Ethics And Justice For All

Edderek "Beau" Cole
Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tard

Trial lawyer Beau Cole explores:

• The background, benefits and ethical underpinnings of Pro Bono Publico service for in-house and outside counsel; 
• The need for increased public service by the bar in the face of declines in funding for pro bono publico services;
• The un-met needs of our underprivileged; 
• The benefits to corporate clients from pro bono publico service by its in-house and outside counsel.

Title:
Ethics And Justice For All
Remembering the "Publico" Aspect of a Lawyer's Obligation to Provide Pro Bono Service
When/When:
On-Demand Videorecording
Speaker:
Edderek "Beau" Cole of Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy (Jackson, MS)  has had first-chair involvement in more than 20 civil and criminal jury trials and over 50 bench trials in MS Circuit, County and Chancery Courts. Having successfully tried numerous auto negligence claims in some of Mississippi's most volatile venues, he is currently defending global lift manufacturer in catastrophic electrical burn lawsuit and prosecuting and defending a wide variety of domestic claims on behalf of indigent and underprivileged Mississippians. He performs Pro Bono work for the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project and the New Life For Women Foundation, Inc.
Sponsor:
Trial.com
Credit:
0.25 credit hours in many states
More:
http://www.trial.com/cle/courses/2011-chi/cole.html

Apr 16/Boston: Intro to Guardianship of Minors - VLP Training

The training will provide a nuts and bolts approach to handling an uncontested guardianship of a minor case. The training will include instruction on how to complete the petition and accompanying pleadings, waive fees and costs, obtain assents from the ward's parents, and how to handle issues of service and the bond. This class will give participants the tools they need to handle simple guardianship of minor cases from filing through the establishment of a permanent guardianship. 
In addition, attorneys and law students who attend this class will be qualified to participate in the VLP/Senior Partners for Justice guardianship petition assistance projects in the Norfolk (Wednesday), Middlesex (Thursday) and Suffolk (Tuesday and Wednesday) Probate & Family Courts on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. These are limited assistance representation projects in which volunteers help pro se petitioners complete and file the guardian of minor petition and other pleadings.

VLP trainings are offered free of charge to volunteers. Please see the VLP Training Policy.

Title:
Boston - Intro to Guardianship of Minors - VLP Training 
Date/Time/Location:
Monday, April 16, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
99 Chauncy Street, Suite 400
Boston MA 02111

Questions?
Contact Isabel Burney
Register Now Before Seats Fill Up:

http://vlp.volunteerhub.com/Events/Event/Summary.aspx?EventID=576396
More Information

www.vlpnet.org

Apr 13 DEADLINE: June 7-8 Pathways to Justice Conference Scholarships

The Pathways to Justice Conference, June 7-8, 2012 at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, offers up to 10 MCLE credit. You may be able to attend free if you apply for a scholarship. According to the Scholarship Announcement: 

"Thanks to a grant from the California Bar Foundation, the State Bar of California is pleased to announce that a limited number of scholarships are available to cover registration fees for individuals interested in attending the Pathways to Justice Conference, June 7-8, 2012 at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. 
Scholarships are intended to enable legal services advocates, court staff or contractors and justice partners from small and rural programs that generally have fewer resources and opportunities for training to fully participate in Pathways to Justice.
Scholarships will cover the conference registration fee valued at $175 (the Early Bird 2-day rate for registrants from the nonprofit/court-affiliated/government setting).  Partial travel expenses may be provided on a very limited, case-by-case basis. Scholarship applicants will be required to submit an application by Friday, April 13, 2012. The State Bar staff will determine eligibility based on criteria below.
CRITERIAEligibility for scholarship awards are based on one or more of the following criteria:

• Staff from a main or branch office of a "qualified legal services provider" (grantee of the Legal Services Trust Fund Program, also referred to as an IOLTA-funded program) located in a rural area to be a speaker and/or attendee at the conference.
• Staff from a main or branch office of a 'qualified legal services provider" with qualified expenditures of $500,000 or less per office to be a speaker and/or attendee at the conference.
• Staff from a non-IOLTA funded entity providing legal assistance to low- or moderate-income individuals such as a court-based program, lawyer referral service, public interest law project, or other access to justice partner located in a rural area to be a speaker and/or attendee at the conference.
• Staff or a board member from any IOLTA or non-IOLTA funded program with compelling extenuating financial circumstances to be a speaker and/or attendee at the conference.
• Priority will be given to individuals from entities that did not send an attendee to the 2008 Pathways to Justice Conference in Los Angeles."

