Seminars

Corporate Counsel Series: Ethics 2025

June 3, 2025

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Reception following)
Overland Park Convention Center
6000 College Boulevard, Overland Park, KS 66211

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Foulston's popular annual ethics seminar has been developed specifically for corporate counsel with the goal of assisting you in your responsibility to provide high-quality legal guidance to your organization. Join us in Overland Park for our ethics seminar on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

We are pleased to offer our Corporate Counsel Series on ethics and other relevant topics in Kansas City, Wichita, and Topeka throughout the year. If you are unable to join us for this ethics session, please check back on our Seminars page for future programs.

Registration

RSVP to attend this year's seminar at this link. This is a FREE seminar for corporate and government counsel. Enrollment is not available for attorneys in private practice without prior approval. Register early, limited space available.

Certification

This program will be submitted for preapproval of 2.0 ethics CLE credit hours for attorneys in Missouri and Kansas.

Presenters

Foulston attorneys Daniel Buller, Sarah Otto, and Amanda Wilwert will present this ethics seminar.

Topics

Emerging Ethical Challenges in AI, DEI, and Cybersecurity

This session will tackle a trifecta of emerging issues, exploring the ethical challenges of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI):

AI: In follow-up to last year’s ethics seminar, AI in the workplace remains an evolving area with legal risks and a duty to balance innovation with ethical considerations, including client confidentiality and communication with clients about the use of AI. We will explore best practices for responsible AI in legal practice.

DEI: Last year we discussed the USSC decision in Students for Fair Admissions, which struck down affirmative action in higher education admissions, and how that decision might impact corporate DEI programs. This year, we’ll update you on recent cases and trends impacting such programs, and how companies are walking the tightrope of valuing diversity and inclusion while ensuring they don’t become the target of reverse discrimination claims.

Cybersecurity: In a world where cyberattacks and data loss are discussed in terms of “when” and not “if,” this portion of the presentation will address a lawyer’s ethical and legal obligations to take competent and reasonable measures to safeguard client information and duty to protect confidential information.

Rules: KRPC 1.1 Competence; Missouri Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC) 4-1.1 Competence; KRPC 1.2 Scope of Representation; MRCP 4-1.2 Scope of Representation; KRPC 1.4 Communication; MRCP 4-1.4 Communication; KRPC 1.6 Confidentiality; MRCP 4-1.6 Confidentiality of Information; KRPC 1.15 Safekeeping Property; MRCP 4-1.15 Trust Accounts and Property of Others; KRPC 5.3 Nonlawyer Assistance; MRCP 4-5.3 Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants; KRPC 8.4 Misconduct; MRCP 4-8.4 Misconduct; ABA Model Rule 8.4 Misconduct

The First Rule of Ethics Is We DO Talk About Ethics*

You remember 1999, a year full of blue pills*, red staplers*, green miles*, and seeing dead people*. This presentation will review recent ethics developments and decisions through the lens of films from that legendary cinematic year. Rules and opinions which may be covered include:

Rules: ABA Formal Opinion 513; KRPC 1.1 Competence; MRCP 4-1.1; KRPC 1.6 Confidentiality; MRCP 4-1.6; KRPC 1.16; MRCP 4-1.16; KRPC 8.4 Misconduct; MRCP 4-8.4; Pillars of Professionalism

* Fight Club, The Matrix, Office Space, The Green Mile, Sixth Sense