Friday, December 12, 2025

8:30 AM to 1:45 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

CBA Law Center

538 Preston Ave., 3rd Floor, Meriden

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Presented by the Professionalism CommitteeEthics logo square_web

About the Program

Join us for four hours of ethics education presented by leaders in the Connecticut legal community. Learn essential skills needed to practice professionally, effectively, and ethically. Attending this seminar will assist you with navigating a successful career in law.

You Will Learn

• About the dual identity of attorneys and lawyers - advocates in the courtroom and counselors in society, and how professionalism serves as a compass guiding both roles
• About professionalism for the lifelong lawyer
• What attorneys need to flourish with professionalism
• About ethics and artificial intelligence

Who Should Attend

Attorneys interested in practicing with professionalism.

Cost

(Includes light breakfast, lunch and electronic materials)
New Admittee $50 (Admitted in 2025)
Member $100 
Student Member $0
Non-Member $140

Please make sure you are signed into your account to receive member pricing.

Financial hardship information is available upon request.

Speakers

Robinson Richard1 Chief Justice Richard A. Robinson (Ret.)
Day Pitney LLP, Hartford

atkins_david1 David P. Atkins
Yale Law School, New Haven

Leander Dolphin1 Leander A. Dolphin
Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Hartford

Nancy Hancock1 Nancy A. D. Hancock
Pullman & Comley LLC, Bridgeport

Jordan Jefferson1 Jordan A. Jefferson
Quinnipiac University School of Law, North Haven

Brendon Levesque1 Brendon P. Levesque
Taylor & Levesque LLC, Moodus

JRobertson1 James K. Robertson Jr.
Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP, Waterbury

Williams-David David Williams
Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers CT Inc., Rocky Hill

 

2025 Professionalism Boot Camp

8:30 am - 10 am: Registration, Breakfast, Opening Plenary
10:05 am - 11:05 am: Professionalism for the Lifelong Lawyer
11:15 am - 12:15 pm: Mindfulness For Lawyers: A Tool to Foster Professionalism
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm: Lunch and Ethical Considerations when Using AI


CLE Credit

CT: 4.3 CLE Credits (Ethics)
NY: 4.0 CLE Credits (3.0 Ethics; 1.0 Cybersecurity Ethics)
 
The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for newly admitted and experienced attorneys CLE credits. 

Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml. Financial hardship information is available upon request.

If the seminar is recorded, all member registrants will receive complimentary access to the recording approximately six weeks after the program. 

Please note that refunds will not be granted once course materials have been sent.

Cancellations made less than 2 business days prior to event are non-refundable.



Contact

Member Service Center
Email: msc@ctbar.org
Phone: (844)469-2221