More:
http://calbar.ca.gov/AboutUs/CenteronAccesstoJustice/PathwaystoJustice/Scholarships.aspx

April 11/Seattle: A Guide to the French Legal System

Join Sylvie Charles, a French-American lawyer, as she unfolds the intricacies and complexities of the French legal system.   The CLE will discuss the pros and cons of doing business in France, as well as provide practical tips and insights to practitioners on how to successfully navigate the French business market.
Title:
A Guide to the French Legal System
When/Where:
April 11, 2012
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
Jackson Lewis
600 University St Ste 2900
Seattle
CLE Credits:
1.5 general credits
Sponsor:
WSBA International Practice Section
Cost:
$0 for IPS members; otherwise $35.
More Information And Registration.

Emerging Trends in Legal Ethics and Professionalism: Today and in the Future: On-Demand CLE

This is a recording of a Seminar held October 10, 2011.

Topics:

• Perspectives from the Chief Justice of Illinois Supreme Court 
• The New (and Not So New) Rules on Client Trust Account Management with Q&A
• New Trends and Recent Developments in Professional Responsibility
• Professionalism and Lawyer Mentoring Programs.

Title:
Emerging Trends in Legal Ethics and Professionalism: Today and in the Future
Sponsors:
Presented by the Peoria County Bar Association and the ARDC In cooperation with the IL Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism and the Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois.
Speakers:

• Hon. Thomas L. Kilbride
• Eileen Donahue
• James J. Grogan
• Jayne R. Reardon
• Mary F. Andreoni
• Peter L. Rotskoff
• Ruth Ann Schmitt
• Sonni Choi Williams

Credit:

• Illinois:  2 Professional Responsibility credits
• Washington State: 2 Ethics AV credits (WSBA MCLE Activity 316607)
• Other States: Check with your credit-granting authority; you may be able to apply for credit is someone else hasn't already.

More:
http://iardc.fastcle.com/store/seminar/seminar.php?seminar=9868

Apr 12/Web: Understanding Trade Controls and Sanctions in the 2012 Global Economy

The laws surrounding trade controls and sanctions are constantly evolving and changing, having an ever increasing impact on today’s global business environment. Learn from a panel of experts how sanctions programs from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) impact doing business in today’s global economy during this free webinar.
Title:
Understanding Trade Controls and Sanctions in the 2012 Global Economy
Date/Time/Place:   
April 12, 2012
2:00-3:30 PM Eastern
Webinar
Topics:

• Overview of OFAC sanctions programs impacting international trade transactions
• Growing legislative initiatives in the sanctions arena
• U.S. export control reform efforts and business impacts
• Best practices for complying with global sanctions
• Federal investigations - How to handle them and understanding trends

Speakers:

• Peter Quinter of Becker & Poliakoff P.A.
• David Brummond, Senior Sanctions Advisor with the Office of Foreign Assets Control
• Mark Stevens, President of SCB Training Center Inc. 

Sponsor: 

LexisNexis
More:
http://www.eventsvc.com/LexisNexis_HB/register/1d1720f2-3f5e-4ca5-9bca-b912d33ac008

Client Interviewing and Using LawHelpCA.org to Find Client Resources: On-Demand #MCLE

This session is a brief introduction to some techniques and tips for interviewing clients. Ethical issues and working with clients who have mental issues will be some of the topics that will be covered.
There will also be an overview of LawHelpCA.org, statewide website to connect Californians to free self-help information and legal services.
Speakers:
Salena Copeland and Vivian Chen from the Legal Aid Association of California
Credit:
This session is approved for ONE hour MCLE self-study credit.
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In Tennessee, You Can Win Free CLE!

I'd thought I'd seen every form of free CLE there is, but CLE Tennessee has come up with a new one: a contest!
According to an add in the top right corner of their website, if you sign up for their newsletter, you're automatically added into a contest to win 5 free CLE credit hours!
I just don't see a downside to this. Their list of courses includes over 70 on-line courses on a variety of subjects, and there's plenty of traditional live courses as well. If you can use Tennessee credit, why not subscribe to their free newsletter and take a chance on free credit?
More information:
http://cletennessee.com/

(P.S. while we're on the subject of free email newsletters, don't forget to sign up for the free 4freeCLE newsletter!)

