CLEonline.com is pleased to present this special online CLE seminar for Texas attorneys on an issue of professional responsibility that is becoming more prevalent in today's practice of law. This seminar will discuss the rules and regulations for the licensing and disciplining of Texas attorneys when issues of chemical dependency or mental illness are involved. This seminar is entitled:
Chemical Dependency and Mental Illness Issues in the Licensing and Discipline of Texas Attorneys
** (available at any time of the day or night and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **
This seminar also features an audio presentation by the instructor/moderator for this seminar, Tricia S. Heil, in which she discusses the issues outlined below. This is a streaming audio presentation that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar. The audio presentation lasts for approximately 1 hour.
Subjects to be covered in the seminar materials and also available for discussion during this online CLE seminar include:
- Licensing
- Chemical Dependency
- Mental Illness
- An Important Distinction
- Discipline
- Disability Suspension
- Lawyer Sanctions: Mitigation or Aggravation
- Compulsory Discipline
- Ethical Implications: Reporting Misconduct
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Ms. Tricia S. Heil of Austin. Ms. Heil is an attorney in private practice where she handles cases in the areas of licensure and discipline, as well as general litigation. She served previously as the Assistant Director of the Texas Lawyers Assistance Program and the Professionalism Enhancement Program at the State Bar of Texas. She has written and spoken extensively on the legal and ethical implications of impairments in the legal profession, and her articles have been reprinted nationally and internationally. She served as one of the faculty for the ABA National Workshop on Lawyer Assistance Programs in 1993 and 1995.
Ms. Heil received her law degree from St. Mary's University School of Law (1994, with Honors) and her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas (1982). She is a member of the State Bar of Texas where she has served on the following committees: Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Committee; Rules of Evidence Committee; and the Lawyers Assistance Committee. She is also a member of the Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism and the College of the State Bar of Texas.
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $25.
This seminar is accredited for 1.0 hour of participatory CLE credit (all in the area of legal ethics and professional responsibility) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of California and the State Bar of Texas. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)
