This Week’s Posts

Week of May 6, 2024

• The things we collect & the 299^th legal ethics quiz
• ABA cautions lawyers to be mindful of the duty of confidentiality when using listservs
• Thoughts on the minimum notice required when a lawyer leaves a law firm
• The Honor Roll & answers to the 298^th legal ethics quiz

Week of April 29, 2024

• The 298^th legal ethics quiz
• Ethics inquiries. What are they? Who makes them?
• “Mini” experiments in well-being can make a big difference
• How NOT to verify wire instructions
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 297^th legal ethics quiz

Week of April 22, 2024

• The 297^th Legal Ethics Quiz
• A Tool to Track Court Orders & Local Rules on the Use of AI
• Wellness Wednesday:  Try Positive Self-Talk
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 296^th Legal Ethics Quiz

Week of April 15, 2024

• The 296^th legal ethics quiz
• Habitual Well-Being
• Honor Roll & answers to the 295^th legal ethics quiz

Week of April 8, 2024

• The 295^th legal ethics quiz
• NYSBA Task Force issues guidance on a lawyer’s use of Artificial Intelligence
• Honor Roll and answers to the 294^th legal ethics quiz

Week of April 1, 2024

• The 294^th legal ethics quiz
• Duties to Prospective Clients
  • Part 1: fish, fowl, and Vermont’s rule on the duties owed to prospective clients
  • Part 2:  the nature & type of information received from a prospective client that will later disqualify a lawyer
  • Part 3: Get Smart – ABA provides guidance on avoiding imputed disqualification following a meeting with a prospective client
• Honor Roll and answers to the 293^rd legal ethics quiz

February 19, 2024 thru March 15, 2024

• The 293^rd legal ethics quiz
• Lawyers in Musk compensation case request approximately 29 million Tesla shares – valued at over $5 BILLION – to cover legal fees
• A lawyer’s duty to manage their caseload
• Honor Roll and answers from the 292^nd legal ethics quiz

January 22, 2024, thru February 16, 2024

• The 292^nd Legal Ethics Quiz
• Disclosure in the criminal case related to the shooting on the set of Rust highlights a risk of texting clients
• If all goes wrong, how will you respond when asked why you didn’t do something that, in hindsight, seems like it would’ve been the reasonable choice?
• Naked lawyer rushes stage at Phish concert, kicks off series of events that result in another lawyer being sanctioned
• Honor Roll and answers to the 291^st legal ethics quiz

Week of January 15, 2024

• The 291st legal ethics quiz
• Does an employment agreement that requires a lawyer to compensate the firm for clients that follow the lawyer violate the Rules of Professional Conduct?

Week of January 8, 2024

• Wellness Wednesday: Practicing Gratitude Can Improve Well-Being
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 290th legal ethics quiz

Week of January 1, 2024

• The 290^th legal ethics quiz
• DC advisory opinion offers guidance on advising a client on direct communications between the client and a represented adversary

Week of December 25, 2023

• A lawyer’s duties when using Artificial Intelligence

Week of December 4, 2023

• Honor Roll and answers to the 289^th legal ethics quiz

Week of November 27, 2023

• The 289^th Legal Ethics Quiz (the intro stinks)
• Wellness Wednesday: You can do hard things!
• Responding to a client’s negative online criticism? Think twice.
• Honor Roll and answers to the 288^th legal ethics quiz

Week of November 13, 2023

• The 288^th legal ethics quiz
• A conversation about trust accounting
• NJ lawyer suspended for charging “inflated and fake” fees in scheme remarkably similar to one she suggested might work
• Wellness Wednesday: A Simple Pledge
• Honor Roll and answers to the 287^th legal ethics quiz

Week of November 6, 2023

• The 287^th legal ethics quiz
• A lawyer’s duty to plan for disasters & their own unavailability
• Wellness Wednesday: I have cancer
• Honor Roll & answers to the 286^th legal ethics quiz

Week of September 11, 2023

• The 286^th legal ethics quiz
• A more positive approach to wellness & well-being
• Taco Tuesday: Live Mas!
• Honor Roll and answers to the 285th legal ethics quiz

Week of September 4, 2023

• The 285^th legal ethics quiz
• Ethics tips for lawyers who share space with others who aren’t part of the same office or firm
• The ethics of witness preparation

Week of August 21, 2023

• Honor Roll and answers to the 284^th legal ethics quiz

Week of August 14, 2023

• Happy Birthday Aunt Kate!
• ABA resolution on cybersecurity reminds us that competence includes tech competence & that we should ask for help with the “tech stuff” we don’t know
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 283rd legal ethics quiz

Week of August 7, 2023

• The 283^rd legal ethics quiz
• Don’t communicate with a represented person
• Honor Roll and Answer to the 282^nd legal ethics quiz

Week of August 1, 2023

• Lawyers reprimanded for failing to verify wiring instructions
• Giuliani disbarment recommendation highlights little known aspect of disciplinary system

Week of July 3, 2023

• Honor Roll and Answers to the 281st legal ethics quiz

Week of June 26, 2023

• The 281^st Legal Ethics Quiz: Jeopardy Fail
• Diligence: protect clients by planning for disaster
• California’s “snitch” rule & thoughts on Vermont’s duty to report another lawyer’s misconduct
• Honor Roll & Answer to the 280^th legal ethics quiz

Week of June 19, 2023

• The 280^th legal ethics quiz
• Are you sure that opposing counsel is being deceitful?
• On Wellness, this lawyer’s story shows that we must work to do better
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 279^th legal ethics quiz

Week of June 12, 2023

• The 279^th legal ethics quiz
• Was That Wrong? Fabricating evidence in response to an investigation into your participation in a scheme to sell worthless bonds
• Improving wellness 10 minutes (and one small bite) at a time
• FBI issues PSA that includes tips to protect against scams that target client funds
• The Honor Roll and Answers to the 278^th legal ethics quiz

 Week of June 5, 2023

• The 278^th legal ethics quiz
• A refresher on fees and fee agreements
• Artificial Intelligence, fabricated case law, and a lesson in tech competence

 Week of May 29, 2023

• The Honor Roll and Answers to the 277^th legal ethics quiz

Week of May 22, 2023

• The 277^th legal ethics quiz
• Trust Account Scam Targets Vermont Lawyers

Week of May 15, 2023

 Arkansas lawyer suspended for 6-months for misconduct while representing cannabis client

Week of May 1, 2023

• The 276^th legal ethics quiz (and my Kentucky Derby picks)
• What first anniversary will you celebrate a year from now?
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 275^th legal ethics quiz

Weeks of April 17 and April 24, 2023

• The 275^th Five for Friday legal ethics quiz
• Thoughts on avoiding misconduct when leaving a law firm
• Remembering John Webber
• A 4/20 Update: Considering Cannabis Clients? Competence can be Complicated
• Honor Roll and Answers from the 274^th Five for Friday legal ethics quiz

Week of April 10, 2023

• The 274^th legal ethics quiz
• Does Vermont’s legal profession have a civility problem? If so, what should we do about it?
• The latest on Madison Square Garden and the “lawyer ban.”

Week of March 20, 2023

• Blogger’s Block? How a story related to wellness helped me to shake it off

Week of March 13, 2023

• Honor Roll and answers from the 273^rd legal ethics quiz

Week of March 6, 2023

• The 273^rd legal ethics quiz
• Wellness Wednesday: We’ve only just begun to begin
• A 6-month suspension prompts this reminder on a lawyer’s duties when multiple people assert interests to funds in the lawyer’s possession
• Honor Roll and answers from the 272^nd legal ethics quiz

Week of February 27, 2023

• The 272nd legal ethics quiz
• $2.3 million jury verdict inspires me to post a reminder on the duties that apply when a lawyer leaves a law firm
• A refresher on a lawyer’s duties when working remotely

Week of February 20, 2023

• Honor Roll and Answers to the 271st legal ethics quiz

Weeks of February 6 and 13, 2023

• The 271^st legal ethics quiz
• Lawyer Wellbeing? “Unusually egregious and persistent” discovery violations lead to $925K sanction against Facebook and its law firm
• Practical lessons from what I imagine wasn’t this lawyer’s favorite Valentine’s Day
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 270^th legal ethics quiz

Week of January 30th, 2023

• The 270th legal ethics quiz
• Another lawyer sanctioned for social media misconduct that would’ve resulted in sanctions even before social media existed
• VBA survey on civility & professionalism

January 2023

• Two Vermont banks removed from list of those approved to hold IOLTAs
• ID’ed by facial recognition software, lawyer kicked out of holiday show she was attending with daughter’s Girl Scout troop

Week of December 19th, 2022

• Honor roll and Answers to the 269th legal ethics quiz

November 21 thru December 16, 2022

• The 269^th legal ethics quiz
• Drew Peterson’s former lawyer’s threat to disclose information provides good lesson on the scope of the “self-defense” exception to a lawyer’s duty of confidentiality
• Misconduct that left even me in disbelief.
• Honor Roll and answers to the 268^th legal ethics quiz