Building Business In A Down Economy: On-Demand CLE

Dustin A. Cole

This complimentary online program is produced by The Florida Bar Law Office Management Assistance Service (LOMAS).

• What has changed in client expectations and demands and how to adapt to them successfully. 
• How to move up the “value” curve in the client’s eyes for increased revenues. 
• How to “change the game” to retain good clients. 
• Ethical and practical techniques to combat price resistance and price undercutting. 
• The four simple principles that create a powerful business stream. 
• How to dramatically increase your marketing efficiency and results. 
• Powerful, ethical communication techniques that turn prospects into clients. 
• Innovative approaches to fees and collections. 

Title: 
Building Business in a Down Economy: Ethical Considerations and Crucial Marketing Skills  for Weathering the Downturn
Speaker:
Dustin A. Cole
CLE Credit:
This course has been approved for continuing legal education credit under the plan(s) and in the following area(s): 2.5 General CLER Credits and 1.0 Ethics
Original Program Date:
June 24, 2010
For additional information on LOMAS programs and services, please check out www.floridabar.org/LOMAS. This on-demand, online/downloadable presentation is sponsored by Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company (FLMIC), please check them out at www.flmic.com.

More Information and Registration

Apr 2/Vail, CO: CDBA meeting features "Accident Investigations and Reconstruction" CLE

The Continental Divide Bar Association says:

"Please join us for the Continental Divide Bar Association Meeting which will be held at the Happy Valley Grill located at the Vail Golf Club at 1778 Vail Valley Dr. Vail, CO 81657. There will be appetizers and beverages available. The meeting agenda will include Treasury Report, Law Day, Pro Bono Commitment, Legal Aid, and other issues. The appetizers and beverages will be available beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. Please bring $20 in cash or check made payable to the Continental Divide Bar Association for the meeting.

CLE -There will be a FREE CLE on Accident Investigations and Reconstruction for 2 CLE General Credits. We will begin the CLE presented by Michael Miranda beginning at 4:00 p.m.
RSVP HERE"

It's hard to say whether this is or is not a free CLE, since there's a fee for the event, but I figured it's better to post the announcement as is, and let people make their own choice!
More Information:
http://cdbar.org/april-2-2012-cdba-meeting-and-cle

Mar 30/Cleveland: Navigating Anti-Bribery Legislation: Remaining Compliant and Competitive in the Global Marketplace

The Global Business Law Review at Cleveland-Marshall School of Law hosts a timely, useful and free program of Continuing Legal Education.
Title:
Navigating Anti-Bribery Legislation:Remaining Compliant and Competitive in the Global Marketplace
Date/Time/Place:Friday, March 30, 2012
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Reception Follows)
Law School Moot Court Room
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
2121 Euclid Avenue, LB 138
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Credit:  2.5 CLEs (Approved)
Cost:  Free
Agenda: 12:30 – 1:30 Registration (Advanced Registration Not Required)
1:30 – 1:40 Welcome and Introductory Remarks by Mark J. Sundahl
Mr. Sundahl is Associate Dean for Administration and Professor of Law, Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
1:40 – 2:20 The Impact of Int’l Law on the Struggle Against Corruption in Africa, John Mukum Mbaku
Dr. Mbaku is the Williard L. Eccles Professor of Economics and John S. Hinckley Fellow at Weber State University, a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, and an author.
2:20 – 3:00 Designing Effective Anti-Bribery Corporate Compliance Programs, Robert Biskup
Mr. Biskup is Director of Forensic and Dispute Services at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP and former global chief compliance officer at Ford Motor Company with extensive experience handling sensitive regulatory matters and internal investigations.
Break
3:10 – 3:50 Anti-Bribery Compliance: The Role of Internal Accounting Controls, Stuart H. Deming.
Mr. Deming is a best-selling author whose regulatory practice focuses on FCPA, economic sanctions, and other international business concerns including the UK Bribery Act and Sarbanes-Oxley.
3:50 – 4:30  Expanding Anti-Bribery Compliance to Cover all Business Dealings, Edmund “Ned” Searby.
Mr. Searby chairs McDonald Hopkins’ White Collar Crime, Antitrust and Securities practice and is a former federal prosecutor whose work included potential FCPA violations and industrial espionage.
More:
http://www.globalbusinesslawreview.org/symposium/2012-symposium-2

Apr 4/Web: Classifying Workers: Who is an Employee and Who is an Independent Contractor?

