| MCLE Credit: | 2.0 (Ethics: 2.0) |
| Live-Interactive Credit: | 0.0 |
| Price: | $149 (Includes a downloadable audio version.) |
| Viewable Through: | 01/31/2027 |
$149.00 (or 2 Bundle Credits)
A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay of the January 2025 webcast, Tools to Ethically Build Your Practice.
Your workload keeps growing, your services are becoming more in demand, and you do not have the bandwidth to take care of all administrative tasks. Automation is one tool you can use to do the tasks that do not provide you or your clients with the value they expect. Automating your firm is easier than you think and many of the efficiencies you want to achieve may be created by tools you already own.
This lecture-style program is designed to equip you and your legal staff with the skills that will allow you to keep your firm operating, fulfill your ethical obligations, and provide your clients with the services they deserve. Viewers are introduced to different sources of software and automations that help lawyers achieve better representation and a better work-life balance.
ABA Model Rules 1.1 Competence; 1.4 Communication; 1.6 Confidentiality of Information; 1.5 Fees; 5.1 Responsibilities of Partners and Supervisory Attorneys, and 5.3 Responsibility of a Subordinate Lawyer is covered as the technology resources are discussed.
Chris Fortier, Oakton, Virginia
Chris Fortier is the author of The Lawyer’s Guide to Office Automation, published in February 2023. In his day job, he is an attorney-adviser with the Social Security Administration’s Office of Hearings Operations in Falls Church, Virginia (of course, the views he expresses do not reflect those of SSA or the federal government).
Chris is a four-time ABA TECHSHOW presenter and a past member of its Planning Board, presenting on topics such as office automation, Microsoft Office, audio/video editing and presentation, and online forms, amongst other topics. He will present at the 2025 version of ABA TECHSHOW.
He serves as co-chair for the Virginia State Bar TechShow and the VSB Annual Meeting and was the President of the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference (YLC). He expanded the YLC’s social media and web footprint. He also established a weekly video series dedicated to training new lawyers, and added automated features such as forms and directory lists to the YLC’s website. He also won the Edwin Burnett Young Lawyer of the Year Award in 2013 and is currently a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the ABA Young Lawyers Division.
Chris also served on the board for the Virginia State Bar’s Diversity Conference, where he (and a few dedicated individuals) established the Conference publication, Invictus, along with its social media presence.
He has served in various roles for the American Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division including as a delegate representing Virginia to the YLD Assembly and as a director in the executive cabinet.
He graduated from the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia where he served as its Alumni Association President (and starting its social media presence). He is also a proud graduate of James Madison University. He is the husband of Brittany Fortier and father of Ansley Fortier and Breton Fortier.
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