Programs are available online to all firms wishing to assist their attorneys in obtaining their CLE credits. Please email customer.care@celesq.com to obtain a coupon code for your firm. Once an attorney has completed a program, your firm will be billed $30 each for the cost of each certificate which will be issued as a download once the attorney has completed the affirmation for the particular program.

 

While it’s true that the quote, “Let’s kill all the lawyers” came from the stroke of Shakespeare’s pen in Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2, there are many things that we, as lawyers, can learn from the Bard.  Rema...

Program Number
33180
Program Date
2023-11-30
Category
Criminal Practice & ProcedureFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLaw Practice ManagementLegal Research and WritingLitigation & Litigation SkillsSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

Courts and parties have been dealing with discovery overuse for decades. The advisory committee notes to both the 1983 and 2015 revisions to Rule 26 reference the problem of over-discovery and encourage judges to be more aggressive in identifying and...

Program Number
33185
Program Date
2023-11-28
Category
Criminal Law & ProcedureFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

Mindfully leveraging technology such as ChatGPT can help promote attorney well-being by providing lawyers with an effective means to help reduce workload and stress. For example, ChatGPT can help streamline workflow and communication processes, which...

Program Number
33147
Program Date
2023-11-21
Category
Artificial IntelligenceEthics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleInformation TechnologyTechnology Law
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

This program is an introduction to the procedural challenges and complexities of defending against a federal civil forfeiture action. The Department of Justice is increasingly using the civil forfeiture actions to combat criminal activities, includin...

Program Number
33210
Program Date
2023-11-17
Category
Banking & Finance LawBusiness Organizations & ContractsCriminal Law & ProcedureCriminal Law & White CollarCriminal Practice & ProcedureFederal CourtsFlorida Eligible
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

At first blush, the similarities between the theater and the courtroom might seem as disparate as the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. But when you look beneath the surface, the connections between the two are strikingly simila...

Program Number
33126
Program Date
2023-11-16
Category
Communication SkillsCommunications and Media LawFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLegal Research and WritingTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1.5 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1.5

Volumes and varieties of electronic information seem to grow exponentially. Unsurprisingly, electronic information is now a common feature in the commission, investigation, and prosecution of crimes. Electronic information raises issues involving the...

Program Number
33163
Program Date
2023-11-16
Category
Computer, Internet & E-Commerce LawConstitutional LawCriminal Law & ProcedureCriminal Practice & ProcedureFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

Most law firms have a strategy and all law firms have a compensation system. This session will help law firms with a business strategy to refine or better focus their strategy and for firms without a business strategy provide the tools to develop one...

Program Number
33217
Program Date
2023-11-15
Category
Business Organizations & ContractsContractsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLaw Practice Management
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

In this course, attorney and forensic expert Mark Silver delves into criminal mitigation strategies for the client suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder. Borderline Personality Disorder is among the least understood, and yet perhaps the most...

Program Number
33199
Program Date
2023-11-14
Category
Criminal Law & ProcedureFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleForensicHealthcare & Pharmaceutical LawLegal Research and WritingMental health Awareness
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Mental Health Awareness:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

This program will address how to handle and resolve liens from a number of lien holders the practitioner is likely to see in a personal injury matter. As lien reimbursement can often be a significant factor in case resolution, having successful strat...

Program Number
33191
Program Date
2023-11-13
Category
Banking & Finance LawFederal CourtsFlorida EligiblePersonal Injury
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

Competition in the legal sector is getting fiercer every day. Hiring the very best people for each role at your firm is mission critical and can mean the difference between your firm treading water or moving ahead. Yet, there are relatively few peopl...

Program Number
33203
Program Date
2023-11-13
Category
Employment & Labor LawFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLabor & Workforce Management LawLabor LawLaw Practice Management
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

The ABA and Betty Ford Center’s groundbreaking 2016 study confirmed devastatingly high rates of both mental health concerns and substance abuse amongst lawyers. For example, between 21-36% of attorneys qualify as problem drinkers—3-5x hig...

Program Number
33146
Program Date
2023-11-09
Category
Ethics & ProfessionalismFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleHealth Care LawSubstance Abuse
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Legal Ethics:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

On July 13, 2023, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a highly anticipated decision in SEC v. Ripple Labs on the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment. The opinion is certainly regarded as a win f...

Program Number
33183
Program Date
2023-11-09
Category
Business Organizations & ContractsComputer, Internet & E-Commerce LawCorporate and Securities LawDigital AssetsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleInformation Technology
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

Employers who rely on background checks or use consumer reports when hiring must comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and varying state laws. Implementation and use of background checks in employment hiring can be difficult to navigate, w...

Program Number
33153
Program Date
2023-11-08
Category
Discrimination LawEmployment & Labor LawFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and Appeals
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

In this presentation, we'll cover the beats that all great stories go through. From there, we'll discuss the importance of finding the tempo of the narrative pace, the rule of three's and how to apply it, and how to build suspense. In doing so, we'll...

Program Number
33194
Program Date
2023-11-07
Category
Communication SkillsFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleLitigation & Litigation SkillsLitigation and AppealsSkillsTrial Skills
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Skills:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1

When the New York State Child Victims Act was enacted in April 2019, the legislature created a look back window that allowed survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits through August 2021. During that look back window, more than 10,000 laws...

Program Number
33158
Program Date
2023-11-07
Category
Constitutional LawFederal CourtsFlorida EligibleMediationSexual Abuse
State
CaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1