Issues related to worker misclassification continue to grow, and they can have a major impact. There are tax and employment law implications. Increased enforcement by state and federal agencies has raised concerns. Companies must fully understand the issues to make informed decisions.
In this one-hour session, Olshans Tax, Benefits and Employment specialists will discuss the potential pitfalls of worker misclassification, and how to protect a business:

• How does one determine whether a new worker is truly an independent contractor?
• What laws must one consider?
• What to do if workers have been misclassified.
• Proactive measures to prevent problems BEFORE an audit or a lawsuit.

Title:
Classifying Workers: Who is an Employee and Who is an Independent Contractor?
Sponsor:
Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP.
Date/Time/Place:
April 4, 2012
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. EDT.
Webinar
Speakers:

• Aliza F. Herzberg, lead partner of Olshan's Employment Practices Group, who helps employers manage all aspects of their relationships with employees
• Nina Krauthamer, co-lead partner of Olshans Tax & Personal Planning Group, who concentrates on federal, state and international tax matters for public, private and not-for-profit companies
• Barry L. Salkin, counsel in Olshans Employee Benefits group, who has extensive experience with employee benefits and compensation.

Register Now:

• Go to https://university.learnlive.com/NewUser.aspx?brandingid=2088
  Complete the New User Registration fields which require only the participant’s name, title, email address and organization.
• Click the Submit button, which brings the participant to the Catalog page.
• Click the Enroll button for the session titled "Classifying Workers: Who is an Employee and Who is an Independent Contractor?"

Credit:
This seminar has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 1 credit hour in the area of Professional Practice/Practice Management and is appropriate for experienced attorneys only.
In order to receive CLE credit for the webinar, the participant is required to click all of the participation pop-ups that will appear throughout the program. He or she must also be registered and view the webinar from his or her own computer. 
About Olshan:
Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP, a premier law firm based in New York, represents major businesses and entrepreneurs for their most significant transactions, problems and opportunities. Olshans clients range from public companies, hedge, venture capital, private equity and other investment funds to entrepreneurs and private companies worldwide. Clients choose Olshan for innovative strategies and sophisticated, game-changing advice in corporate, securities law and shareholder activism, complex commercial, corporate and securities litigation, bankruptcy and creditors rights, real estate, intellectual property and advertising. Since its founding, Olshan has offered an alternative to the AmLaw 50 law firm business model with responsive, independent and client-focused legal counsel provided by the firms senior lawyers.
More:
https://university.learnlive.com/NewUser.aspx?brandingid=2088

Apr 11/Stillwater, MN: A New Way to Eliminate Bias in Mediation

The Washington County Law Library (http://www.co.washington.mn.us/info_for_residents/law_library ) presents this program in coordination with the Washington County Bar Association (http://wcba-mn.org/ ), but membership in the Association is not required for attendance. 
Title:
A New Way to Eliminate Bias in Mediation

Dan Simon

Date/Time/Place:
April 11, 2012
Noon-1pm
Conference Room 21 (lower level) of the Washington County Government Center
14949 62nd Street North
Stillwater, MN 55082-0006
Credit:
One elimination of bias CLE credit has been approved, #165715.
Speaker:
Dan Simon, Esq.
Twin Cities Mediation
http://twincitiesmediation.com
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Suggestions for programs are always welcome and should be directed to the County Law Librarian, who may be reached at 651-430-6330
MORE:
http://www.co.washington.mn.us/info_for_residents/law_library/continuing_legal_education

Tactics and Strategies for the Enforcement of Judgments: On-Demand CLE

Martin B. Greenbaum
Greenbaum Law Group, LLP

This program covers many of the issues which often arise in a law practice and highlights a number of mechanisms that attorneys can employ in their own practice to ensure prompt payment. Among the topics covered are retainer agreements, due diligence, effective billing practices, and ending a relationship with a client.
Title:
Tactics and Strategies for the Enforcement of Judgments
Speaker:
Attorney Martin B. Greenbaum is the senior attorney at Greenbaum Law Group, LLP, focusing exclusively on collection and loss recovery. Mr. Greenbaum has presented a number of California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) programs and has lectured widely to trade and business groups on the topic of credit collection and construction collection. He also provides expert witness services on collection and collectability issues.
Mr. Greenbaum received his J.D. from UCLA Law School and is admitted to practice law in California, New York and Colorado.  

