Terms of Use

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the Ethos Advocacy Institute (“Ethos,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) website and the information, materials, features, and services made available through it.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these Terms of Use and agree to comply with them, together with our Privacy Policy and any other policies or terms applicable to particular Ethos programs or services.

If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the website.

Participation in an Ethos program may be subject to additional agreements, policies, releases, expectations, or terms provided during the application or registration process. If there is a conflict between these Terms and terms specifically applicable to a particular Ethos program, the program-specific terms will control with respect to that program.

2. Use of the Site

The Ethos website is provided primarily to share information about Ethos, its mission, programs, faculty, community, educational resources, and opportunities to participate.

You may use the website for lawful, personal, professional, and informational purposes consistent with its intended use.

You may not use the website to violate applicable law; interfere with the operation or security of the website; attempt to gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, or information; introduce malicious software or harmful code; impersonate another person; submit false or misleading information; collect information about other users without authorization; or use website content in a manner that infringes the rights of Ethos or others.

You may not use automated means to systematically scrape, copy, download, reproduce, or extract substantial portions of the website or its content without prior written permission from Ethos.

Ethos reserves the right to restrict or terminate access to the website when reasonably necessary to protect the website, Ethos, its users, or others.

3. Program Applications and Eligibility

Submission of an application or registration form does not guarantee admission to an Ethos program.

Ethos programs are designed for particular audiences, and eligibility requirements may vary by program. Applicants are responsible for reviewing the eligibility requirements described on the applicable Programs and Apply pages before applying.

Ethos reserves the right to review applications and make admissions decisions consistent with the purpose, format, capacity, eligibility requirements, and needs of each program.

Acceptance into one Ethos program does not guarantee acceptance into another program or establish an entitlement to participate in future Ethos programs.

Program dates, locations, faculty, schedules, content, and other details may occasionally need to change. Ethos will make reasonable efforts to communicate material changes to registered participants.

Payment, cancellation, refund, transfer, scholarship, and other financial terms applicable to a particular program will be provided separately during the application or registration process and will govern participation in that program.

4. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise indicated, the content of this website—including text, graphics, logos, photographs, videos, audio, designs, program descriptions, educational content, and other materials—is owned by Ethos Advocacy Institute, licensed to Ethos, or used with permission from its respective owner and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

The names Ethos Advocacy Institute, Ethos program names, logos, taglines, and other identifying marks may constitute trademarks or other protected intellectual property of Ethos or their respective owners.

You may view and use publicly available website content for your own personal and informational purposes. You may not reproduce, republish, distribute, modify, sell, commercially exploit, publicly display, or create derivative works from protected website content without appropriate authorization.

Ethos programs may include materials created or owned by individual faculty members, authors, presenters, or other third parties. Participation in an Ethos program does not transfer ownership of those materials or grant participants unrestricted rights to reproduce, teach, distribute, publish, record, or commercially use them.

Program-specific intellectual property and recording requirements may be provided separately to participants.

5. Educational Information; No Legal Advice

Ethos is an educational organization. Information presented on this website and in publicly available Ethos materials is provided for educational and informational purposes.

Nothing on this website constitutes legal advice or should be relied upon as a substitute for advice concerning a particular legal matter.

Use of this website does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and Ethos, any member of its board, faculty, guides, employees, contractors, or other persons associated with the organization.

The participation of practicing lawyers in Ethos programs or website content likewise does not create an attorney-client relationship.

Lawyers and other professionals remain responsible for exercising their own professional judgment and complying with the laws, ethical obligations, court rules, and professional standards applicable to their work and jurisdiction.

6. Experiential and Educational Programs

Ethos programs may differ from conventional continuing legal education. Programs may incorporate experiential learning, storytelling, role work, psychodrama, sociometry, performance, movement, music, group exercises, reflection, and other educational methods.

Descriptions on this website are intended to provide prospective participants with a general understanding of Ethos programs. Specific exercises, faculty, methods, schedules, and content may vary among programs.

Participation in experiential activities may involve personal reflection or interaction with other participants. Additional information, expectations, agreements, or consent provisions may be provided before or during a program where appropriate.

Ethos does not represent that participation in any program will produce a particular professional, personal, financial, legal, or case outcome.

7. Third-Party Websites and Services

The website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, resources, payment services, community services, or other external content.

Links are provided for convenience or informational purposes and do not necessarily constitute endorsement of the third party or its content.

Ethos does not control and is not responsible for the availability, content, security, privacy practices, accuracy, or operation of third-party websites or services. Your use of third-party services is governed by the terms and policies of those providers.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, this website and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.

Ethos makes no representation or warranty that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or free from errors, viruses, or other harmful components.

Although Ethos endeavors to provide accurate and useful information, we do not warrant that all website content will always be complete, current, accurate, or suitable for every purpose.

Ethos may correct, modify, update, or remove website content at any time.

Nothing in these Terms excludes any warranty or protection that cannot lawfully be excluded.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Ethos Advocacy Institute and its directors, officers, faculty, guides, employees, contractors, volunteers, and agents will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to your use of, or inability to use, this website or reliance upon its content.

Ethos will not be responsible for losses resulting from unauthorized access, technical failures, interruptions, third-party services, external websites, or other circumstances beyond its reasonable control, except to the extent liability cannot legally be limited or excluded.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to waive or limit rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be waived or limited.

10. Privacy

Information collected through the website is handled in accordance with the Ethos Privacy Policy and applicable law.

Please review the Privacy Policy for information about the types of information Ethos may collect, how that information may be used and shared, and the choices available to users.

11. Changes to the Website and These Terms

Ethos may modify, suspend, discontinue, or update portions of the website from time to time.

We may also revise these Terms of Use as our programs, website, services, or legal obligations change.

When these Terms are updated, the revised version will be posted on this website and the “Last Updated” date will be changed. Where required by law or appropriate under the circumstances, Ethos may provide additional notice of material changes.

12. Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute relating to this website will be governed by the laws of the state of Washington, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

Any venue, jurisdiction, arbitration, mediation, or dispute-resolution requirements should be established in the final version of these Terms following review by Ethos legal counsel.

13. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision will be interpreted or limited to the extent necessary to make it enforceable where possible, and the remaining provisions will remain in effect.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms of Use, please contact:

Ethos Advocacy Institute
Email: [email protected]