Nov 10/McLean, VA : "eDiscovery - the future of search"

CapitalOne.com says:

"We invite you to our First Annual Seminar on E-Discovery: The Future of Search on November 10, 2009 at Capital One's corporate headquarters in McLean, VA. This is a free seminar that provides CLE credits*."

A Unique Opportunity to Hear from Two Highly Influential Judges on E-Discovery Issues

Hon. Paul W. Grimm
U.S. Dist. Ct., D. Md.

Hon. Andrew J. Peck
U.S. Dist. Ct., S.D.N.Y.

Seminar Co-Chairs

Jason R. Baron
Editor-in-Chief of The Sedona Conference Best Practices Commentary on the Use of Search and Information Retrieval Methods in E-Discovery.
Ralph Losey
Shareholder, AkermanSenterfitt; Author, Introduction to E-Discovery: New Cases, Ideas and Techniques.
SPACE IS LIMITED - YOU MUST BE REGISTERED IN ADVANCE TO ATTEND

At This Seminar, You Will:

• Learn more about what influential judges and key regulators expect when searching electronically stored information ("ESI")
  
• Learn more about the limitations of searching ESI, with a particular focus on the economics and ethics of searching ESI
  
• Watch a federal judge preside over a mock argument regarding search issues

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* CLE credits offered for the Virginia bar. As of October 1, 2009, we are awaiting a response from the Virginia Bar regarding the number and type of qualifying CLE credits. Other states may or may not recognize these CLE credits. To determine whether other jurisdictions will provide similar CLE credits, we recommend sending a description of the seminar, together with the materials provided, to your respective state bar organizations..."

http://www.capitalone.com/about/seminars/ediscovery/

Dec 3/Seattle: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Environmental and Land Use Law

WSBA Environmental and Land Use Section Presents "Resolving Ethical Dilemmas in Environmental and Land Use Law"

David Boerner, associate professor of law, Seattle University, will provide an overview of ethical duties of lawyers and discuss ethical issues that environmental and land use lawyers face in everyday practice.  Receive 2 ethics credits dealing with environmental and land use issues.  Please join us for a reception immediately following the CLE.

When:  Thursday, December 3, 2009
             3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Where: Women's University Club
             1105 6th Ave., Seattle

Credits: Approved for 2 CLE ethics credits

Tuition:
ELUL Section members - Free
Non-ELUL Section members - $25
Law students - Join the ELUL Section for $12 and attend for free

Please click on the following link to register for this timely seminar:
https://pro.wsba.org/forms/cle/F101203.asp

JOIN SECTION HERE:
http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/groups/elul/sectioninfo.htm

MORE:
http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/groups/elul

Nov 3/ Indianapolis: "My Place is in the Voting Booth: Hoosier Suffragette Helen M. Gougar"

Helen M. Gougar Watch the ARCHIVED November 3, 2009 3:00 pm event Real Media: Windows Media: My Place is in the Voting Booth: Hoosier Suffragette Helen M. Goug The Indiana Supreme Court will hold a free CLE event, "My Place is in the Voting Booth: Hoosier Suffragette Helen M. Gougar," on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 from 3:00 - 4:30 pm. This is a free CLE event sponsored by the Indiana Supreme Court Legal History Lecture Series with support from the Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education. It has been assigned course number 125330 for 1.5 hours. Registration will be completed at the door. About the Event This lecture will highlight the work of Helen M. (Jackson) Gougar of Lafayette, Indiana. In 1897, Gougar became one of the first women to argue in front of the Indiana Supreme Court. The case, Gougar v. Timberlake, focused on the failure of the Tippecanoe County election board to allow Gougar to vote in an 1894 local election. In January 1895, Gougar was admitted to the bar in Tippecanoe County (the first woman to do so) and represented herself that same afternoon. MORE INFORMATION: http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/cle/gougar For More Information, Contact: The Indiana Supreme Court Phone: 317-232-2550 Email: shachey@courts.state.in.us Seating is limited to the first 150 reservations.  CLE credit is free and registration with attorney number is at the door.

Oct 29/Telecon: Death Penalty CLE

Now available as a teleconference with pre-registration!

Learn about the history and current litigation and legislative efforts challenging the death penalty in Washington and around the nation.

