Have you experienced strong emotions and disquieting words from co-workers, clients, opposing counsel or others? For practical skills in de-escalating volatile workplace situations and coping with workplace trauma, and to better understand the ethical complexities involved when those situations are created by clients, potential clients, opposing counsel or other professional contacts, please join us for a free phone-in CLE on Wednesday, July 1 from noon until 1:00 pm. Kyra Hazilla of the Oregon Attorney Assistance Program will guide you through the nuts and bolts of anticipating, reacting to, and recovering from traumatic interactions, while Amber Hollister of the Oregon State Bar will provide crucial information on your ethical obligations to clients and others.
Amber Hollister is Deputy General Counsel for the Oregon State Bar. Ms. Hollister, a member of the OWLS executive committee and has extensive statewide experience presenting on Oregon legal ethics issues.
Kyra Hazilla, of the Oregon Attorney Assistance Program, is an attorney who also holds a Master’s degree in Social Work. She is certified in trauma training and has an extensive background working with violence in the context of social work and law. Application will be made to the Oregon State Bar MCLE Department for .5 ethics credit and .5 practical skills credits.
To participate, on Wednesday, July 1 at noon, call 712.775.7000, participant code 990709#. This is “free conferencecall.com” Note that if you don’t have free minutes on your phone plan, it will be a toll call. Even though you will be asked to announce yourself, please don’t. Make sure you mute your phone by entering *6. Towards the end of the hour, there will be a brief question and answer period. After you have listened to the entire program, please e-mail us with your name and OSB number so that we may submit a record of your attendance to the Oregon State Bar MCLE Department. There is no need to register in advance. Download the written materials below in advance of the program:
NOTE: Although the live presentation has already taken place, this event was recorded. You may access the recording by calling 712.775.7099, 990709#, then # again. After you have listened to the recording and reviewed the written materials, you may apply for Oregon MCLE credit by completing and submitting the following form: http://www.osbar.org/_docs/forms/mcle6.pdf