Week of November 7, 2022

• The 267^th legal ethics quiz
• History’s best “worst” song, and tech & cybersecurity tips to protect client data
• Wellness Wednesday: make well-being an expectation in the attorney-client relationship
• Honor Roll and answers to the 266^th legal ethics quiz

Week of October 31, 2022

• The 266^th legal ethics quiz
• Analyzing conflicts of interest that involve former clients
• ABA joins chorus, concludes that lawyer who includes client on electronic communication to opposing counsel impliedly consents to “reply all”
• Honor Roll and answers to the 265^th legal ethics quiz

Week of October 24, 2022

• The 265^th legal ethics quiz (and Halloween costumes of my youth) 
• Thinking about agreeing to a referral fee?  Think fee division instead. 
• Wellness Wednesday: Pro Bono as Well-Being
• Honor Roll and answers to the 264^th legal ethics quiz

Week of October 17, 2022

• The 264^th legal ethics quiz
• The scope of the no-contact rule and represented organizations . . . and basketball?
• News report reminds me of my lone experience with a lawyer trying to remove a disciplinary case to federal court
• Honor Roll and answers to the 263^rd legal ethics quiz

Week of October 10, 2022

• The 263^rd legal ethics quiz
• Mr. Mom & the plan to increase available trust account training
• Was That Wrong? Trying to mislead disciplinary investigators into believing you had died
• Disciplinary opinion from Maine is a good reminder on the rules that apply when bartering for legal services

Week of October 3, 2022

• Bartering for Legal Fees? Remember the rule on business transactions with a client
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 262nd legal ethics quiz

Week of September 26, 2022

• The 262^nd legal ethics quiz
• ABA opinion concludes that the “no-contact” rule applies to self-represented lawyers. Should we amend Vermont’s rule?
• Virginia advisory opinion concludes that a sending lawyer who includes client in email to opposing counsel consents to opposing counsel’s “reply-all.”
• Wellness Wednesday: R.I.P. Ray Massucco
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 261^st legal ethics quiz

Week of September 12, 2022

• The 261^st legal ethics quiz
• Supreme Court approves amendments to the Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct
• Trust Accounting in a Nutshell
• Back to the Basics (a 15-minute video on the 7 Cs of Legal Ethics)
• Honor Roll and answers to the 260^th legal ethics quiz

Week of August 23, 2022

• The 260^th legal ethics quiz
• How an order imposing sanctions for incivility reminded me of my high school basketball coach
• Wellness Wednesday: Don’t Stresslax
• Law offices should learn to identify wire fraud scams & discuss those scams with clients
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 259^th legal ethics quiz

Week of August 16, 2022

• The 259^th legal ethics quiz
• Cybersecurity, data protection, and a lawyer’s duty of competence
• Some basics on a lawyer’s duties when handling cryptocurrency

Week of August 2, 2022

• Timely Reconciliation Continues to Protect Vermont Lawyers Against Trust Account Fraud

Week of June 27, 2022

• Honor Roll and Answers to the 258th legal ethics quiz

Week of June 20, 2022

• The 258th legal ethics quiz
• Copying Clients on Emails to Opposing Counsel
• Virginia Lawyer Reprimanded for Vulgar E-Mail to Witness
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 257th legal ethics quiz

Weeks of June 6 and June 13, 2022

• The 257th legal ethics quiz
• It’s healthy for legal employers to value employees as people
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 256th legal ethics quiz

Week of May 30, 2022

• The 256th legal ethics quiz
• The importance of setting reasonable expectations and providing candid legal advice
• Meet David Rocchio: the move to movies
• A lawyer’s duties when a third-party asserts an interest in funds being held in trust for a client
• Answers and Honor Roll to the 255th legal ethics quiz

Weeks of May 16 and May 23, 2022

• The 255th legal ethics quiz
• The duty of confidentiality to former clients: judge orders Drew Peterson’s former lawyer not to reveal info about Peterson’s missing former wife
• A quick recap of the 7 Cs of legal ethics
• Take time to thank a paralegal
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 254th legal ethics quiz

Week of May 9, 2022

• The 254th legal ethics quiz
• Supreme Court seeks comments on proposed amendments to the Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct
• Wrapping Up Well-Being Week: my self-report of significant break making violations
• Are you an honest negotiator?
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 253rd legal ethics quiz

Week of May 2, 2022

• The 253^rd legal ethics quiz: Emotional Well-Being & my Kentucky Derby picks
• Connect & Contribute
• I Made Bread
• Align
• Stay Strong
• The Honor Roll and answers to the 252^nd legal ethics quiz

Week of April 25, 2022

• The 252nd legal ethics quiz
• Like prizes?? Consider participating in Well-Being Week in Law!
• Supreme Court seeks comment on proposal to require Vermont lawyers to disclose whether they carry malpractice insurance

Week of April 18, 2022

• Indiana, Montreal, and Vermont’s legal ethics rules on honesty
• When handling client funds, taking the easy way out could cost your license
• Honor Roll and answers to the 251st legal ethics quiz

Week of April 11, 2022

• The 251^st legal ethics quiz
• ABA advisory opinion on soliciting clients serves to remind of the duty to train nonlawyer staff
• West Virginia disciplinary opinion highlights the importance of the duty of candor to a tribunal

Week of April 4, 2022

• How to plan for Well-Being Week in Law 2022
• The Honor Roll and Answers to the 250th legal ethics quiz

Week of March 28, 2022

• The 250^th legal ethics quiz
• Was that Wrong? Tomfoolery and a career marked by a consistent inability to comply with the ethics rules
• Happy 1-day Anniversary to the new tab dedicated to trust accounting and fees
• With 40 Wellness tips, the ABA has at least one for everyone
• The Honor Roll and answers to the 249^th legal ethics quiz

Week of March 21, 2022

• There are good reasons to consider not copying a client on an email to opposing counsel
• Honor Roll & Answers to the 248th legal ethics quiz

Week of March 14, 2022

• The 248^th legal ethics quiz
• Slainte! Client Confidences, motions to withdraw, and responding to a subpoena to disclose client information

Week of March 7, 2022

• Wellness Wednesday: Mentoring
• Vermont’s rules on fees that are labeled “nonrefundable” or “earned upon receipt”
• Honor Roll and answers to the 247th legal ethics quiz

Weeks of February 21 & 28, 2022

• The 247th legal ethics quiz
• Law firms and disaster planning
• Beware the “severance payment” trust account scam
• True story: my last pre-Covid blog was about Sojourner Truth
• Honor Roll and answers from the 246th legal ethics quiz

Weeks of February 7 & 14, 2022

• The 246^th legal ethics quiz & my definitive power ranking of the Girl Scout Cookies
• Reconciliation (again!) is a good thing. Plus, a tip to protect against check fraud.
• Surreptitious recordings (still) make my Spidey-sense tingle
• A lawyer’s professional responsibility to identify common trust account scams
• The Honor Roll and answers to the 245th legal ethics quiz

Week of January 31, 2022

• The 245^th legal ethics quiz: Snow Days
• Happy (belated) Birthday Papa!
• I.P. Cheslie Kryst – may your tragic story spur us to strive to help others
• Was That Wrong? Evading service of a disciplinary complaint by pretending to be your identical twin
• The Honor Roll and answers to the 244^th legal ethics quiz

Week of January 24th 2022

• The 244th legal ethics quiz
• Illinois board recommends 3-year suspension for lawyer who sent harassing & abusive emails
• Espionage, Bribery, and Reinstatement to the Practice of Law: Part 1

Week of January 17, 2022

• Wellness Wednesday: Aiming for Well-Being
• Honor Roll and answers to the 243rd legal ethics quiz

Week of January 10, 2022

• The 243rd legal ethics quiz
• Timely Reconciliation Alerts Firm to Trust Account Fraud

Week of December 27, 2021

• The Top 11 of 2021

Week of December 20, 2021

• Sanctions imposed for lawyer’s failure to cite to controlling & adverse authority
• Honor Roll and answers to the 242nd legal ethics quiz

Week of December 13, 2021

• The 242nd legal ethics quiz
• Logan Lucky, candid legal advice, and 20 years of neglect. 
• Attorney Wellness, Emotional Regulation, and the Power of What’s Important Now?
• Ontario Court Issues Ruling Framing Tech Competence as Court Access
• Honor Roll and answers to the 241st legal ethics quiz

Week of December 6, 2021

• The 241st legal ethics quiz: Prime Numbers, Sporcle, and it’s not you, it’s me
• An Important Update on “Don’t Switch Sides” and Former Client Conflicts
• Remembering Joan Wing
• On Wellness Wednesday, a lesson from my dad, Nandi and the Foo Fighters
• Honor Roll and answers to the 240th legal ethics quiz