Credit:
1 credit in many states
Sponsor:
Lexvid.com
More:
http://www.lexvid.com/clevideos/view/10

Mar 26/Web: Boolean (Keyword) Search for Lawyers

Learn how to formulate effective Boolean keyword searches in Fastcase.
Title:
Boolean (Keyword) Search for Lawyers
Date/Time/Place:
Monday, March 26, 2012
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
Webinar
Sponsor:
Fastcase
Credit:
1 Credit in many, but not all, states.
See list on registration form.
Some states not listed may offer credit via reciprocity.
More:
http://www.fastcase.com/webinars/?NV

Mar 30/Web - UPL in the 21 Century: Topics in Digital Law Practice week 8

Topics In Digital Law Practice (TDLP) takes a new approach to legal education: a nine-session webinar inviting participant interaction and collaboration, open to any person anywhere, developed for law faculty and students, but of utility to lawyers and technologists as well.

Title:

UPL (Unlicensed Practice of Law) in the 21st Century: Week 8 of Topics In Digital Law Practice

Date/Time/Place: 

Friday, March 30, 2012

2pm-3pm Eastern (Note Time Zone!)

Webcast With Homework

Register Here!

Can't participate live? Recording will be posted at the same link within a day or two. 

Speaker:

William Edward Hornsby Jr.

William Hornsby, Staff Counsel at American Bar Association, author of numerous works such as "Marketing and Legal Ethics: The Boundaries of Promoting Legal Services" and the rather prescient  A Re-Examination of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct Pertaining to Client Development in Light of Emerging Technologies (July 1998).

Credit:

The hosts have not applied for CLE credit; however attorneys have successfully applied for credit for some sessions in some states, e.g. Washington.

The TDLP series runs for one hour a week for nine weeks and will feature a different guest speaker each week. Each class will be delivered via webcast and will have a 30 minute lecture presentation followed by a question & answer period and an online, interactive homework assignment for all course students to complete.

The presentations will be recorded and posted to the course blog for future viewing!

Cost:

Free.

Registration:

Register for the course.

Host:

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit consortium of over 200 US law schools. Non-US law schools, law firms, business schools, paralegal programs and individuals can also join CALI to support its mission. More information about CALI membership: http://www.cali.org/faq/8054. 

More:

Please see this FAQ if you have more questions about the course.

Apr 10/Web: Child Support Basics (Minnesota)

This CLE will provide information about IV-D cases in Hennepin County and basics on Minnesota Child Support Statutes. 
Topics to be discussed are Paternity, Child Support establishments and enforcement remedies such as driver's license suspension and contempt of court cases for failure to pay child support.
Title:
Child Support Basics
Date/Time/Place:

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Central

Webinar

Presenter:

Sandra Filardo, Assistant Hennepin County Attorney in the Child Support Division
Sponsors:
Webinar co-sponsored by Volunteer Lawyers Network, Ltd., and Minnesota Legal Services Coalition.
Cost: 
Free for:

• Active Volunteers of volunteer Lawyers Network (in the past 12 months, have taken a full representation case, four clinic shifts, six phone advice shifts, or ten hours of other volunteer work); 
• New VLN Volunteers (have become a VLN Volunteer in the past six months); 
• Active Volunteers with other volunteer attorney programs around the state; or Legal Aid Staff; 
• Judicial Clerks and other Court Staff. 

All others: 

$25.

Credit:
1.00 hour of Standard MN CLE credit will be applied for.
More:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/919719270

Seniors' Issues: Update on Duals in California - Big Changes, Short Timetable: On-Demand CLE

More than 8 million persons nationwide are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid; these are the "Dual-Eligible". Upcoming changes in state and federal law may impact your dual-eligible clients.
This presentation is intended to help legal aid and pro bono advocates:

• Advocate during planning for the changes
• Help your client through the challenges after programs are implemented.

