Top 20 Ways to Get Disciplined (And How to Avoid Them)

Category: On Demand

Member Price: $184

Non-Member Price: $230

Product Code: ON037625

Areas of Law: Ethics

CLE Credits
NJ CLE:NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 2.4 hours of total CLE credit, including 2.4 in Ethics (Full Credits Available: NJ Ethics: 2.4).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Ethics Non-Transitional: 2.0
PA CLE:PA Ethics Credit: 2.0
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program.
Faculty

Keynote

Moderator

Presenters

Bonnie C. Frost, Esq.
Chair, Ethics Diversionary Program
Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno, P.C., Denville
Barry J. Muller, Esq.
Secretary, District VIII Ethics Committee
Fox Rothschild LLP, Princeton

The NJSBA's Most Popular Ethics CLE Returns for 2025

PROTECT YOUR LICENSE. PROTECT YOUR REPUTATION. PROTECT YOUR PRACTICE.

Don't become a cautionary tale. Join us for the eye-opening CLE program that New Jersey attorneys can't stop talking about – back by popular demand with fresh cases and new pitfalls to avoid. Two of New Jersey's foremost ethics authorities, Bonnie C. Frost and Barry J. Muller, share real cases, real consequences, and real solutions drawn from years of guiding attorneys through the disciplinary process.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN TO AVOID
Critical knowledge that could save your career and hundreds of thousands in sanctions:

  • The 20 common ethics violations that damage legal careers – know them before they happen to you
  • Trust account disasters – why this remains the most frequent path to disbarment and how simple safeguards prevent catastrophe
  • Client communication failures that trigger grievances
  • Conflict of interest in everyday practice
  • Social media mistakes that violate advertising rules and behaviors that result in discipline
  • What happens when the OAE investigates
  • How the diversionary program works