Weeks of November 22 and November 29, 2021

• The 240th legal ethics quiz: embrace “the nothing”
• Video is back! To avoid conflicts with former client, remember this: don’t switch sides
• On #givingtuesday, consider pro bono
• Taylor Swift & Tech Competence: do lawyers have an ethical duty to follow the news?
• Warning! How NOT to sue for legal fees
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 239th legal ethics quiz

November 2021

• The 239th legal ethics quiz – 0:00 confirms that I’m an idiot
• Conflicts of Interest: how signs, Squid Game, and gut instincts can uncomplicate things
• Lawyers aren’t Kramer. When it comes to safeguarding client funds, there are no excuses
• Florida Supreme Court includes important reminder in opinion disbarring lawyer whose misconduct resulted in prison time
• The Honor Roll and answers to the 238^th legal ethics quiz

Weeks of October 18 & October 25, 2021

• The 238^th Legal Ethics Quiz: My Confession & Updated Halloween Candy Rankings
• Vermont’s Rules on Flat Fees Paid in Advance (with a dash of Wellness)
• Emoji Law Update: Lawyer & Client Sanctioned for Submitting False Evidence
• Pro Bono. A Celebration, FAQs, and Answers
• The 237^th Legal Ethics Quiz.  Honor Roll & Answers.

Week of October 11, 2021

• The 237^th legal ethics quiz: National Sweetness Day
• Wellness Wednesday: Ask the question
• New Jersey approves remote work by lawyer who live in NJ but who aren’t admitted there
• Rethinking & redesigning attorney regulation

Week of October 4, 2021

• ABA Issues guidance on a lawyer’s obligations regarding language access in client-lawyer relationship
• My favorite entries in the blog’s first ever moot court competition
• Honor Roll and answers to the 236^th legal ethics quiz

Week of August 30, 2021

• The 235^th legal ethics quiz
• Well now, this answer isn’t boring
• Back to (trust account) school
• Honor Roll and answers to the 234^th legal ethics quiz

Week of July 26, 2021

• Emojis and a lawyer’s duty of competence
• Considering cannabis clients? Competence can be complicated.
• Honor Roll and answers from the 232^nd legal ethics quiz

Week of July 19, 2021

• The 232^nd legal ethics quiz
• Stories from a Bar: 1
• Ohio lawyer alleged to have engaged in sexual misconduct with clients and court staff allowed to resign without public disciplinary hearing. How would a similar situation play out in Vermont?

Weeks of June 14 & June 21, 2021

• The 231^st legal ethics quiz: Giuliani & Interim Suspensions
• Wellness Wednesday: Set Communication Boundaries with Clients & Opposing Counsel
• Maybe narcissistic lawyers who espouse ludicrous arguments don’t necessarily violate the duty of competence?
• A lawyer’s professional obligation to provide candid legal advice
• The Honor Roll and answers to the 230^th legal ethics quiz

Week of June 7, 2021

• The 230^th legal ethics quiz
• Work-from-anywhere or unauthorized practice? An encouraging update from New York.
• Mandatory Malpractice Insurance? An important Vermont survey.
• Tech Competence and . . . flipping the bird?
• Honor Roll and Answers from the 229^th legal ethics quiz

Week of May 24, 2021

• Monday Morning Honors #228

Week of May 17, 2021

• The 228^th legal ethics quiz: The Pizza Memo
• Surreptitious Recordings
• A civility oath for lawyers
• Lawyers admonished for baseless allegations of incivility against opposing counsel

Week of May 10, 2021

• Preparing for a remote hearing? Maybe check your client’s screen name.
• Honor Roll & Answers to the 227^th legal ethics quiz

Week of May 3, 2021

• The 227^th legal ethics quiz
• Physical Well-Being: Stay Strong
• Spiritual Well-Being: Aligning Work with Personal Values
  • The debrief video
• Intellectual Well-Being: Venue, The Electric Slide & Impostor Syndrome
  • The debrief video
• Social Well-Being: Communities & Connections
  • The debrief video
• Emotional Well-Being: W.I.N. your three feet of influence
• Answers & Honor Roll from the 226^th legal ethics quiz

Week of April 26, 2021

• The 226^th legal ethics quiz (and my Kentucky Derby picks)
• Civility& Decorum: a courtroom scene
• Let’s Light Some Candles

Week of April 19, 2021

• Wellness . . . umm, Thursday?
• Leaving your law firm? What not to do.

Week of April 12, 2021

•   Update on the Bart Simpson Sanction
• Wellness Wednesday: Compassion Fatigue
• Honor Roll & Answers to the 225th legal ethics quiz

Week of April 5, 2021

• The 225^th legal ethics quiz
• When a client insists that a lawyer advance frivolous claims.
• Safeguarding Client Funds: Tech Competence & Mobile Payment Apps
• The 224^th legal ethics quiz – Answers & Honor Roll

Week of March 29, 2021

• The 224^th legal ethics quiz
• Proposed Florida advisory opinion on mobile payment of legal fees
• Vermont’s new Bar Assistance Program: an important clarification

Weeks of March 15 & March 22, 2021

• Overbilling, fraudulent billing, and well-being: a lesson from Massachusetts
• NJ Committee concludes that lawyer who copies client on email to opposing counsel impliedly consents to “reply-all”
• Tuesday Tips
• Answers & Honor Roll to the 223^rd legal ethics quiz

Week of March 8, 2021

• The 223^rd legal ethics quiz & Judge Peter Hall
• Vermont Supreme Court addresses a lawyer’s duty to deliver “the file”
• Lawyer’s incivility factors in substantially reduced fee award
• Wellness Wednesday: Bar Assistance & Quick Stress Relievers
• Reciprocal Discipline: in Vermont, misappropriation warrants disbarment
• The 222^nd legal ethics quiz:  Honor Roll & Answers

Week of March 1, 2021

• The 222^nd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Wisconsin opinion includes cybersecurity tips for working remotely
• Save the date: Well-Being Week in the Law
• The 221^st legal ethics quiz: Honor Roll and Answers

Week of February 22, 2021

• The 221^st legal ethics quiz
• Lawyer Wellness and “Zoom Fatigue”
• Vermont Supreme Court suspends lawyer for improper use & disclosure of information relating to the representation of current & former clients
• The 220^th legal ethics quiz: Honor Roll & Answers

Week of February 1, 2021

• The 218^th legal ethics quiz
• Court is not a social media platform
• Wellness Wednesday: a message from Justice Eaton
• When using social media to advise someone how to get away with murder, it’s not social media that’s the problem.
• Happy Birthday Papa!
• Answers and Honor Roll from the 217^th legal ethics quiz

Week of January 18, 2021

• The 217^th legal ethics quiz
• Was that wrong? Conspiring to defraud the U.S. Government.
• What is the file? Helpful guidance from Arizona
• ABA issues guidance on responding to online criticism
• Answers & Honor Roll from the 216^th legal ethics quiz

Week of August 24, 2020

• Maine, Utah, and Reforming Attorney Regulation
• Answers & Honor Roll from the 209th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

August 1 – August 20, 2020

• The 209th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Attorney Justin Kolber & the Iron Llama Triathlon for National Suicide Prevention
• Wellness Wednesday:  Finding the Starting Line
• Contingent Fee:  $18,500 per hour?

Week of July 27, 2020

• Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

June 22 thru July 24, 2020

• The 208th legal ethics quiz: Speeding
• Two-fer: Scams & File Delivery
• Forging Signatures? Bad idea
• Vermont Bar Exam to be Administered Remotely in October
• ABA Issues Guidance on Rule Prohibiting Harassment & Discrimination
• Medal Monday: answers to the 207th #fiveforfriday quiz

Week of June 15, 2020

• The 207th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Learn
• Reach Out
• Scam Alert: imposter pretending to be a lawyer you know
• The $67 million pair of pants that resulted in a 90-day license suspension
• Medal Monday:  answers to the 206th #fiveforfriday quiz

Weeks of June 1 & June 8, 2020

• The 206th legal ethics quiz
• Conflicts, Confidences & Prospective Clients
• Confidentiality, Privilege, and Lobster
• Responding to Online Reviews
• Medal Monday: Answers to the 205th legal ethics quiz

Week of May 18, 2020

• The 205th legal ethics quiz: Fish Stories
• The Duty to Cooperate
• The “Boom Shakalaka” Defense
• Medal Monday #204

Week of May 11, 2020

• The 204th legal ethics quiz
  • Blog
  • Video
• Negative Online Review? Sometimes it’s best not to be the goose OR the gander.
• Wellness Wednesday: Reruns
• Medal Monday #203
  • Blog
  • Video (3:43)

