Member Communications

Safely spend your holiday indoors with your CLE library

This week’s social media content focused on CLEs on Elimination of Bias and General categories. Log in to your free CLE digital library to view.

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Monday, December 21^st 

Top 5 Elimination of Bias

For this compliance period, you are required to complete one hour of Elimination of Bias CLE credit.

Here is the list of the Top Five viewed Elimination of Bias CLEs for 2020.

1. A More Perfect Union: How to Discuss Race, Politics & Religion in a Fragmented Nation (2019);
2. Illumination of Bias (2018);
3. Sean Carter Humorist at Law: Fail Better (2012);
4. Elimination of Bias: Current Issues and Strategies (2010); and
5. Mindfulness & Mediation Skills for Lawyers (2013)

Thursday, December 24^th

Top 10 viewed “General” category CLEs for 2020. 

1. Depositions in a Virtual World (2020);
2. Risk Management for Estate Planning Attorneys (2019);
3. So You Want to Take a Deposition….. (2020);
4. Your Law Practice in a COVID Impacted World (2020);
5. Cyber Crime: Protect Your Practice (2019)”;
6. A Year-in-Review VII: Case Highlights 2019 (2020);
7. A Year-in-Review VI: Case Highlights 2018 (2019);
8. Cannabis Law:  Gold Mine or Land Mine? (2018);
9. Passing the Torch (2018); and
10. Fundamentals of Collaborative Practice (2017)

As December draws to an end, Lawyers’ Mutual sends safe holiday wishes to you, your home and work families. 

Special Edition Member Magazine

Lawyers’ Mutual is excited to offer a special edition complimentary digital
member magazine.

Your member magazine offers insights to questions asked by fellow members and answered by your underwriting, claims and member benefits departments, along with other useful elements.

We hope that you find the answers to your commonly asked questions, both as a guide to help run your practice more efficiently and to help make the ease of doing business as a lawyer your primary focus.

For questions or comments regarding the magazine, email mbinfo@lawyersmutual.com.

Read the digital edition

This week’s CLE content featuring Legal Ethics & our General Counsel picks

This week’s social media content focused on CLEs on Legal Ethics and General Counsel’s picks. Log in to your free CLE digital library to view.

Monday, December 14th

Top Five viewed Legal Ethics CLEs for 2020. 

1. Attorney Fee Agreements: Risk Management Powerhouse, Part I (2019);
2. Attorney Fee Agreements: Risk Management Powerhouse, Part II (2019);
3. Family Law Fiascos: Avoiding Legal Malpractice Claims (2019);
4. Your Law Practice in a COVID-Impacted World (2020); and
5. Conflicts of Interest: Navigating the Perils of Joint Representation (2017)”

Thursday, December 17th 

Top Ten “Lawyers’ Mutual’s General Counsel Picks” of CLEs.

1. Creating a Succession Plan (2009);
2. Mediation Master’s Seminar (2009);
3. Civility Matters: Why Civility and Why Now (2013);
4. Nobody Told Me There’d be Days Like This (2014);
5. Understanding Cyber Risk & Your LMIC Cyber Coverage (2016);
6. Managing High Conflict Personalities (2016);
7. What Every Lawyer Must Know about the NEW California Rules of Professional Conduct (2018);
8. Understanding High Conflict Personalities (2016);
9. Limited Scope Representation: Debunking the Myths (2014); and
10. Sean Carter Humorist at Law: Attorney Heal Thyself (2011)

We will continue to be focusing on CLE content through our social media channels. We hope you have enjoyed these suggestions and they are useful reminders to past and popular CLE content.

CLE content featuring “Golden oldies but goodies”

This week’s social media content focused on CLEs for a work-life balance and specialty categories in Elimination of Bias and Ethics. Log in to your free CLE digital library to view.

Monday, December 8th

Dual content focused on well-being with Janet Sobel, Esq. in Mitigating the Stress and Anxiety of Practicing Law and James J. Wallace II, Esq. in Taking Expert Depositions: Preparation and Execution

Thursday, December 10th 

Your Top Ten “Golden Oldies – Specialty” categories CLEs from 2006 to 2017:

1. The Forgotten Americans 2006 (Bias);
2. Because You Asked: Hotline FAQs 2017 (Ethics);
3. Ageism and Bias in the Legal Profession 2009 (Bias);
4. Planning for Vacation 2009 (Ethics);
5. Ethical Issues in Litigation Negotiation and Mediation with High Conflict Personalities 2016 (Ethics);
6. Understanding the “Of Counsel” Relationship 2011 (Ethics)
7. Sean Carter Humorist at Law: Thou Shalt Not Lie, Cheat and Steal 2011 (Ethics);
8. Sean Carter Humorist at Law: Nice Guys Finish First 2012 (Ethics);
9. The Accidental Lawyer: Terms of Engagement 2016 (Ethics); and
10. Lie Detection Skills for Lawyers 2013 (Ethics)

All through December, we will continue to be focusing on CLE content through our social media channels. At the end of each week, check your inbox for a summary of shared posts.

Compliance period for H-M is approaching but there’s content for all members

At Lawyers’ Mutual, we take great pride in providing our members with valuable benefits. Among those is free access to our CLE digital library, which has over 100 CLE videos on a variety of topics intended to help you improve your practice and reduce your risk of claims.
 
In 2020, we uploaded 12.5 hours of new CLE content. If you haven’t viewed any of them so far this year, there is still time to take a look and pick up some CLE credits.

Your 2020 CLE content:

• Mitigating the Stress and Anxiety of Practicing Law (1.25/Competence)
• Taking Expert Depositions: Preparation and Execution (1.0/General)
• Ethics and Social Media (1.25/Ethics)
• The Other Bar – An Analysis of Alcohol and the Law (1.0/Competence)
• Trusts and Estates: FAQs on the Business of Law (1.0/General)
• What You Don’t Know About Trust Accounting Can Get You Disbarred (1.0/Competence)
• Depositions in a Virtual World (1.0/General)
• Surviving and Thriving During the COVID-19 Crisis: 8 Key Strategies (1.0/Competence)
• Your Practice in a COVID-Impacted World (1.0/Ethics; .25/General)
• A Year in Review VII: Case Highlights of 2019 (1.75/General)
• So You Want to Take a Deposition… (1.0/General)

During the month of December, we will be focusing on CLE content through our social media channels. Our General Counsel, Brian Rawers, has thoroughly reviewed CLE from recent years and has curated an in-depth overview of your top 5 and top 10 content by specialty. At the end of each week, check your inbox for a summary of shared posts.

Receiving policy documents via email

Lawyers’ Mutual’s underwriting department will now only be sending out electronic versions of renewal quotes along with your declaration pages via email to our members.

If your policy is coming up for renewal, please check your email inbox for these documents.

However, if you require a paper copy of your documents these can be provided to you by contacting our underwriting department directly.

We continue to actively encourage when possible to make premium and deductible payments through our online payment portal. 

For your convenience below are the email addresses for you to return your policy documents.

Renewals: renewals@lawyersmutual.com
Underwriting: lmic@lawyersmutual.com
General: info@lawyersmutual.com

For any other questions regarding your renewal or updates to your policy, please don’t hesitate to contact our underwriting department directly at
(818) 565-5512.