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DATE: April 20, 2023

TO: BOARD OF GOVERNORS

FROM: CHERI COTOGNO GRODSKY

RE: REPORT OF ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

I am happy to report that the Professional Programs Department continues to operate smoothly. The
purpose of this report is to provide the Board with some departmental highlights.

PRACTICE ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Ethics School – June 22, 2023

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The Practice Assistance and Improvement Committee’s 48 Ethics School is scheduled on June 22 at
the Bar Center. Ethics School is the primary component of the LSBA’s Diversion Program. Topics
include the following: Conflicts of Interest, Attorney-Client Relationship: Formation to Termination,
Lawyer Advertising, Substance Abuse and Stress, Law Office Management, How to Handle Fee
Disputes, Lawyer Discipline and Common Ethical Pitfalls and Trust Accounting. Ethics School is a
full day course beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 4:30 p.m. and the cost is $395.00. An exam is
given at the conclusion of the Ethics School, which must be passed. Teachers included practitioners
from around the state and the Chief Disciplinary Counsel.

Trust Accounting School - June 21, 2023

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The 32 LSBA Trust Accounting School is scheduled on June 21 at the Bar Center. This is a three
hour program offered to attorney referrals from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel who had
disciplinary complaints involving their trust account. The fee is $100.00. The course teaches the
attorneys both the ethical rules involving trust accounting as well as practical demonstrations on how
to keep, maintain, and balance an attorney trust account. It is designed to compliment and exceed
what is taught at the LSBA Ethics School.

COMMITTEE ON THE PROFESSION

Wellness Wednesday CLE - May 3, 2023
“Practicing Law or Practicing Mental Health? How the two may not be so different.”
1 hour CLE at the Bar Center
Eleanor B. McAuliffe, LPC