May 4-8, 2020: National Lawyer Well-Being Week

• The 203rd legal ethics quiz
• Emotional Intelligence: W.I.N.
• Social Well-Being: Communities, Connections, & Hope
• Engage Intellectually
• Align
• Stay Strong
• Monday Morning Honors

Week of April 27, 2020

• The 202nd legal ethics quiz: virtues, curves, and snakes
• Guidance on How to Avoid Assisting Clients to Commit Crimes
• NYC Bar Proposes “Humanitarian Exception” To Conduct Rules
• Monday Morning Honors & Answers

Week of April 20, 2020

• The 201st Legal Ethics Quiz
• Taylor Swift & Trust Accounts: Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn Ya
• Get Ready! Only 12 Days Til National Lawyer Well-Being Week
• Keep Your Pants On
• Supreme Court Updates Judicial Emergency Order
• Monday Morning Answers & Honors

Week of April 13, 2020

• The 200th legal ethics quiz
• A Lawyer & His Music. Or, one more row.
• The Garage Bar CLEs: Client Data & Working Remotely (23 minutes)
• Video hearing today? Get dressed.
• April 13 amendments to Judicial Emergency Order
• Monday Morning Honors

Week of April 6, 2020

• The 199th legal ethics quiz
• Update to the Judicial Emergency Order
• Wellness Wednesday: Be Kind to Lawyers
• Trust Account Tuesday: 2 new video CLEs
• Monday Morning Honors

Week of March 30, 2020

• The 198th Five for Friday legal ethics quiz
• 2 in 1 day! Another trust accounting video
• A trust accounting video: don’t fear, simply.
• Civility Matters.  Especially Now.
• In brief: tough decisions in legal ethics
• An Order & Message from Judge Toor 
• Monday Morning Honors 

Week of March 23, 2020

• The 197th Five for Friday Legal Ethics Quiz
• Ripeness and what not to file during the pandemic
• SCOV Updates Judical Emergency Order
• The #prmadness bracket: 1st round results in, 2nd round voting open!
• Professional Responsibility & COVID-19
• Updates, including a potential Zoom Scam
• I’m Open! (and an important CLE update)
• Instant Analysis: Legal Ethics in Brief
• Monday Morning Honors #196

Week of March 16, 2020

• The 196th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• The “You’ve Been Unsubscribed” Email
• Wellness Wednesday: Coping with Coronavirus-Related Stress & Anxiety
• Sailing the 7 Cs of Legal Ethics (and a link to .5 hours of free self-study ethics CLE)
• Negative Online Review? Restrain Yourself
• VT Supreme Court Declares Judicial Emergency, Adopts Emergency Procedures
• Answers & Honor Roll from last week’s 195th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of March 9, 2020

• The 195th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Professional Responsibility, Legal Ethics & COVID-19
• Wellness Wednesday: Lawyers Depression Project
• Judge Toor’s Messages on COVID-19 & Chittenden Civil Operations (Updated 3/12)
• Answers & Honor Roll from last week’s quiz

Week of March 2, 2020

• The 194th Legal Ethics Quiz: Sojourner Truth
• Conflicts & Former Clients: Don’t remember? Doesn’t matter
• Wellness & The New CLE Rules
• The answers & Honor Roll from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of February 24, 2020

• The 193rd Legal Ethics Quiz: Blunders & Dords
• Buried Ledes, Hackers & Protecting Client Data
• Wellness Wednesday: Pro Bono Award Recipients
• The February Bar Exam
• The answers & Honor Roll from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of February 17, 2020

• The 192nd legal ethics quiz:  Barbara Jordan and the bright side of things
• Innovation in Attorney Regulation
• Bart Simpson & Attorney Misconduct
• Last week’s legal ethics quiz: answers & Honor Roll

Week of February 10, 2020

• The 191st legal ethics quiz: Uncle Edmund
• Was That Wrong? Diverting client funds & using the trust account to run a strip club
• Why I support the proposed Bar Assistance Program
• The proposed Bar Assistance Program
• Last week’s legal ethics quiz: the honor roll & answers

Week of February 3, 2020

• The 190th legal ethics quiz: Snow Days, Box Scores & AM Radio
• Throwback Thursday: Social Media & Legal Ethics
• Last week’s legal ethics quiz: the honor roll & answers
• Happy Birthday Papa!

Weeks of January 20 & January 27, 2020

• The 189th legal ethics quiz: what are the odds?
• Competence & E-Discovery
• Wellness Wednesday: Meet Parker Riehle
• Rick Springfield & The No-Contact Rule
• Mentoring: It’s a chance to be the change we hope to see in the profession
• Reverend King, Small Things, and the 188th legal ethics quiz’s answers & honor roll

Week of January 13, 2020

• The 188th legal ethics quiz: Negative Zero
• The Over/Under and a Bizarre Disciplinary Hearing
• Communicate Reasonable Expectations to Clients
• The Honor Roll & answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of January 6, 2020

• The 187th legal ethics quiz: A Die not Cast
• Disbursing without Collected Funds
• “Like” to Win a  Prize!
• The honor roll and answers to the 20 for 2020 quiz

Week of December 30, 2019

• The 186th legal ethics quiz: 20 for 2020 – the basics in Vermont professional responsibility
• The honor roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of December 16, 2019

• The 185th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: I miss the damn birds!
• A lawyer’s duty upon learning that a client or witness presented false evidence
• Update!

Week of December 9, 2019

• Wellness Wednesday: Legal Acts of Kindness
• Don’t Be This Guy
• Honor Roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Weeks of November 25 & December 2, 2019

• The 184th legal ethics quiz
• Leaving A Law Firm: An Update
• Wellness Wednesday: No Objection to “no, thank you”
• Rerun: #GivingTuesday & Pro Bono
• Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of November 18, 2019

• The 183rd legal ethics quiz: Bove’s & JFK
• Facebook Post Leads to Public Reprimand
• Criminal Convictions, Interim Suspensions & Operation Varsity Blues
• Ethics in Practice
• Honor Roll and Answers from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of November 11, 2019

• The 182nd Legal Ethics Quiz: Small Steps
• Incivility Leads to Public Sanctions
• Wellness Wednesday: Unplug
• Mobile Payments & Legal Fees
• Honor Roll and Answers from last week’s 181st legal ethics quiz

Week of November 4, 2019

• The 181st legal ethics quiz: Norman Rockwell Helps me Adjust to Winter
• Quality Work Won’t Excuse an Excessive Fee
• Wellness Wednesday: Judge McCaffrey Redux
• So your client thinks she’s funny?
• The answers and Honor Roll from the 180th legal ethics quiz

Week of October 21, 2019

• The 180th legal ethics quiz: forget regret
• Wellness Wednesday: Baseball & Civility
• D.C. Advisory Ethics Opinion on Duties when another Lawyer is Impaired
• The Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of October 14, 2019

• The179th legal ethics quiz: rainy runs & pro bono
• Wellness Wednesday: the ABA’s Well-Being Template for Legal Employers
• Leaving a Law Firm: Breaking up is never easy, I know
• Answers & Honor Roll from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of October 7, 2019

• The 178th legal ethics quiz: Things Better Left Unsaid
• Wellness Wednesday: Small Things
• Legal Ethics & Cannabis Clients’ Money
• Answers & Honor Roll from last week’s legal ethics quiz

September 23 thru October 4

• The 177th legal ethics quiz
• Public Enemy, Flavor Flav, and a very strange disciplinary case.
• Client alleges you did wrong? Think Run-DMC & don’t talk too much
• Trust Accounting Tips
• Monday Morning Answers (and the Honor Roll)

Week of September 16, 2019

• The 176th legal ethics quiz: I’m Speechless
• Advising Clients on their Social Media Use
• On Constitution Day, Consider Civics & Giving
• Reviewing & Accessing Social Media Platforms of Adverse Parties & Witnesses
• Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of September 9, 2019

• The 175th legal ethics quiz: Superstitions & Expiration Dates
• Judges & Recusal: Guidance from Mag & the ABA
• Trust Account Scams Continue
• T.I. & Jack Torrance: an overview of the trust account rules

Week of August 12, 2019

• The 174th legal ethics quiz:  Bennington Battle Day
• The Future of Attorney Regulation is Proactive
• Wellness Wednesday:  It’s okay to be you.
• The Honor Roll & answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of August 5, 2019

• The 173rd legal ethics quiz: extraordinarily ordinary
• In litigation, be wary of the gift horse
• I Love You, Now Die: what an HBO documentary can tell us about tech competence
• Wellness Wednesday: Time to change our business model?
• The answers & Honor Roll from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of July 29, 2019

• The 172nd legal ethics quiz: Challenge Yourself
• Safeguarding client data: don’t forget email safety
• The bar exam, a lawyer shortage, Suits, and thoughts on leaked essay topics
• The answers & Honor Roll to last week’s legal ethics quiz
• California Bar Exam Essay Topics Leaked – VT is NOT Affected

