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Accreditation and CLE Rules for Wyoming
United Institute for Continuing Legal Education is a provider of accredited CLE courses throughout the country.
Wyoming attorneys are required to complete 15 credit hours every year including 2 credit hours of Ethics. The CLE deadline is December 31st. The deadline for reporting your attendance is January 15.
Wyoming attorneys may earn all 15 CLE credit hours from United Institute for Continuing Legal Education using our Online, iOS/Android App, and Live Webinar courses.
The compliance cycle is from January 1 to December 31 and each member must send in all CLE submissions by Jan 15.
Self-study credits taken in excess of eight hours may not be carried forward from one cycle to the next. Live credits may be carried over including Ethics, for two years.
Wyoming State Bar Association
4124 Laramie Street
PO Box 109
Cheyenne, WY 82001
(t) 307-632-9061
(f) 307-632-3737 https://www.wyomingbar.org/cle/
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Ethics Credits
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For Access To This Course
All Courses Available iOS/Android Web
About This Course
The advancement and pervasiveness of social media and emerging technologies present a host of issues for an attorney or firm. It is essential for any practicing attorney to understand these issues and how they may present potential for conflict. Presented by Jonathan Ezor, an attorney and law professor who frequently writes and speaks about ethics and social media, this all-inclusive CLE course begins with a description of the various risks attorneys face from mobile technologies, social networks and the internet. These complications include unintentional disclosure to due to network access, the dangers of telecommuting, confidentiality, and exposure. The course will explain the various risks, as detailed below, and outline most effective methods for managing them and ensuring proper and professional use of technology and tools. Some potential risks to be discussed will include:
Protecting proprietary and confidential information
Exposure under local ethics rules
Strategies to ascertain verifiability of online sources
Electronic discovery
Safeguarding client records
Avoiding waiver of attorney-client privilege
Protecting against inadvertent contact with legal adversaries
Guidelines for avoiding unethical, deceptive practices during litigation