Legal Ethics: Illuminating Legal Limericks is an interactive session organized by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) as part of their Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference. This engaging program uses clever limericks, each ending with a word the audience must guess, to explore the ethical challenges lawyers face in their practices and firms.
The session covers topics such as unauthorized and multijurisdictional practice, law firm creation and naming, supervision of paralegals, fee sharing, file ownership, and ethical marketing practices, including content limitations and intrusiveness. Through real-world scenarios and audience participation, the session translates complex rules into practical guidance that can be applied immediately.
Attendees will gain clearer insight into their professional responsibilities, practical strategies to manage risk, and memorable lessons that keep ethics top of mind. This course is intended to satisfy two hours of legal ethics Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit, subject to state approval.
The session is scheduled for Thursday, May 7, 2026, from 9:15 AM to 11:15 AM, during the MBA's Legal Issues and Regulatory Compliance Conference, held from May 4-7, 2026, in Miami, Florida. The conference offers numerous networking opportunities, including committee meetings, continental breakfasts, and breakout sessions, allowing attendees to connect with peers and industry experts.
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Julie K. Kind
Director, Program Development at Mortgage Bankers Association
Julie Kind is the Director of Program Management, overseeing the development of compelling content for a variety of MBA’s member conferences. Before joining MBA, she was the Director of Marketing and Customer Outreach for Freddie Mac’s Single-Family division where she managed a large portfolio of conferences, advisory groups, committee meetings, and outreach and educational forums for 1200+ depositories, credit unions and independent mortgage banks. Kind’s prior experience also includes serving as the Vice President of Client Services for Paladin Life Care, an advocacy and life care consulting company serving a diverse, at-risk client base with financial management, housing, emotional stability, living conditions and health crisis remediation.
Thomas E. Spahn
Counsel at McGuireWoods LLP
Thomas Spahn practices as a commercial litigator with McGuireWoods in Tysons Corner, Virginia. He was selected as the 2013 metro-Washington DC 'Lawyer of the Year' for 'Bet the Company Litigation' by The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White, Inc.). In 2018, Virginia Lawyers Weekly selected him for inclusion in the inaugural Virginia Lawyers Hall of Fame. Spahn has served on the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and is a Member of the American Law Institute and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He has spoken at over 1,800 CLE programs throughout the U.S. and in several foreign countries. Through links in his website bio, he has made his summaries of over 1,600 Virginia and ABA legal ethics opinions available to the public.
Event Details
- Date
- May 7, 2026
- Location
- 🇺🇸 Miami, United States
- Miami, Florida
- Pricing
- $1,349 - $1,699
- Audience
- Inside counsel and compliance professionals for residential mortgage lenders, outside regulatory compliance counsel and litigators, government entity personnel, government affairs professionals, policy analysts, vendors, and tech professionals supporting regulatory/compliance functions.
- CLE Credits
- 2.0 ethics CLE credits (subject to state approval)