July 15 thru July 26, 2019

• The 171st legal ethics quiz: Jeopardy
• Increasing Access is a Professional Responsibility
• Vacation, Devices & Vacations from Devices
• The answers and Honor Roll from the last legal ethics quiz

July 1 thru July 12, 2019

• The 170th legal ethics quiz: an anniversary & birthday
• Be careful with your wellness!
• Well-Being is an Aspect of Competence
• Social Media & Legal Ethics
• The Honor Roll and Answers from the last legal ethics quiz

Week of June 24, 2019

• The 169th legal ethics quiz and two Irish cousins
• Third-Party Claims against Client Funds
• Redacting Confidential Info
• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of June 17, 2019

• The 168th legal ethics quiz: to move forward, reflect
• Pick your battles: case tossed after lawyer & client willfully violate discovery order
• Wellness Wednesday: Survival Skills
• With trust accounts, verify
• The Honor Roll and Answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz
• My Dad

Week of June 10, 2019

• The 167th legal ethics quiz: remember the bins
• Cannabis Competence
• Wellness Wednesday: make time for what (and who) matters
• The answers & Honor Roll from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of June 3, 2019

• The 166th legal ethics quiz: Mr. Selby’s Lesson
• Wellness Wednesday: Understand the Risks, Know the Responses
• Misappropriation: Don’t.
• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of May 27, 2019

• The 165th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz:  this summer, be you.
• Fake Lawyer Loses Job.  Think deeper than just the story of how she lost it.
• Wellness Wednesday: Meet Alison, Shireen, Samantha, and Alison
• Trust Account Tuesday: Nonrefundable fees
• The Honor Roll and answers from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of May 20, 2019

• The 164th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Jake helps out
• Court Martials, Web Bugs, and Tech Competence
• Wellness Wednesday: Reach out, check in
• An improper contingent fee results in a disciplinary sanction
• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of May 13, 2019

• The 163rd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Wellness Wednesday: Mentor Someone
• Trust Account Tuesday
  • Teddy KGB on prompt notification and delivery
  • When a third-party asserts an “interest” in funds held in trust
• The Honor Roll & answers from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of May 6, 2019

• The 162nd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Wellness Wednesday:  Joan Loring Wing
• Take Reasonable Precautions to Protect Client Data.  The End.
• Trust Account Tuesday: (generally) don’t disburse absent collected funds.
• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of April 29, 2019

• The 161st #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Ice Ice Baby
• Trust Accounting: Basic Requirements
• Wellness Wednesday: Law Day & Pro Bono
• Trust Account Tuesday: Don’t Commingle
• The Honor Roll and answers from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of April 22, 2019

• The 160th legal ethics quiz.  Take a chance on being nice.
• Talking culture, compliance, confidences, and candor
• Wellness Wednesday: Sleep, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Game of Thrones
• Don’t Fear E-Filing (Unless you’re a liar)
• The Honor Roll and answers from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of April 15, 2019

• The 159th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Friends & bikes
• Attorney Wellness: We’ve Only Just Begun
• Fees: does a client’s agreement render a fee reasonable?
• Answers and Honor Roll from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of April 8, 2019

• The 158th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: a Vermont lawyer & the U.S. Civil War
• Advising Clients on Social Media Use
• Trust Accounts & ACH Transfers
• Be Kind to a Lawyer Today
• The answers & Honor Roll to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of April 1, 2019

• Ketchup on a hot dog? The 157th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• When a client asks you not to keep a copy of the file
• Don’t tell the opposing party to commit suicide
• Misconduct & mitigation: sleep apnea doesn’t make people lie
• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of March 25, 2019

• The 156th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: A Daycation
• Competence, Discovery & ESI: Consider a Protocol
• Malpractice Insurance & Legal Ethics
• Michael Avenatti & March Madness
• Answers and Honor Roll from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of March 18, 2019

• The 155th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: be nice to someone today
• Don’t Threat on Me
• Wellness v. Well-Being
• The Honor Roll & answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of March 11, 2018

• The 154th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Oscar Wilde, Basketball & the Irish
• That time you flattened a tenant’s tires & put glue in her locks. Wait….what?
• Wellness Wednesday: Meet Molly Gray
• Ghost posts.  Or are yours real?
• The Honor Roll & answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of March 4, 2018

• The 153rd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: 90210 & Younger You
• Candor in an Ex Parte Proceeding
• Wellness Wednesday: Judge Garland & My Cousin Vinny

Week of February 25, 2019

• The bar exam: a “Q&A” with the examiners
• The Honor Roll & answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of February 18, 2019

• The 152nd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Shakespeare, Pink Floyd & Wellness
• Judges & Facebook Redux
• Wellness Wednesday: Meet Andrew Manitsky
• The honor roll & answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of February 11, 2019

• The 151st #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Patrick Francis Kennedy
• Inadvertent Production
• Faking Cancer & Kids.  Wait . . . what?
• And yet another scam!
• Scam Alert: fake invoices from Vermont Superior Courts
• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of February 4, 2019

• The 150th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Ptolemy and the PRB
• Silly Rabbit! Wait . . . what????
• Tech Sells
• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday quiz

Week of January 28, 2019

• The 149th #fiveforfriday quiz: 12 year olds speak on legal ethics
• So your paralegal has a conflict. Is it imputed to you?
• Resolve to manage expectations by providing candid legal advice
• The answers & Honor Roll from last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of January 21, 2019

• The 148th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Don’t Stop
• Apples, Oranges & Commingling
• Wellness Wednesday: Meet Jeff Messina
• Want to save $2.5 million? Learn to identify trust account scams
• The Honor Roll & answers from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of January 14, 2019

• The 147th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Under Pressure
• Tips for Online Reputation Management
• Wellness Wednesday: an action plan
• Legal Ethics: it’s all about the bad grades
• The answers & Honor Roll from last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of January 7, 2019

• The 146th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: paltering & reality television
• Competence, Confidences and PDFs
• And Diligence for all!
• The Honor Roll & answers to the 145th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of December 31, 2018

• The 145th #fiveforfriday quiz: Baseballs, Autographs, Little Things and my Mom
• C in ethics? You’re on the right track
• Advocacy, Decorum and Grover
• The honor roll and answers to last week’s New Year’s-themed legal ethics quiz

Week of December 24, 2018

• The 144th #fiveforfriday quiz:  Thank you & New Year’s themed legal ethics
• Resolve to be a mentor
• The legal ethics of crowdfunding to raise $$$ to pay for legal fees
• The honor roll & answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz
• Legal Ethics and the Water Cooler

Week of December 17, 2018

• The 143rd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: a holiday-themed version
• TBT: Competence includes advising clients on the risks of posting to social media
• Wellness Wednesday: Stop It!
• Increasing access to legal services is a professional responsibility
• The answers & honor roll to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of December 10, 2018

• The 142nd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: a great debate is consuming our nation.
• A lesson from a disbarred prosecutor: don’t post that.
• That time you filed a pleading in the form of a screenplay . . . wait, what?
• The honor roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz, as well as reader reflections on Larry Bird & the old Boston Garden

Week of December 3, 2018

• The 141st #fiveforfriday ethics quiz: Larry Bird & Obstructed Views
• Should we require CLE in specific topics?
• Wellness Wednesday: “N O” is “O K”
• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of November 26, 2018

• The 140th #fiveforfriday quiz:  Thriller, Hotel California & Consistent Competence
• Wellness Wednesday: You’re not an impostor
• #GivingTuesday and Pro Bono
• The Honor Roll & answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of November 19, 2018

• The 139th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Wellness Wednesday: Meet Heather Moreau
• ABA Addresses a Lawyer’s Obligations in Response to a Data Breach
• Estate Planning: Crypto Competence
• The honor roll & answers from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of November 12, 2018

• Nice weather. The 138th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.
• Judges and their Facebook Friends
• Wellness Wednesday: Enough
• Volunteer for Veterans (and meet Katelyn Atwood!)
• Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s quiz

Week of November 5, 2018

• The 137th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: my college football injury
• Siri, Alexa & Client Confidences
• Don’t Post That
• Wellness Wednesday: Family Time
• The honor roll & answers to the last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of October 29, 2018

• Time to grow up? The 136th Five for Friday legal ethics quiz
• Yes! Some thoughts on the legal ethics of cloud storage
• Keep Quiet & Lawyer On – a cautionary tale of love & client confidences
• Judge Francis McCaffrey: a life dedicated to helping others be well

Week of October 22, 2018

• Wellness Wednesday: The Heady Trotter 4 Miler
• The honor roll & answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of October 15, 2018

• The 135th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Red Sox & Pro Bono
• Wellness Wednesday: Meet Jennifer O’Connor
• Don’t be an “Empty Head”
• Court Adopts Comment on Tech Competence
• Honor Roll & answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of October 8, 2018

• The 134th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Emperor Norton
• Discovery: it’s not a toy
• Wellness Wednesday: Neil Diamond, the Lock Screen, and National Mental Health Day for Law Students
• The Texas State Bar opines: no taint shopping for experts
• The answers & honor roll to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of October 1, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: The Marathon Bombings & Choosing to Help
• Deliver the File
• Wellness Wednesday: on ponds, puffery and paltering.