Presented by ACLU-WA legislative director Shankar Narayan and Jeff Ellis, president of the Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
"Death Penalty Law & Policy" at the ACLU of Washington Office           
Free Continuing Legal Education presentation for attorneys:

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Available by teleconference with preregistration and also at:
705 2nd Ave, 3rd Floor Seattle, WA 98104

MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION:
http://www.aclu-wa.org/detail.cfm?id=1150

CLE Credit: Approved for 1.25 Credits in Washington State

This event has been re-posted due to the addition of the teleconferencing option!

Web: Squatters, Tweets, Spies & Critics - Strategies for Battling Current and Emerging Cyber-Threats to Your IP

The explosion of online commerce and social networks has dramatically expanded business and marketing opportunities, but with these new opportunities come new threats. This installment of our Internet Generation Web conference series focused on handling threats to your company and its brands, maximizing protection, and minimizing risks and costs.

 

Foley attorneys Andrew B. Serwin, John F. Zabriskie, and Nicole E. Gage were joined by special guest speaker Chris Kelly, currently on temporary leave from his position as Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook, Inc., for a discussion of the following:

• Maintaining trade secrets and privacy concerns in the age of online social networks
  
• Evolving best practices for protecting your company's Web presence and how best to work with host sites to resolve issues quickly and efficiently
  
• Critical online commentary: drawing the line between free speech and defamation, unmasking anonymous attackers, and other emerging tactics
  
• Keeping competitors from harvesting information from your site

Title:

Squatters, Tweets, Spies & Critics - Strategies for Battling Current and Emerging Cyber-Threats to Your IP

Link:

http://www.foley.com/news/event_detail.aspx?eventid=2950

To run the video, link on the link on the right side of the page

Credit

1 hour in California, according to

http://mcle4free.com/2009/10/22/squatters-tweets-spies-critics-strategies-for-battling-current-and-emerging-cyber-threats-to-your-ip/

You may be able to apply for credit in other jurisdictions

Web/CA: Introduction to Veterans Benefits

This web-based audio/visual introduction to federal veterans benefits practice comes from Legal Aid Association of California:

http://vimeo.com/7088858

Approved for 1 credit in CA but the content is basically nationwide. It's quite possible you can apply for credit in your jurisdiction.

Nov 5/Holbrook, NY - PR and Marketing for Lawyers

On November 5, The Public Relations and Marketing Group(PRMG) will hold its "PR and Marketing for Lawyers" lecture at Trio Restaurant, located at 700 Patchogue-Holbrook Road in Holbrook (apparently, New York - ed). The lecture is from 12:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. and is free of charge for attorneys. 

Attorneys will receive one (1) Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit for ethics and professionalism for this three-hour program. The course is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys.

The CLE lecture will be presented by PRMG's Founder and President, John Zaher, an attorney. It will cover marketing; advertising; press conferences and press releases; public relations; practice development techniques; relationships with existing clients; Web site design, marketing and optimization; professionalism requirements, including an update on New York's advertising rules; and the impact of Web 2.0 concepts — such as blogs and social networking — on lawyer marketing.

This program will provide attorneys with strategies to grow their practice while conforming to ethical requirements. In addition, those in attendance will gain practical tips for choosing marketing methods that are suited to their practice, personality and their means.

Registration and lunch will begin at noon. Please note that this lecture is open to attorneys only. Seating is limited to the first 35 persons.

To register, call (631) 207-1057, or e-mail: johnzaher@theprmg.com

MORE

http://tourolawcso.blogspot.com/2009/10/free-public-relations-and-marketing-cle.html

Web/Mass: Compliance with Massachusetts Data Privacy Act

The Massachusetts Bar Association, Law Office Management Assistance Program and Catuogno Court Reporting have made available a free set of videos covering compliance with the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act, which will become effective on January 1, 2010.


The videos, available here ( http://www.catuogno.cc/legal-technology-expo-videos/ )  feature LOMAP Director Rodney Dowell's review of the regulations andHyTech Management President and CTO Mark  Kupsc on compliance with the new requirements.  The tandem presentation provides a look at overview and implementation through the unique perspectives of a practice management expert and of an IT professional.


The program was originally recorded on March 20, 2009, as the "Compliance with the New Privacy Regulations" session of the MBA's Legal Technology Expo.


Thanks goes to Catuogno Court Reporting, an MBA member benefit, for the recording, editing and hosting of these videos, which have been made available for free as a service to Massachusetts attorneys.


