October 2: Manage Your Legal Practice Like a Pro

Lawyers work with people all the time, whether they are their clients, opposing counsel, colleagues, or staff. In order to be an effective legal practitioner as well as an effective manager of the practice of law, every lawyer needs to understand the pivotal importance of empathy in the practice of law. 

Empathy is the ability to sense other people’s emotions, and to imagine what they might be thinking or feeling. Empathy is a key component of emotional intelligence, which is a core competency of any highly effective lawyer, legal professional, or law firm leader. Research indicates a positive correlation between empathy and operational performance, team climate, and employee retention. 

Law firms that embrace a culture of empathy toward their clients as well as their internal teams will have a competitive advantage in the legal marketplace.
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Like a mini-MBA for lawyers, this four-part series offers lawyers a unique opportunity to develop essential business and leadership skills that law school never taught but that lawyers really need to know to effectively run a legal practice and deliver excellent legal service to clients. This series will also equip lawyers with practical tools and strategies to break down the barriers that contribute to disconnection so they can build trust and communicate for influence and impact. 

Join us for Essential Business Skills for Busy Lawyers Part 3 – Manage Your Legal Practice Like a Pro.

Title:
Essential Business Skills for Busy Lawyers Part 3:
Manage Your Legal Practice Like a Pro

Date+Time:
October 2, 2024 

12 Noon CST

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Speaker:

The presenter is Colleen Byers, JD, MBA, RYT200 of Colleen Byers Mediation, LLC (https://www.byersmediation.com) a seasoned litigator, mediator, legal educator, certified yoga instructor, and 2020 North Carolina Lawyer of the Year.

Brought to you by:
Alta Pro Lawyers Risk Purchasing Group. Alta Professional Insurance Services Agency, LLC, (Alta Pro) provides innovative, intelligent, professional insurance underwriting, claims, risk management, product development, and sales and marketing services to our clients using state of the art information technology.

CLE Credit:
1 hour of CLE pending approval in program states. You may be able to self-apply in other states. I appreciate that the announcement may not be clear as to what may be a "program state" but the registration boxes accepts bar numbers for nearly all states, DC and Guam.
Cost:
The webinar is free to persons in Alta Pro's program states, otherwise you may have to pay a small attendance fee (~$2) to your state.

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August 28: Build Your Legal Practice Like a Pro

This CLE will highlight the keys to successfully build your legal practice, with an emphasis on compliance with the Rules of Professional Conduct. We will solve for the dreaded cocktail party “what do you do” question. We will also discuss strategies for attorneys to market themselves both within their firms as well as to external clients.

Title:

Build Your Legal Practice Like a Pro 

Part 2  of Essential Business Skills for Busy Lawyers 

Date+Time:
August 28, 2024
1:00 pm EST

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Speaker:

Colleen Byers, JD, MBA, RYT200 of Colleen Byers Mediation, LLC (https://www.byersmediation.com) is a seasoned litigator, mediator, legal educator, certified yoga instructor, and 2020 North Carolina Lawyer of the Year. A seasoned civil litigator with deep business and legal experience, Colleen Byers focuses on mediating complex business, employment, trust, estate, fiduciary and family disputes to help companies, families and individuals solve their legal problems outside the courtroom.
Colleen’s conflict resolution approach weaves together practical business insight, active listening, and strategic foresight. Colleen leverages more than a decade of litigation experience to help people, whether business owners or families, settle legal disputes quickly, effectively, and creatively.
Colleen has received the following recognition:
Lawyer of the Year, North Carolina Lawyers Weekly (2020); North Carolina Lawyer Weekly’s Leaders in the Law (2020); Best Lawyers in America (2020); North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2016–2018); Business North Carolina Legal Elite, Young Guns (2016–2018); and Chamber of Commerce Winston Under 40 Leadership Award (2017).

Brought to you by:
Alta Pro Lawyers Risk Purchasing Group provides innovative, intelligent, professional insurance underwriting, claims, risk management, product development, and sales and marketing services to our clients using state of the art information technology.

CLE Credit:
The webinar is free to persons in our program states, otherwise you may have to pay a small attendance fee (~$2) to your state
Each Webinar in this series awards 1.00 Regular Credit
Part 1 - Communicate Like a Pro - May 22, 2024 1:00-2:00pm EST
Part 2 - Build Your Legal Practice Like a Pro - Aug 28, 2024 1:00-2:00pm EST
Part 3 - Manage Your Legal Practice Like a Pro - Oct 2, 2024 1:00-2:00pm EST
Part 4 - Negotiate Like a Pro - Nov 6, 2024 1:00-2:00pm EST

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December 14: Litigation 2023: What’s New and What’s Next