The program is specifically aimed at California legal aid or pro bono attorneys, but much of the content appears to be national in scope.  
Title:
Seniors' Issues: Update on Duals in California - Big Changes, Short Timetable
Speaker:
Attorney Georgia Burke of the National Senior Citizens Law Center
Credit:
These materials are intended for CA 1 Credit Self-Study
Sponsor:
Legal Aid Association of California

Special Note from the LAAC web page:
"If you would like to support LAAC's videos and keep this service free for the community, please donate here: tiny.cc/Qwgg2b "
4freeCLE has nothing to do with the donation link, but isn't it fair to to support LAAC's generously providing this useful video and handouts? Your support will encourage it to do more!
More:
http://vimeo.com/37561588

Thinking Off the Page: When Traditional Approaches Must Yield to Innovative Resolution Methods - On-Demand CLE

David King

Trial lawyer David King brings new thinking to the old idea that lawsuits must follow a pre-set path.
He presents methods that streamlined and successfully resolved scores of cases arising out of common facts, while eliminating duplicative legal presentations and witness testimony, minimizing legal fees and settlement costs, and managing attendant public relations fall-out.
Title:
Thinking Off the Page: When Traditional Approaches Must Yield to Innovative Resolution Methods
Speaker:
David King -- Bass Berry & Sims (Nashville, TN)
Credit:
.25 CLE Credit Hours Available for AK AZ CA CO FL GA HI KY LA MO ND NJ NY TX UT WA
More:
http://www.trial.com/cle/courses/2011-ca/king.html

Apr 10/Salem, OR - Election law

Title:

Election law
Free CLE for MCBA members.  Bring your own brown bag lunch and earn a free CLE credit.  Non-members $10.00.

When/Where: 

April 10 - 12:00 to 1:00

Judge James’ courtroom

Sponsor:

Marion County Bar Association

Future Programs:

• June 12 – Employment Law for Lawyers
• October 9 – Immigration Issues
• November 13 – Child Abuse Reporting

More:

http://www.marioncountybar.org/archives/1965

Apr 3/Boston - Family Law 101 - VLP Training

An introductory training on Domestic Relations Law. This one-session training will give you the basics you need to initiate a divorce case. It will cover filing the Complaint and all the accompanying documents, and serving the opposing party.  Practice materials will be distributed at the training.

VLP trainings are offered free of charge to volunteers. Please see the VLP Training Policy.

Title:
Family Law 101 - VLP Training 
Date/Time/Location:
Tuesday, April 3, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
99 Chauncy Street, Suite 400
Boston MA 02111

Questions?
Contact Isabel Burney
Register Now Before Seats Fill Up:

http://vlp.volunteerhub.com/Events/Event/Summary.aspx?EventID=369939

More Information

www.vlpnet.org

Mar 26-30/NYC: NYS Courts Access to Justice Program’s FREE Bridge-the-Gap CLE

Recent law school graduates and newly admitted attorneys may fulfill their first or second year Mandatory CLE requirements through the NYS Courts Access to Justice Program’s FREE Bridge-the-Gap CLE Bridge the gap between law school and the realities of practicing law through presentations by experienced practitioners and a HANDS-ON Pro Bono Practicum that will provide
participants with the opportunity to:
• gain client interviewing skills,
• represent clients in court,
• negotiate with opposing counsel, and
• argue before a judge.
Gain invaluable experience in lawyering while helping some of New York’s most disadvantaged civil litigants obtain due process of law. Participants are supervised on site by attorneys with expertise in Family Law, Housing and Divorce law.
Four Day Program PLUS: Pro Bono Practicum!
Course Dates:
Monday, March 26, 2012 - Thursday, March 29, 2012
For Times and Topics, See Flyer (PDF)
Place:
NYC Civil Court
111 Centre Street
New York, NY
Credit:
16 Total CLE Credits: 7 Professional Practice Credits, 6 Skills Credits, 3 Ethics Credits,
Conditions:
In return for 16 CLE credits and 6 pro bono CLE credits, participants are required to complete a 50 hour pro bono practicum assisting litigants in NYC Housing, Family and Supreme Courts within 6 months of training.
Newly admitted attorneys may use pro bono service credits on a carry-over basis.
TO REGISTER

• Email Bridgegap@courts.state.ny.us 
• Call (646) 386-5425

Limited Seating—Registration Required to guarantee your seat!More:
www.facebook.com/NYCourtsVLP

Mar 23/Web: Online Legal Forms in Legal Aid. #TDLP Week 7!

Topics In Digital Law Practice (TDLP) takes a new approach to legal education: a nine-session webinar inviting participant interaction and collaboration, open to any person anywhere, developed for law faculty and students, but of utility to lawyers and technologists as well.
Title:
Online Legal Forms in Legal Aid: Week 7 of Topics In Digital Law Practice
Date/Time/Place: 
Friday, March 23, 2012
2pm-3pm Eastern (Note Time Zone!)
Webcast With Homework
Register Here!
Can't participate live? Recording will be posted at the same link within a day or two. 

