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  • COVID-19 and Due Process

    This CLE program will focus on due process issues related to litigating cases during the COVID pandemic. Topics can include issues with jury selection, public access to courts, witness testimony, use of remote/video testimony, speedy trial, and best health practices in offices and in court. The presentation is designed to be modular and specific areas can be expanded or removed based on other presentations. More Info

    $35
    0.75General Credit
  • How to Protect Your Law License: Reading from Below the Bottom Line

    Join us for a two-part session designed to keep you in compliance with your ethical and business obligations. The first part of the session will focus on strategies for staying in compliance in such matters as: Client Relations: evaluating potential clients; avoiding conflicts; when to terminate relationships Communicating with Clients: informed consent; material risks Tax Compliance IRS and State Audit Steps Avoiding Criminal Tax Investigations More Info

    $100
    2.25Total Credits
    1 Ethics
  • Plan Your Escape: Leaving the Law Firm for Public Sector Law

    In this CLE course, presenter Mark J. Wuellner discusses how attorneys can make the transition from the law firm into a fulfilling public sector legal career. He guides you through discovering your purpose for the move and why public sector law may – or may not – be for you. Then he shares tips and tricks for interviewing and securing a public sector legal position learned from his own experience on both sides of the interview table. He busts myths about what to expect in a public s... More Info

    $75
    1.75General Credits
  • Writing and Editing Tips

    This highly practical presentation is designed to immediately help participants improve the quality of their legal writing. Marilena David-Martin takes us through practices designed to improve the readability, credibility and clarity of written expression by providing tips on how to make good choices on formatting issues, language choices, sequence, and analysis. She also provides great suggestions for improving the quality of the editing process. More Info

    $50
    1General Credit
  • Panning for Gold: Making Preliminary Hearings Count

    Preliminary and other pretrial evidentiary hearings are excellent opportunities to learn more about the prosecution case, test defense legal theories, and lock in the witness’s story. Just because we often lose these hearings on the merits does not mean that they cannot help us. It is important to think about the goals for the hearing, each witness, and each topic that will be covered in the hearing. The goals dictate our strategy and tactics at the hearing, especially our choice of questionin... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit
  • The Long Road Back: Commercial Landlord and Tenant Strategies and Covid-19 Defenses

    Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and related government shutdowns, our landlord-tenant courts will be stretched beyond their limits once they are re-opened and eviction moratoria have fully expired. This CLE provides landlords and tenants with strategies to circumvent court backlogs and discusses how trial courts have addressed impossibility of contract and other relevant Covid-19 defenses. The CLE also provides an update on the commercial eviction moratorium and previews relevant legislat... More Info

    $50
    1.25General Credits
  • How to Conduct a Deposition in a Pandemic

    The pre-trial deposition stage is a critical point in any litigation. Indeed many personal injury and commercial cases are either won or lost during the deposition phase. Our panel of experts provides practical guidance, while teaching basic deposition skills, techniques for handling commonly encountered problems, how to use depositions at trial, how to seek rulings from a trial judge, and what you need to know about conducting depositions during the pandemic. A demonstration of how to conduct... More Info

    $100
    2.25General Credits
  • Legal Writing: Striving for Clarity

    This CLE program (“Striving for Clarity”) will discuss steps to achieve clarity in legal writing. The presenter, Judge Bob Bacharach, will draw on examples from psycholinguistics, oratory, and advocacy to illustrate techniques to enhance clarity in legal writing. The main topics will involve: creating context before detail, using simple language, linking the information in your sentences, and conveying the information in manageable chunks. In discussing the creation of con... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit
  • Animal Rescue Law

    This Animal Rescue Law Update will feature presentations on a wide variety of topics of interest to animal lovers, as well as a lively panel discussion. Topics include: Animals, Nature and Life in Sri Lanka Rescuing Horses from Slaughter - An Update Animal Safety in Filmmaking Flying with Companion Animals Animal Protection in Rural Areas More Info

    $75
    1.75General Credits
  • Ethical Considerations During a Pandemic

    This session will examine a number of ethical issues concerning client representation during the pandemic. The course is designed for both attorneys and investigators and will focus on the particular issues that have arisen as a result of COVID-19 such as virtual meetings, and digital storage of material and information. More Info

    $50
    1Ethics Credit

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