presentation, Mr. Carter explores the topic of lawyer jokes, whether they have any basis in fact and what they say about our adherence to the rules of professional conduct. He does so through the use of video clips dramatizing these jokes. He also will use audience polling and questions from attendees to spread the "laughter."

The 2026 Fantasy Supreme Court League
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Step right up to participate in the Fantasy Supreme Court League. In this unique presentation, Sean Carter humorously recaps the significant cases of the most recent term. After receiving the facts of each case, you will compete with lawyers from across the country by attempting to remember (or guess) the outcome and "vote spread" of each case.

The 2026 Ethy Awards
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Each year, Hollywood celebrates the best performances in motion pictures at the Oscars. Well, in this program, we note the worst ethics violations in the legal profession at the Ethys. Humorist Sean Carter will host the festivities and announce the award winners in such categories as: Worst Original Excuse, Best Courtroom Outburst, Most Creative Billing, Least Competent, and much more. In the process of recapping some of the most egregious instances of unethical behavior, Mr. Carter will demonstrate how the rest of us can avoid more common ethical violations.

Don't Be A Stupid Cupid: Avoiding Inappropriate Entanglements in the Practice of Law
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

To be an effective advocate, a lawyer must maintain a fair degree of dispassionate objectivity. The lawyer who becomes personally involved in the representation does the client a disservice. This is even more true for the lawyer who becomes personally involved with the client. In this webinar, legal humorist Sean Carter will explain the importance of avoiding this most basic conflict of interest and will relate the tragic (but sometimes fascinating) tales of lawyers who learned this lesson too late.

Ethical Jeopardy: A CLE Game Show
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

In Ethical Jeopardy, you will compete against lawyers from across the country in answering legal ethics-related questions, such as the one below:

Which of the following is NOT grounds to disclose client information?

• To prevent death or harm to another person
• To defend oneself against civil, criminal or disciplinary charges
• To impress prospective clients
• To prevent fraud
  
  Through the polling feature on our platform, lawyers will be allowed to make their selections. At the end of the program, each participant will receive their score, along with their "player ranking." Oh yeah, and you just might learn something in the process.

Gameshow Two-Pack #0626
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

Join Sean Carter, America's Funniest Lawyer, for two (2) fun-filled CLE hours of legal ethics-related game shows, as follows:

Who Wants to be Disbarred?: A CLE Game Show
Presented by: Legal Humorist Sean Carter

In Who Wants to be Disbarred?, you will compete against lawyers from across the country in answering legal ethics-related questions, such as the one below:

Which of the following conflicts of interest is prohibited by the ethics canon?

• Being related to the client
• Going to the same high school as the judge
• Being close friends with opposing counsel
• Lending money to the client
  
  Through the polling feature on our platform, lawyers will be allowed to make their selections. At the end of the program, each participant will receive their score, along with their "player ranking." Oh yeah, and you just might learn something in the process.