Ronald W. Staudt

Speaker:
Professor Ronald W. Staudt is the associate vice president of law, business and technology and a professor of law at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. He teaches Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Strategies, Internet Law, Public Interest Law & Policy, Justice and Technology Practicum, and Access to Justice and Technology. He is director of the Center for Access to Justice & Technology (CAJT)--a law school center using Internet resources to improve access to justice with special emphasis on building Web tools to support legal services advocates, pro bono volunteers and pro se litigants. Current CAJT projects include the law school's Public Interest Certificate program; A2J Author, a collaboration with the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction to build new computer interfaces for self-represented litigants; and the Self-Help Web Center at the Cook County Courthouse in the Daley Center, where law student volunteers help self-represented litigants to use technology tools developed at CAJT.
Professor Staudt has written numerous articles and books on technology and law. His most recent book is a report co-authored by Charles L. Owen, Distinguished Professor of Design at IIT's Institute of Design, and Edward B. Pedwell, titled Access to Justice: Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants.
Professor Staudt is a fellow, board member and vice president of the College of Law Practice Management, a member of the ABA Law Practice Management Section's E-Lawyering Task Force, a member of the advisory council of the ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, and a member of the ABA TechShow 2006 Planning Board.

Credit:
The hosts have not applied for CLE credit; however attorneys have successfully applied for credit for some sessions in some states, e.g. Washington.
The TDLP series runs for one hour a week for nine weeks and will feature a different guest speaker each week. Each class will be delivered via webcast and will have a 30 minute lecture presentation followed by a question & answer period and an online, interactive homework assignment for all course students to complete.
The presentations will be recorded and posted to the course blog. Cost:
Free.
Registration:
Register for the course.
Host:
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit consortium of over 200 US law schools. Non-US law schools, law firms, business schools, paralegal programs and individuals can also join CALI to support its mission. More information about CALI membership: http://www.cali.org/faq/8054. 
More:
Please see this FAQ if you have more questions about the course.

Mar 26/Cleveland: Working Hard, Hardly Working: How Misinterpretations of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act Have Undermined its Effectiveness

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) has generally been hailed as a success story that has brought pregnant workers from an era of exclusion to an era of inclusion.  However, the law has utterly failed to help women who are partially, but not fully disabled by pregnancy gain the accommodations necessary to allow them to continue to work.
This lecture will explore the misunderstandings and misperceptions that have hampered the ability of the PDA to make room for pregnant women's full participation in the workplace.
Title:

Deborah L. Brake

Working Hard, Hardly Working: How Misinterpretations of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act Have Undermined its Effectiveness

The Littler Mendelson Employment and Labor Law Lecture

Date/Time/Place:

Mon, 03/26/2012 - 5:00pm - 6:00pm
1801 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(Moot Court Room)
Speaker:
Deborah L. Brake is Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Her scholarship focuses on various dimensions of equality law. She is a nationally recognized expert and author on Title IX and gender equality in sports, and on gender discrimination more broadly.   Her articles have appeared in journals such as the Minnesota Law Review, William and Mary Law Review, North Carolina Law Review, and the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender.
Sponsor:

Cleveland-Marshall School of Law
CLE credit: 
1 free hour approved
More:
https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/events/2012032617001273

Demolishing Expert Witnesses and Expert Witness Malpractice - On-Demand CLE

Marshall Grossman

Since Daubert, expert witness work is not a free ride. Learn techniques built on decades of experience destroying opposing experts and delivering friendly experts unscathed after cross-examination.
Title:
Demolishing Expert Witnesses and Expert Witness Malpractice
Speaker:
Marshall Grossman -- Bingham McCutchen (Santa Monica, CA)
Credit:
.25 CLE Credit Hours Available for AK AZ CA CO FL GA HI KY LA MO ND NJ NY TX UT WA
More:
http://www.trial.com/cle/courses/2011-ca/grossman.html

