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Sponsored by the Association of Corporate Counsel
& Co Sponsored by the San Antonio Bar Association

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The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), South/Central Texas Chapter, is pleased to present its 11th Annual Ethics Conference in San Antonio, Texas, co-sponsored this year by The San Antonio Bar Association and Bar Foundation.

San Antonio's Annual Ethics Conference

The award-winning ACC Chapter joins with the San Antonio Bar Association and Bar Foundation to offer a warm invitation to the San Antonio legal and business communities. On Nov. 6, 2008, share in preserving San Antonio's outstanding reputation for ethical conduct in the board room and in the court room.  All proceeds of Ethics Follies 2008 benefit the Community Justice Program, which provides free legal services to those who can't afford them.  Giving back to the community has never been this fun!  You will also get 3 hours Ethics CLE/CE!*
(Photo right) Pediatric cardiologist Teri Hospers, attorney Mary Doggett, and mediator Danielle Hargrove perform a parody of Chicago's "All That Jazz" called "J&J" about Johnson & Johnson's unfortunate ethics decisions.

When: November 6, 2008 from 1 to 5 p.m. (Sponsor's Cast Party & Reception immediately follows performance)

Where: The beautifully restored Charline McCombs Empire Theatre.
Why: 3 Continuing Ethics Education hours* and to raise ethics issues awareness. The Follies also help preserve San Antonio's history of excellent ethical business and legal conduct through professional development. The event also funds the Community Justice Program.
What: An original musical comedy called "Decent's Descent" with 55 attorneys, judges, doctors and business executives from San Antonio in a show with over 20 musical parodies of Broadway and popular music. The storyline is taken from today's headlines of attorneys and corporate executives making unethical, and sometimes criminal, choices.

Who Should Attend: In-house and private practice attorneys, judges, upper-level managers and administrators, physicians, compliance officers, hospital administrators, directors, and city officials and managers.

*3 Hours of Ethics Continuing Legal Education ("CLE") has historically been approved by the Texas State Bar for this event. May also qualify for CME and CE credit as well. Materials on conference topics available through ACC Executive Director Amber Clark in September of 2008 for submission to professional boards for preapproval of ethics educational credits.

"It was fabulous! I'm amazed at the talent you've been able to assemble. Everyone enjoyed the program. The creativity was incredible. Thanks for the hard work and excellent production!"
-Dean Fleming, Fulbright & Jaworski

Business & Legal Ethics topics planned for 2008 include:

-Conflicts of Interest and new technology
development;
-Texas Rules of Disciplinary Conduct;
-Sarbanes Oxley and SEC Compliance;
-Courtroom & discovery ethics; building respect for trial counsel's representations and disclosures
-Ethical Use of Technology/Internet;
-Legal and medical billing practices;
-Ethics in Human Resources/management policies;
-Case studies of the ethical collapse of certain US corporations;
-Profitability studies and growth of select ethical corporations;
-Ethics in trial/appellate practice, civil & criminal;
-Differing duties of in-house attorneys to their employer as an entity, the executives, and the Board of Directors;
-Ethics of career advancement negatively impacting coworkers;
-The sustainability of Twinkies and Spam at Walmart (just keepin' it light, folks. Find the Spam on another page!).

"Ethics Follies was extremely entertaining. I have never had so much fun at a CLE Event. Who knew ethics CLE could be so enjoyable."
Judith Blakeway, Strasburger & Price, LLP

The Finale of Ethics Follies 2007