Aviva Meridian Kaiser is ethics counsel at the State Bar of Wisconsin. Before joining the State Bar in 2013, she taught at the University of Wisconsin Law School for 25 years. She taught Professional Responsibilities, Ethical and Professional Considerations in Writing, Problem Solving, and Risk Management and, from 1992 until 2002, was the director of the Legal Research and Writing Program. Ms. Kaiser received her B.A. in Chinese from the University of Pittsburgh and her J.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School. She clerked for the Honorable Louis B. Garippo in People v. John Wayne Gacy and clerked for the Honorable Maurice Perlin in the Illinois Appellate Court. She practiced law in Chicago before beginning her full-time teaching career at ITT Chicago/Kent College of Law. Ms. Kaiser is a member of the State Bar of Wisconsin, a Wisconsin Bar Foundation Fellow, and a frequent speaker on matters of professional ethics.
Bill Bedker - Since 2010, Bill has been a full-time instructor at Madison College, teaching a variety of courses in the Legal Studies/Paralegal Program, including Intro to Law & Legal Ethics, Civil Litigation, Legal Writing and Criminal Law & Procedure for Criminal Justice students. Before full time teaching at Madison College, Bill worked for over a decade as a criminal prosecutor in the Dodge County District’s Office and was named "Prosecutor of the Year" by the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association in 2002-03. Bill also worked directly with Bill Weigel as an assistant litigation counsel at the Wisconsin Supreme Court Officer of Lawyer Regulation in 2006-07.
- Learn how the Rules of Professional Conduct apply to paralegals
- Examine ethical questions raised by transactional practice
- Understand what is meant by "competent" representation
- Know where zealous representation crosses the line into deception
- Avoid ethical improprieties with unrepresented opposing parties