• videocam Live Webinar with Live Q&A
  • calendar_month July 30, 2026 @ 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT
  • signal_cellular_alt Intermediate
  • card_travel Ethics and Specialty Credits
  • schedule 60 minutes

Lawyer Professionalism: Practicing Civility, Judgment, and Maintaining Public Trust

Client Counseling, Courtroom Conduct, and an Attorney’s Part in Administering Justice

$197.00

This course is $0 with these passes:

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About the Course

Introduction

This CLE course will examine how lawyers must meet the profession's expectations for civility, sound judgment, integrity, and service to the administration of justice within everyday practice.

Description

Professionalism affects all aspects of advocacy, negotiation, supervision, and a lawyer's reputation. It is imperative that lawyers exercise professional judgment, retain credibility, and respect the legal process. The panel will discuss how professionalism differs from minimum disciplinary compliance standards and how it guides attorney conduct in interactions with clients, the court, opposing counsel, colleagues, witnesses, and unrepresented parties. 

The panel will examine recurring situations where professionalism is challenged, such as clients who request inappropriately aggressive tactics, cases where cooperation breaks down, incivility in communication, and the balance between zealous advocacy and the practitioner's duty to our legal system.

Listen as our panel discusses professionalism within advocacy, negotiation, communications, and team management.

Presented By

Gregory N. Hoole
Mediator, Arbitrator and Advocate
Hoole & King Law Office

AV (preeminent) rated by Martindale-Hubbell, a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, and selected for many years as one of Utah’s Legal Elite and a Mountain States Super Lawyer, Mr. Hoole enjoys a rich and diverse legal career protecting and vindicating the rights of individuals, businesses, and Utah’s counties, cities, and other political subdivisions. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants throughout his career and is widely respected for his even temperament and professionalism. Mr. Hoole's cases have been reported in such national periodicals as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. He has also appeared in relation to his cases on various law-related programs on national network and cable television, including Larry King Live and On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.

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Credit Information

  • This 60-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.0 CLE credits.

  • An excellent opportunity to earn Ethics CLE credits. Note: BARBRI cannot guarantee that this course will be approved for ethics credits in all states. To confirm, please contact our CLE department at pdservice@barbri.com.


  • Live Online


    On Demand

Date + Time

  • event

    Thursday, July 30, 2026

  • schedule

    1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT

I. Foundations of lawyer professionalism

II. Professionalism, civility, and credibility in advocacy and negotiation

III. Client pressure, adversarial conduct, and sound judgment

IV. Professionalism in writing and proceedings

V. Professionalism in supervision, teams, and the workplace

VI. Recurring professionalism challenges

VII. Practitioner takeaways

The panel will explore these and other key areas:

  • How does professionalism differ from basic ethics compliance, and why does that distinction matter in practice?
  • Where is the line between zealous advocacy and conduct that undermines civility, credibility, cooperation, or public trust?
  • How should lawyers respond when others pressure the attorney to pursue exceptionally aggressive or counterproductive tactics?
  • What professionalism issues arise most often in communications, practice settings, and court proceedings?