Week of September 24, 2018

• Secure Communications & Alternatives to E-Mail
• Wellness Wednesday: Island Vines
• The answers & honor roll to last week’s #fiveforfriday quiz

Week of September 17, 2018

• The 132nd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: September, friends, and lining up height.
• E-mail Ethics:  CC, Bcc, and Reply-All continue to confound
• Is your firm prepared for a disaster?
• A pledge by legal employers to focus on lawyer well-being
• The answers & honor roll to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of September 10, 2018

• Competence, salt tabs & half marathons: the 131st #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Prosecutors & Ethics: the duty to disclose in criminal cases
• The basics of fee agreements
• It’s Tomorrow Somewhere
• Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s Smokey & The Bandit legal ethics quiz

Week of September 3, 2018

• The 130th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: soap operas, Bandit, and CB radios
• Client funds: when do 3rd parties have valid claims or interests?
• Joint Representation of Multiple Clients: Lessons from Athos & The Three Musketeers
• Answers & Honor Roll from last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of August 27, 2018

• The 129th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.
• Competence includes warning clients against being too social with their media
• Cybersecurity for Lawyers: there are lessons to be learned from other professions
• Honor Roll & Answers from last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Weeks of August 13 & 20, 2018

• Old Dominion, The Fair, Mr. Sausage: the 128th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• A Competent Cease & Desist Letter – And Beer!
• Of Counsel: Conflicts of Interest
• Of Counsel:  Compensation & Fee Sharing
• Of Counsel:  An Intro & Definition
• Answers & Honor Roll from the Frank Sinatra themed legal ethics quiz

Week of August 6, 2018

• Frank Sinatra and the 127th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Of Counsel – An Intro
• Utah to license paralegals
• Honor Roll and Answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of July 30, 2018

• Dragons, Boats, and a Licensing Attorney – the 126th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Pro Bono? There’s an App for that!
• Hot Topics in Legal Ethics
• Honor Roll and Answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of July 23, 2018

• County Runs: the 125th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Should we allow nonlawyers to own, manage, and invest in law firms?
• The Vermont Bar Exam
• The honor roll & answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of July 16, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Make Wellness a Habit
• Ethics Inquiries of Bar Counsel
• Specializing in Anonymity
• (Old Post) Honor Roll & Answers to the most recent #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of June 25, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Ray Parker, Jr. lives! Ghostwriting as Access
• The Interwebs: Links to advisory opinons on the legal ethics of social media
• Puffery & The Ethics of Settlement Negotiations
• The answers & honor roll to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of June 18, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: A Vermont lawyer won a half-marathon!
• Fees:  Paid in Advance vs. Non-Refundable
• Woodshedding:  Competence? Or “coaching” gone too far?
• The answers and honor roll to last week’s Father’s Day themed legal ethics quiz

Week of June 11, 2018

• The 121st #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz:  My Dad
• Bouchons, Cybersecurity & Ransomware:  Back-up is key
• Disciplinary Complaints: File & Let File
• The answers & honor roll to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of June 4, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Kanye, James Madison & Thaddeus Stevens
• ACH Transfers & Trust Accounts
• Montreal? Protect client data at the border
• 108 is way too many
• The answers & honor roll to last week’s 119th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of May 28, 2018

• The 119th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz. A $67 million pair of pants?
• Pro Bono: FAQs & Opportunities
• Ransomware & Cybersecurity Insurance
• The honor roll & answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of May 21, 2018

• The 118th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Lawyers & Marathons
• Reminder:  Don’t fear trust accounting
• Scams Continue – beware ANY change in wiring instructions
• The honor roll & answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of May 14, 2018

• The 117th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: My Cousin Isaiah.
• Avoid the Oopsies: Reply to Some, not All
• Social Media Posts Trip-Up Lawyer
• ESI: there’s risk in failing to preserve
• SCOTUS: defense counsel cannot concede guilt over a client’s objection

Week of May 7, 2018

• The Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of April 30, 2018

• The 116th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz includes an Kentucky Derby themed interview with Vermont lawyers Elizabeth Kruska & Wesley Lawrence
• Bitcoin as Payment for Legal Fees
• Scam Targets Justices of the Peace
• The Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of April 23, 2018

• The 115th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: A Kid from Barre
• The Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of April 16, 2018

• The 420 Day edition of the #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.
• Do lawyers have to disclose their mistakes to clients? The ABA has opined.
• Reruns  – I hope they get you in the mood for next month’s VBA Tech Day.
• How do disciplinary hearings work? How do they figure out the sanction?  The process is here.
• The Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of April 9, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.  #113 – Very Superstitious
• Got Tech Competence? The VBA Does.
• 6 minutes? 15 minutes? When does a rounding error become an unreasonable fee?
• The Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of April 2, 2018

• Aunt Kate & the 112th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.
• Disclosing Information that is Public Record
• The Latest Scam
• The Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz, along with reader memories of Carvel’s Ice Cream & WPIX Channel 11
• Was That Wrong? Putting a convicted embezzler in charge of the trust account.

Week of March 26, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.  #111: Carvel Ice Cream
• Con Law & Attorney Discipline: Can a lawyer be sanctioned for revealing information that is a matter of public record?
• Client communication in a social age: it’s still important to manage expectations
• The Honor Roll & Answers to last Friday’s legal ethics quiz

Week of March 19, 2018

• The 110th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Workplace Happiness
• ABA & Client Confidences: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again
• Lawyer Wellness

Week of March 12, 2018

• The Honor Roll & answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of March 5, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: JFK & The Birdman of Alcatraz? How Bizarre!
• Trust Account Scams: Change in Wire Instructions? CAUTION!!!!
• Conflicts of Interest: Avoid hot water by understanding Hot Potatoes
• The Honor Roll & answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of February 26, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: #108 – Lawyer Wellness
• Tech Competence: Don’t Let the Web Bugs Bite
• The Vermont Bar Exam
• The Honor roll and answers to last week’s #fivefofriday legal ethics quiz.
• Fed Judge tells Taylor Swift “However banal, play on playa!”  (updated on March 1)

Week of February 19, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics trivia quiz. #107 – Winter Olympics
• Was that Wrong? Inexplicable Incompetence and a Thomas Jefferson Costume.
• CC, Bcc, and a lawyer’s duty of competence.
• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.

Week of February 12, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.  #106 – kids & questions.
• Social media & legal ethics:  Competent Advice & Privacy Settings
• A Valentine’s Day note.  To: the prosecution. With love, the defendant’s lawyer.
• Honor Roll & answers to #105 in the #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz series.

Week of February 5, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.  #105: Papa.
• ABA Journal Offers Cybersecurity Tips
• Concerns over Client Confidences Spur ABA to Oppose Bill in Senate Judiciary
• Service via Instagram
• Honor Roll & Answers to #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz #104

Week of January 29, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.  #104: the Red Sox, Phineas & Ferb, and a Super Bowl that won’t be discussed.
• File Retention: How long?
• 50 Resolutions: Deliver the File
• Was That Wrong: Cannabis (In)Competence
• Honor Roll and answers to #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz #103

Week of January 22, 2018

• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: #103 – country stores & corner markets
• Conflicts: are there lessons in sports?
• Can a criminal defense lawyer concede a client’s guilt over the client’s objection?
• Honor Roll & answers to #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz #102

Week of January 15, 2018

• The 102nd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: It’s Friday, I’m in Love
• Conflicts of Interest:  in some cases, appearances matter
• Remember that time you didn’t know your wife had been disbarred?
• Conflicts of Interest – keep it simple, trust your gut
• Honor Roll & answers to #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz #101

Week of January 8, 2018

• The 101st #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz – The Mix Tape Edition
• Lawyers Robbing Banks: where the duty of competence meets Was That Wrong
• Thaw Bound? Protect client data at the border.
• Supreme Court Adopts Sex Rule
• Lawyer Wellness: Resolve to Help Yourself 6 Minutes Per Day
• Honor Roll and answers to the 100th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of January 1, 2018

• The Centennial! The 100th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Don’t overcomplicate trust accounting.
• Was That Wrong?  Forging Wiretap Orders to Spy on a Romantic Rival
• Honor Roll and Answers to the 99th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of December 25, 2017

• The 99th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• 2017’s Most Read:
  • #1:  W.I.N. your 3 feet of influence.
  •  #2 – Hey Lawyers! STFU!!!
  • #3 – Paralegal Licensing: We can’t let perfect be the enemy of good
  • Conflicts  (#5) & Lawyer Wellness (#4)
• The Honor Roll & Answers to a holiday-themed #fiveforfriday quiz