SEEN AT:
http://www.catuogno.cc/2009/09/mba-offers-free-online-cle-covering-compliance-with-massachusetts-data-privacy-act/

Oct 30/Utica, NY: Representing the Pro Bono Debtor Under BAPCPA

Lunch and CLE credits are free of charge to attorneys admitted to practice in New York State and who pledge to take a minimum of two pro bono bankruptcy cases annually.


"Representing the Pro Bono Debtor Under BAPCPA" is underwritten by The Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Inc. and the Upstate Institute of Colgate University

Friday, October 30, 2009
Registration at 11:45 a.m.
Buffet lunch at 12:00 p.m.
Presentation from 1:00-5:00 p.m.

Where: Radisson Hotel-Utica Centre, 200 Genesee Street, Utica, NY 13502
CLE Credit: 3 Hours Skills and 1 Hour of Ethics


Appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys

PLEASE PRE-REGISTER NO LATER THAN MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009.
by emailing Dawn_Simmons-Norris@nynb.uscourts.gov
For questions, call Dawn Simmons Norris at (315) 295-1683.

SEEN AT:

• http://lennyesq.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/cle-program-representing-the-pro-bono-debtor-under-bapcpa/
• http://nysbar.com/blogs/generalpractice/2009/10/cle_program_representing_the_p.html
  

Oct 30/Seattle: "Pro Bono Workshops: Hope and Help in Hard Times"

An ABA "Celebrate Pro Bono Week" Event!

Calling all lawyers, paralegals, and law students interested in making a difference in your community!

Join us October 30 for a day of pro bono workshops on:

•  Information on how to get involved in local pro bono activities.
• The basics of setting up a pro bono practice and working with pro bono clients.
• Pro bono incentives and ethics
• CLE Credits: 6 for the full day, including 1.75 Ethics.

ATTENTION 4freeCLE fans: this event is not free. However, it includes many CLE credits (surely 6, possibly 8) and if you quality for the hardship rate, then it's only $25. Throw in the free lunch and the super networking opportunity, and this is better than free.  Just be sure to look your best, and please, don't abuse the hardship waiver (but don't be shy if you, like so many of us, are underemployed or unemployed. The event organizers want you there!)

OFFICIAL FLYER:
http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/groups/wyld/celebrateprobono10309flyer.pdf

REGISTER ASAP:
http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=776003
(Don't forget to mention you saw it on 4freeCLE)

MORE INFORMATION:
The reception will honor Bill Gates, Sr., winner of the prestigious ABA Medal, and include featured speakers Washington State Bar President Salvador "Sal" Mungia and Perkins Coie partner Harry Schneider, Jr.

Friday, October 30, 2009

EVENT SIGN IN:
8:00 AM–8:45 AM
WORKSHOPS: 8:45 AM–5:00 PM
RECEPTION: 5:00 PM–7:00 PM
Seattle University School of Law, Sullivan Hall

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Lawyers, Paralegals, and Law Students
$125 FOR CLE- $25 HARDSHIP RATES AVAILABLE- RECEPTION IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
Register Now: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=776003

William H. Gates, Sr., co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Winner of the ABA Medal, for exceptional and distinguished service to the legal profession and the justice system. Mr. Gates was founding Chair of the LAW Fund Advisory Council, served as Co-Chair of the WSBA Long-Range Planning Committee whose report led to the establishment of our state's Access to Justice Board (the nation's first), and served as President of the WSBA and Seattle-King County Bar Association.

President Mungia, partner at Gordon Thomas Honeywell Malanca Peterson & Dalheim, is a leader in the equal justice community, having served in leadership
positions for the ACLU, Law Fund and others. President Mungia will reflect upon the importance and role of the bar in ensuring equal justice for all.

Mr. Schneider was pro bono co-counsel on the Guantanamo habeas corpus case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. As a result, Mr. Hamdan was the first detainee to receive a trial, laying the groundwork for others challenging the indefinite imprisonments at Guantanamo. Mr. Schneider will share his experiences and impressions from this
historic case.

Register Now: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=776003

For questions, contact Roxanne Mennes, Director of CLE Programs, at mennesr@seattleu.edu.

Sponsored by Washington's Celebrate Pro Bono Coordinating Committee.