Mar 20/Cleveland: Censorship and Death

Philip Hamburger

Americans like to believe that prior licensing of speech and the press came to an end in the seventeenth century.  This was the sort of censorship that the Inquisition imposed on Galileo, that the English abandoned in 1695, and that the First Amendment most clearly prohibited.  Nonetheless, the federal government has revived the licensing of speech and the press.  It does this by means of committees known as "Institutional Review Boards," and although it claims that it imposes the licensing to protect Americans, it thereby licenses much academic speech and publication.  Professor Hamburger will discuss this reversion to 17th century censorship and its consequences for Americans.
Title:
Censorship and Death
Date/Time/Place:
Tue, 03/20/2012
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Cleveland State University
1801 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(Moot Court Room)
Speaker:
Professor Philip Hamburger is the Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. He is widely published in the area of constitutional law and its history.
Sponsor:
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law / Cleveland State University
CLE credit: 
1 free hour approved
More:
https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/events/2012032017001281

Apr 10/Seattle+Web: Calculating Child Support for Clients with Reduced Income Brown Bag

This training is for participants in the WSBA Moderate Means Program, which  connects moderate-income residents of Washington State with lawyers who have agreed to reduce their standard fees and hourly rates. You must register for MMP before attending this class. See Moderate Means Program FAQ.
Title:
Calculating Child Support for Clients with Reduced Income
Date/Time/Place:
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM Pacific

WSBA Conference Center

1501 4th Avenue Suite 308

Seattle, WA 98101 

Also available as webcast

Credit:
2 General CLE credits pending. 
More:
http://www.wsba.org/publicservicetraining

Mar 23/Saint Paul, MN+Web: American Indians and Civil Rights

Federal Magistrate Judge Leo Brisbois will briefly outline some significant historical moments in the law which have affected civil rights for American Indians.
Professor Ann Tweedy will discuss the impact of the sovereignty doctrine, tribes' status under the constitution, and how majority fears about Indian peoples and tribes' special status have influenced the development of civil rights for American Indians, particularly relating to the Second Amendment and Indian people’s right to bear arms.
Title: 
American Indians and Civil Rights CLE
Date/Time/Please:
March 23, 2012
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
School of Law, Room 101
Hamline University
1536 Hewitt Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55104-1284

Also Available As Webcast

Cost: 
Free
Credits: 
Approved for one standard CLE credit.
Contact: 
For more information, contact Anne Markus at 651-523-2943
Speakers:
Judge Brisbois is a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe Indians, and was raised in Hibbing, Minnesota. He received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Before his appointment as Magistrate Judge, he was a partner with the Minneapolis law firm of Stich, Angell, Kreidler, Dodge & Unke, PA, and served in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He has been president of the Minnesota State Bar Association, and active in the Minnesota American Indian Bar Association, the 1st, 4th and Iron Range District Bar Associations, and the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association. Judge Brisbois is the first American Indian to serve as a United States Magistrate Judge in Minnesota and only the second American Indian to ever hold the position in the United States.
Professor Ann Tweedy came to Hamline from Michigan State University Law School. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she clerked for the ACLU, California Indian Legal Services, and the Contra Costa Public Defender. After law school, she clerked for Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ronald Gould and Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Rex Armstrong. She also practiced law with Kanji and Katzen in Seattle, WA, and served as tribal attorney for Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, near La Conner, WA , for four years. She publishes and teaches in Federal Indian Law, Sexual Orientation Law and Property.
More:
http://law.hamline.edu/Eventsdetail.aspx?id=4294971888&dt=3/23/2012

Apr 03/NYC: Representing the Buyer: Coop and Condo Due Diligence and Contract Matters

This class is for attorneys who will, or may, represent purchasers of Coop and Condo apartments.
The class will address both contract issues the attorney should be aware of as well as due diligence that the attorney must conduct on behalf of the client. Specific issues to be addressed include time of the essence clause, delivery date issues, mortgage contingency clause, down payment and default clauses, review of Coop and Condo Offering plans, review of Coop and Condo Financial Statements, review of Coop Proprietary Lease, review of Coop Board minutes, and review of Coop or Condo’s By-Laws.
The class will also discuss the various federal, state and local taxes related to such a transaction.
Title:
Representing the Buyer: Coop and Condo Due Diligence and Contract Matters 
Date/Time/Place:
April 3, 2012
8:30 am to 12:00 pm
Bank of America
114 West 47th Street, 12th Floor
(US Trust Bldg)
New York City.
Instructor: 
John Bradbury, Esq.
Law Offices of John Bradbury
Sponsor:
MarcIsrael.com
CLE Credit: 
3 Areas of Professional Practice Credits
More:
http://www.clenewyorkcity.com/2012/01/representing-buyer-coop-and-condo-due.html