Week of December 18, 2017

• The #fiveforfriday quiz: a holiday-themed foray into legal ethics.
• Flashback: is a self-represented attorney subject to the “no contact” rule?
• A quick CLE: it’s best not to conspire to commit fraud, extortion, and kidnapping.
• Can’t Keep Quiet? Try Harder.  A post on client confidences.
• Congrats Patriots fans.  The Honor Roll and Answers to the 98th #fiveforfriday quiz

Week of December 11, 2017

• A New Year’s Day memory: the 98th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.
• Was That Wrong? Framing a volunteer at your kid’s school for a drug crime
• Thursday’s Tidbits of Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility
• In a Season of Giving, Consider Pro Bono
• Tech Competence, Tech Tips, and a Tech Conference!
• Show Me The Ethics! Honor Roll & Answers to the 97th #fiveforfriday quiz

Week of December 4, 2017

• Increasing access to legal services: we cannot let perfect be the enemy of good
• My return to coaching, Fargo & the Coen Brothers: the 97th #fiveforfriday quiz
• Conflicts: Don’t Switch Sides (and definitely avoid doing what Derek Jeter just did)
• Honor Roll and answers to the 96th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of November 27, 2017

• Netflix recommendations and the 96th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Client Confidences: Again, it’s the simple things
• December 18 is the deadline to comment on the proposed sex rule
• Honor Roll and answers to the Thanksgiving-themed #fiveforfriday

Week of November 20, 2017

• A Thanksgiving-themed #fiveforfriday quiz
• Was that wrong? Smuggling toothbrushes & pepper spray to an incarcerated client
• Malcolm Young, the Honor Roll & answers to the 95th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of November 13, 2017

• I-95 and a firefighting VBA member: the 95th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Confidences, Conflicts, and Electronically Stored Information
• WSYW: SCOTUS Mt. Rushmore and Top 3 ficitional works involving the law
• Monday’s Honor Roll & answers to last week’s basketball & O.J. legal ethics quiz
• Was That Wrong? The prosecutor who listened in on conversations between an accused and defense counsel.

Week of November 6, 2017

• Basketball & O.J. Simpson – the 94th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• TBT: Ethics of Alternative Litigation Financing
• Who is on your Mt. Rushmore of US Supreme Court justices?
• 50 Resolutions. #1: Don’t be a jerk.
• Monday’s Honor Roll & answers to last week’s My Cousin Vinny legal ethics quiz

Week of October 30, 2017

• My Cousin Vinny is the theme of the 93rd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• The 50 Original Rules of Professional Deportment:  181 years later, it’s remarkable how many still apply
• Got Plans?  Guidance on creating a succession plan for a law practice.
• The answers & Honor Roll to the Justin Timberlake themed 92nd legal ethics quiz.  Largest Honor Roll in the history of the quiz!

Week of October 23, 2017

• The Super Bowl, Justin Timberlake, and pro bono: the 92nd #fiveforfriday quiz
• Celebrate Pro Bono (by reviewing the rules)
• Voltaire. No, not that one, but the one who predicts how jurors will vote
• Honor Roll, answers, and reader comments on the Pearl Jam v. Nirvana #fiveforfriday quiz

Week of October 16, 2017

• The 91st #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Nirvana v. Pearl Jam
• A proposed rule banning client-lawyer sexual relationships has been published for comment.
• In Memoriam: Ruth Stokes – RIP
• Have you heard the one about the $1 million fee award that walked into a spam filter?
• Monday’s Honor Roll and answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday quiz – the Vanilla (and Strawberry) Ice version

Week of October 9, 2017

• The 90th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz:  Vanilla (and Strawberry) Ice
• A Sex Rule
• Ethics of Referral Fees
• Monday’s Honor Roll & answers to the Taylor Swift & Tom Petty legal ethics quiz

Week of October 2, 2017

• The 89th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz features Taylor Swift & Tom Petty
• Competence, ESI, and E-Discovery
• Stop Disclosing Client Confidences – Hey Lawyers! STFU!
• Competence Includes Helping Yourself: Make Time For What Matters
• The Honor Roll and Monday’s answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday #88

Week of September 25, 2017

• Client Confidences: Do Lawyers have a Duty to Disable Autocomplete?
• This week’s #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz is #88
• Constitutional Karaoke: My Singing Debut Has Been Finalized
• A Trust Account Trap for the Unwary
• Protecting Client Data: Practical Cybersecurity Tips
• Update: There Was No Phishing Scam Today
• Monday’s Answers to last week’s Constitution-themed #fiveforfriday quiz

Week of September 18, 2017

• This week’s Constitution-themed #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz
• Friends, Followers and Legal Ethics of Social Media
• Protecting Client Data and the Duty of Tech Competence
• Constitution Day & Karaoke
• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz: Red Sox & Superstitions

Week of September 11, 2017

• The 86th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Red Sox & Superstitions
• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz

Week of September 4, 2017

• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz
• Avoid Complaints by Managing Expecations: A lesson from Dickens & Cool Hand Luke
• Was That Wrong? Representing Plaintiff & Defendant while sleeping with Defendant.
• Pro Bono Opportunities following Harvey & Irma
• The Class of 1985 #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of August 28, 2017

• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz
• The Next Eclipse: Plan Ahead.  Your last minute motion to continue won’t work.
• How to Help in Harvey’s Aftermath
• So a Lawyer & Judge are Facebook friends.  So…..what?
• The 84th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of August 21, 2017

• The Honor Roll and answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz
• Competence, IT4, Kyrie Irving, and The Trade
• What’s Game of Thrones got to do with the legal ethics of cloud storage?
• Help early! Don’t wait for a conviction & disbarment to help a lawyer in need.
• E-Mail Encryption, Sophie Germain, and Kenny Chesney: the 83rd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.

Week of August 14, 2017

• The Honor Roll and Answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz
• An overview of Vermont’s Professional Responsibility Program
• Lawyer Well-Being – A Call to Action
• John Stallworth, the Burlington Free Press and J.I.M.’s: the 82nd #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of August 7, 2017

• Anxiety, Stress, & Work-Life Balance for Lawyers
• My Mom!  The Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz
• Pro Bono – How are we doing?
• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of July 31, 2017

• The Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz
• Discovery Sanction = Costs (of pizza)
• Client Confidences: Crossing the Border? Consider bringing only what you really need
• Was That Wrong? Forging Judges’ Signatures
• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz. It’s Miracle that a basketball guy wrote about hockey.

• The Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s legal ethics quiz
• The Vermont Bar Exam
• Civility is What’s Important Now.  W.I.N. Your 3 Feet of Influence
• Online Legal Research: Is there a duty to use more than one research platform?
• Magic, Bird, Peace in the Middle East and Sexy Primes. The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.

Week of July 17, 2017

•  Lawyers Helping Lawyers – Keep it on the Front Burner Addiction & Mental Health must remain at the forefront of our discussion. 
• The More Things Change . . . Conficts Questions have always arisen, and probably always will.
• Chatbots as Associates?  An employee who will never ask for a raise or time off.
• The Five for Friday Quiz:  Bucky “F#$%ing” Dent edition.

Week of June 26, 2017

• Judicial Ethics: Tax Judge Sentenced for . . . would you believe . . . Tax Fraud?
• The Honor Roll
• Big Data, Moneyball, and Legal Ethics: Legal Analytics & The Duty of Competence
• A special edition of the #fiveforfriday quiz: Declaration(s) of Independence (Day)
• Answers to the Declaration of Independence Day Edition

Week of June 19, 2017

• The Honor Roll
• Cause for Concern? Data Shows Big Drop in Percentage of Top LSAT-Takers Applying to Law School
• Do you find the conflicts rules confusing?  Here’s a visual: think “Tug of War.”
• The 77th #fivefriday legal ethics quiz

Week of June 12, 2017

• The Honor Roll
• Attorney-Client Sex: It’s Time for a Rule
• Tech Competence, Legal Research & Color-Coded Citations
• The 76th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.

