Ethics & Specialty Credits

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Ethics: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, and Other Social Media Use by Attorneys

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 3 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 3 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 3 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 3 Total
California CLE Approved 3 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 4 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 3 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
Florida CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 3 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 3 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 3 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 3 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 3 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 3 Total
Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 3 Total
Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 3.6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 3 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 3 Total
Texas CLE Approved 3 Total
Utah CLE Approved 3 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Wyoming CLE Upon Request 3 Total
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2 hours 58 minutes
Christian Ketter
Peter Ostermiller
Mark West
With Christian E. Ketter from Ottosen DiNolfo Hasenbalg & Castaldo, Ltd. + 2 others
Recorded June 26, 2025
Product ID 100356

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Overview

Your Guide to Creating and Managing Ethical Personal and Professional Social Media Accounts

While social media provides attorneys with a variety of marketing opportunities, it also presents a great deal of legal landmines. This program shows you how to set up and manage various social networking accounts, digs into best practices for responding to breaches, and much more. Enhance your knowledge - register today!

  • Stay informed of critical rules concerning attorney social media use.
  • Examine best practices for ensuring appropriate online conduct.
  • Develop strategies for preventing confidentiality breaches.
  • Uncover practical guidance for ethically navigating social media and collecting evidence in case investigations.

*Any mention of specific products in this program is intended as part of a general overview and does not constitute NBI's endorsement or recommendation of any specific product or provider. This program is not sponsored by any technology or electronics provider.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Social Media Advertising and Solicitation Rules
  2. Best Practices for Ensuring Proper Social Media Conduct
  3. Preventing and Responding to Confidentiality Breaches: Legal Essentials
  4. Ethically Using Social Media in Investigations: What You Need to Know

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Product ID 100356

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 3 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 3 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 3 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 3 Total
California CLE Approved 3 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 4 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 3 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
Florida CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 3 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 3 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 3 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 3 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 3 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 3 Total
Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 3 Total
Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 3.6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 3 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 3 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 3 Total
Texas CLE Approved 3 Total
Utah CLE Approved 3 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Wyoming CLE Upon Request 3 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Social Media Advertising and Solicitation Rules

    1. Key Rules of Professional Conduct
    2. What Constitutes Impermissible Puffing? What Constitutes Advertising?
    3. Is Using Social Media to Engage in Discussions and Build Relationships Considered Solicitation or Advertisement?
    4. Personal vs. Professional Accounts - Do Different Rules Apply?
    5. LinkedIn - "Specialist" or "Expert" Designation Ramifications
    6. Advertising Rules for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Other Platforms

  2. Best Practices for Ensuring Proper Social Media Conduct

    1. Tips for Setting Up and Managing an Ethical Personal (or Professional) Facebook Account
    2. The Ethics of Friending and Communications on Social Media
    3. Practical Guidance for Creating and Using an Instagram Account: Hashtags, Stories, Followers, etc.
    4. Snapchat Dos and Don'ts
    5. How to Set Up and Manage an Ethical Personal (or Professional) X Account
    6. Safeguarding Attorney-Client Confidentiality: Essential Guidelines
    7. General Rules on Using TikTok
      1. Inadvertently Creating an Attorney-Client Relationship via TikTok: Top Risks
      2. Thorny Issues Related to Inaccurate or Outdated Legal Information
      3. Going Viral: What You Need to Know About Posts That Reach Multiple Jurisdictions
    8. Understanding Attorneys' Supervisory Obligations Concerning Posts Made by Colleagues

  3. Preventing and Responding to Confidentiality Breaches: Legal Essentials

  4. Ethically Using Social Media in Investigations: What You Need to Know

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Christian E Ketter
Christian E.
Ketter
Ottosen DiNolfo Hasenbalg & Castaldo, Ltd.
Peter L Ostermiller
Peter L.
Ostermiller
Peter L. Ostermiller, Attorney at Law
Mark West
Mark
West
Law Offices of Mark West
Speaker bio
Christian E Ketter

Christian E. Ketter

Ottosen DiNolfo Hasenbalg & Castaldo, Ltd.
Christian Ketter

is an attorney with Ottosen DiNolfo Hasenbalg & Castaldo, Ltd. He is an adjunct professor of law at University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and a member of the American Association of University Professors. Mr. Ketter is a former prosecutor and adjunct professor of criminal procedure at Morton College. He served as a judicial intern to Judge William J. Bauer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Mr. Ketter is Associate General Counsel of the DuPage County Bar Association, the Editor-in-Chief of the DuPage County Bar Association's Journal, the DCBA Brief and the chair of the Association's Appellate Law Section, and serves on its Board of Directors. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Society of Scholars, and served on the Seventh Circuit Bar Association's Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Mr. Ketter has presented for the Institute for Paralegal Education, MyLawCLE, guest-lectured at Northwestern State University of Louisiana, and co-authored a 2022 presentation on jail litigation for the Illinois Sheriffs' Association Conference for Chief Deputy & Jail Administrators. His scholarship has been published in The University of Toledo Law Review, Wayne State Law Review, Florida Coastal Law Review, The Arizona State Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, UIC John Marshall Law Review, Campbell Law Review, Journal of Illinois Local Government Lawyer's Association, Illinois Bar Journal, Rutgers Law Record, and Cleveland State Law Review. Mr. Ketter's publications have been covered by Racism.org: Race, Racism and the Law and cited in the American Law Reports Federal Registry. He earned his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from DePaul University; and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from John Marshall Law School in Chicago.

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Peter L Ostermiller

Peter L. Ostermiller

Peter L. Ostermiller, Attorney at Law
Peter Ostermiller

is a sole practitioner concentrating in legal ethics and professional responsibility matters. In 1980 he obtained his license to practice law in Kentucky. His legal ethics and professional responsibility law practice began in the mid -1980s and, since the mid-1990s has been his practice concentration. He represents attorneys in disciplinary and reinstatement proceedings, judges in judicial ethics matters, and bar exam applicants. Mr. Ostermiller has also represented parties in attorney's fee dispute proceedings, and attorneys in legal proceedings in which sanctions have been sought against the attorney. He has represented parties in attorney disqualification proceedings and counseled lawyers and law firms in their respective rights, responsibilities and duties to other attorneys and their clients. He also serves as an expert witness at the state and federal level regarding legal ethics and professional responsibility matters. Mr. Ostermiller is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville Bar Association and Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Mr. Ostermiller earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Louisville.

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Mark West

Mark West

Law Offices of Mark West
Mark West

is a sole practitioner in San Gabriel, where he practices in plaintiff personal injury and wrongful death, products liability law, medical malpractice, and business civil litigation. He has published several articles and frequently lectures. Mr. West is admitted to practice in the Northern, Central and Southern U.S. District Courts in California; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; and Supreme Court of the United States. He has also been admitted pro hac vice in the state and U.S. District Court for Nevada and the U.S. District Court for Minnesota. Mr. West is a member of the American and Los Angeles County bar associations, State Bar of California, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, Consumer Attorneys of California (past legislative district coordinator), and the American Trial Lawyers Association. He earned his B.S. degree from New Hampshire College (now Southern New Hampshire University) and his J.D. degree from Southwestern University School of Law.

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