Week of June 5, 2017

• The Honor Roll: Beatles v. Stones version
• For Small Firms & Solos:  Tech Competence Can Help Keep the Train on the Tracks
• Was That Wrong?  The Ethics Monster
• CCBA Champs Choose COTS
• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz: Pudge Waves it Fair

Week of May 29, 2017

• Fritz Langrock to Serve on ABA Board of Governors
• The Honor Roll
• Annual Meeting Update: PRB Discusses Bias & Discrimination
• Annual Meeting Update: PRP Looks at Nonlawyer Ownership
• Annual Meeting Update: Secretary of State Condos Visits PRP
• #fiveforfriday Legal Ethics Quiz: Beatles v. Stones

Week of May 22, 2017

• Was That Wrong?  The time you swore at the judge who overruled your objection.   
• The Honor Roll
• Trust Account Scams: they won’t be an excuse for long.  Will falling for a trust account scam result in a disciplinary sanction?  I think so.
• The Memorial Day Weekend edition of the #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of May 15, 2017

• Monday’s Honor Roll & Answers to last Friday’s Questions
• If you aren’t competent with technology, are your fees unreasonable?
• ABA Opinion 477: Encryption & The Evolving Duty to Safegaurd Client Information
• The #fiveforfriday Legal Ethics Quiz

Week of May 8, 2017

• Protect Client Info While Traveling Abroad (Canada = Abroad)
• Monday Morning Answers & Honor Roll – Kentucky Derby Edition
• Social Media Sanction! Except, Not Really: Don’t Reflexively Avoid Social Media
• Believe it or not, Tech Competence Isn’t Everything: Soft Skills Matter
• Throwback Thursday: Referral Fees
• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of May 1, 2017

• Five for Friday: The Kentucky Derby Edition

Week of April 17, 2017

• Boston Marathon Edition of the Honor Roll & Answers from the #fiveforfriday quiz
• An Important Update on Relicensing & CLE Reporting
• The Uniform Bar Exam: Vermont’s February 2017 Results
• A Tip from the Reagan Era that Applies Today: Do Nothing – It Might Help
• Guest Pass – On data security, Peter Zuk reminds us: Don’t Forget the Copier
• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of April 10, 2017

• Monday’s Honor Roll & Answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday quiz
• Back to Basics:  The Rule on Contingent Fees
• Throwback Thursday: The Legal Ethics of Crowdfunding Litigation
• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of April 3, 2017

• The Duty to Disclose Exculpatory Evidence – In North Carolina, it Applies to All
• Monday’s Honor Roll, and the answers to last week’s #fiveforfriday quiz
• Hot Topics in Judicial Ethics: Beauty Pageants
• Moving to Withdraw because Client hasn’t Paid? Let Disco be your Guide
• The #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz

Week of March 27, 2017

• Monday’s Honor Roll, with the answers to last week’s #FiveForFriday ethics quiz
• This year, US lawyers & law firms will spend $1 billion on . . .
• Whether to repeal the ban on nonlawyer ownership of law firms.  An opening skirmish?
• This week’s Five for Friday legal ethics quiz

Week of March 20, 2017

• Monday’s Honor Roll & the answers to the St. Patrick’s Day legal ethics quiz
• When Lawyers Change Firms – Part 2: Is Vermont’s Conflict Rule too Strict?
• So You Want to Represent Both Buyer & Seller? A tale of mothers, sons, & conflicts.
• The 64th #fiveforfriday legal ethics quiz.

Week of March 13, 2017

• The Honor Roll & Monday’s answers to last Friday’s legal ethics quiz
• Changing Firms: Is Vermont’s Conflict Rule too Strict?
• The St. Patrick’s Day Edition of the Five for Friday legal ethics quiz

Week of March 6, 2017

• Monday’s Answers to last Friday’s legal ethics quiz
• Has This Blog Gone Mainstream? A Federal Appellate Court Cited to My Cousin Vinny.
• That Time a Defense Attorney’s Pants Caught on Fire During Closing Argument….In an Arson Case
• Five for Friday Ethics Quiz

Week of February 27, 2017

• Marathons, Ethics, and Cover-Ups: a post in which I use a recent marathon cheater as an example of how not to act in response to an ethics complaint and/or during the attorney admission process.
• Monday Morning Answers: Week 61: the answers to last week’s Five for Friday quiz.
• The Ethics Complaint Against Kellyanne Conway has small, very small, connection to Vermont.
• Was That Wrong?: the most recent edition in this feature involves not a lawyer, but a judge.
• The Five for Friday legal ethics quiz

Week of February 20, 2017

1. Presidents’ Day & Civility
2. The Vermont Bar Exam
3. Throwback Thursday – Tech Competence Edition
4. Five for Friday #61

Week of January 30, 2017

1. Tips for Choosing a Practice Management System
2. Monday’s Answers to Friday’s Ethics Quiz

Week of January 23, 2017

1. Affirmative Defenses and….Chickens?
2. Monday’s Answers to Friday’s Ethics Quiz
3. Clients: Ease Their Experience: tips on retaining clients.
4. Was That Wrong?: Make sure your resume is accurate.
5. The Five for Friday ethics quiz.

Week of January 9, 2017

1. The LegalBoard: a keyboard designed specifically for lawyers.
2. Answers to last week’s Five for Friday.
3. CC & Reply-All: Things that make you go “hmmmm.”
4. CC & Reply-All:  Is Bcc the Answer?
5. Lawyer  received an unsolicited e-mail from someone seeking legal advice but whose interests are adverse to a current client’s interests.  What now? Part 3.
6. Client Communication & Cool Hand Luke:  Set reasonable expectations up front in order to avoid failures in communication.
7. This week’s Five for Friday ethics quiz.

Week of January 2, 2017

1. Answers to last week’s ethics quiz.
2. Lawyer received an unsolicited e-mail from someone seeking legal advice & whose interests are adverse to a current client’s interests.
   1. What now? Part 1.
   2. What now? Part 2.
3. The Five for Friday trivia quiz.

Week of December 19, 2016

1. Answers to last week’s ethics quiz
2. ALF: Not what you think. Legal Ethics & Alternative Litigation Financing
3. Throwback Thursday: PCB Decision 1: Are Self-Represented Lawyers Subject to the No Contact Rule?
4. Five for Friday: Special Holiday Version

Week of December 12, 2016

1. The latest scam: a post that I hope makes you think before clicking.
2. Monday’s answers to last week’s Five for Friday ethics quiz
3. Part IV in a series on using the rules to increase access to legal services: Financial Assistance to Clients
4. With a bit of inspiration from Adam Sandler, Negative Online Review? More of What NOT to Do
5. A great story on the power of pro bono: A Remarkable Experiment Taking Place in Los Angeles
6. Five for Friday ethics quiz
7. An update on limited licenses

Week of December 5, 2016

1. Was That Wrong? – Defrauding Investors, Client Funds as Collateral
2. The answers to last week’s Five for Friday ethics quiz
3. Moneyball: Are Lawyers Required to Scout Judges? A post on the extent to which the availability of “big data” might impact a lawyer’s duty of competence.
4. Increasing Access: Ghostwriting
5. The Five for Friday Ethics Quiz

Week of November 28, 2016

1. Monday’s Answers to last week’s ethicsquiz.
2. Increasing Access to Legal Services: Part 1:It MUST be Ethical.
3. A post alerting lawyers to the latest scam.
4. Increasing Access to Legal Services: Part 2: Limited Licenses.
5. This week’s Five for Friday quiz.
6. Was That Wrong? – Defrauding Investors, Client Funds as Collateral

Week of November 21, 2016

1. Answers to Week 49 Ethics Quiz
2. A post on a proposed rule to make Harassment & Discrimination Unethical
3. ESI: If it’s on your server, do you “have” it?
4. Week 50 Ethics Quiz

Week of November 14, 2016

1. Answers to last week’s trivia.
2. A post about an advisory opinion on Social Media & Legal Ethics
3. This week’s Five for Friday ethics trivia.

For the week of November 7, 2016

1. Answers to last week’s ethics quiz.
2. A post on an advisory ethics opinion on using web bugs in e-mail.
3. Cloud Computing: what are reasonable precautions?
4. The weekly ethics quiz.

Looking for something fun to do Saturday morning? Try to Run Your Can Off.  It’s a great event that combines charity, running, and being outside.  Don’t run?  You can walk!  All you need to do to receive  medal is finish 1 lap.  Each lap is only 1.25 miles.  You don’t even have to be there at 9.  You can show up anytime you want!

I plan to attend and run for a while. So, if you go, stick around the start for a few minutes until I come ambling thru.  Let me know who you are, and we’ll run a lap together.  Showing the community that lawyers care!

For the week of October 31, 2016:

1. A post on cybersecurity insurance
2. A post on how NOT to respond to a negative online review
3. A story of a lawyer who should have read the previous post on how not to respond to a negative online review
4. Ethics issues raised by a Utah case in which a woman sued herself for causing her husband’s death.
5. The weekly ethics quiz

And for those of you in Chittenden County looking to dance away the week’s work, don’t forget that, Saturday night, The Remedy plays its last (public) gig of the year.  The Remedy is one of Vermont’s top bands and features Andrew Manitsky.  By day, Andrew practices in Burlington, sits on a hearing panel of the Professional Responsibility Board, and chairs the Vermont Bar Association’s Intellectual Property section (which means you better not try to steal one of the tunes he’s written)

Check out Andy & his band tomorrow night at Backstage! (At least check out The Remedy on Facebook:   https://http://www.facebook.com/remedyvt