The legal landscape in 2022 has been impacted by a fascinating combination of political, economic, and judicial headwinds. More than ever before, litigators need to stay apprised of developments outside of the courtroom to give their clients the best chance of prevailing inside the courtroom.
But even more valuable than the knowledge of what’s happening now is what’s coming next.
In our annual outlook series, Bloomberg Law 2023, more than 30 Bloomberg Law legal analysts offer their expert insights and perspectives on issues that practitioners should be following in the year ahead.
On this webinar, you’ll hear from four of our litigation analysts on the trends and topics they’ll be following in 2023. Our analysts will help you navigate some of the upcoming year’s biggest challenges, from antitrust and the environment to cybersecurity and social media liability.
Learning Objectives:

• Know what to expect from forces that are shaping litigation as the new year approaches.
• Learn about emerging legal concepts and strategies involving Section 230, the major questions doctrine, merger scrutiny, and common-law data breach claims.
• Gain insight on positioning clients to take advantage of the latest legal trends.

Who would benefit most from attending this program?

• Law firm attorneys advising clients across a wide array of legal practice areas
• In-house counsel involved in litigation matters
• Legal industry trend-watchers seeking intelligence on future developments.

Title:
Litigation 2023: What’s New and What’s Next
Webinar Date/Time:
December 14, 2022
1:00 PM EST •12:00 PM CST •11:00 AM MST •10:00 AM PST 

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Cost:
Free
Credit:
1 or 1.2 credit in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington State, West Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming 
; check the registration form for details.
Speakers:

• Golriz Chrostowski, Principal Legal Analyst, Bloomberg Law.
  Golriz Chrostowski is a legal analyst on the litigation team. Prior to joining Bloomberg Law, Golriz was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Elser, where she worked on a wide variety of complex litigation matters for seven years. Before that, Golriz worked as a litigation associate at a boutique litigation firm in New York for five years. Golriz received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and her law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.
• Robert Dillard, Principal Legal Analyst, Bloomberg Law.
  Robert Dillard is a legal analyst on the litigation team. Prior to joining Bloomberg Law, Robert was a litigator and in-house counsel at both small firms and state government agencies. His practice focused on government contracts and employment law while representing clients before state, federal, and administrative courts. Robert earned his B.S. from Morehouse College and his J.D. from Georgetown University.
• Erin Webb, Principal Legal Analyst, Bloomberg Law.
  Erin L. Webb is a Legal Analyst on the Litigation team. Before joining Bloomberg Law, Erin was a litigator focusing on complex commercial disputes and insurance coverage litigation. She has worked at large law firms and small, including Dickstein Shapiro, Blank Rome, and her own solo firm. Erin received her BA from Western Michigan University and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School.
• Eleanor Tyler, Principal Legal Analyst, Bloomberg Law.
  Eleanor Tyler is a Legal Analyst on the Litigation team, with a focus on antitrust. Previously, she spent seven years reporting for Bloomberg Law's antitrust news desk. Before joining Bloomberg Law in 2010, Eleanor was a litigation associate at a large law firm. She clerked for the Hon. Simeon Lake in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Her JD is from Georgetown University, and she holds an MA in international affairs from Johns Hopkins SAIS.
• Moderator: Robert Combs, Analysis Channel Manager, Bloomberg Law.
  Robert Combs is a Legal Analyst on the Regulatory & Compliance team with a focus on labor and employment issues. In more than 20 years at Bloomberg Law, Robert has extensively analyzed the impact of labor trends and employment law developments on U.S. workplaces. Robert has an MS in Journalism from Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and graduated with a BA in English from Denison University.

By:
Bloomberg Law

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September 28: Managing Your Law Office in Uncertain Times

Running a law office can be a roller-coaster.
Some of the ups and downs are outside your control. But by taking surprisingly simple – and extremely effective – steps today, you can risk-proof your law practice against whatever terrifying plunge or hairpin turn awaits tomorrow.
Join us on September 28 at 12 noon CST for a master class on how to maintain law office excellence through good times and bad, taught by a pair of experts in the field.

• See how a One Page Business Plan may be all you need
• Learn safe and effective “scripts” for initial consultations and crucial client conversations
• Receive a crash course in Law Office Budgeting 101
• Discover the “Dirty Dozen” list of clients you should immediately send packing
• Practice “Dreamstorming,” where you learn how to visualize – and bring about – desired outcomes.

Title:
Managing Your Law Office in Uncertain Times:
Practical Tips for Building a Solid Foundation for Your Practice

Date+Time:
September 28, 2022
12pm C.S.T.

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Speakers:

• For almost 40 years, Gary R. Poole has been a top trial attorney and thought leader in law practice management. He owns the Law Office of Gary Poole in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he represents individuals who have been injured in motor vehicle accidents. Over the years, about 60 percent of Gary‘s clients have been in motorcycle accidents. Since 1991 Gary has worked with his paralegal Kristin Swofford, and in 1996 she helped him establish his solo practice. Gary helped launch a pioneering Lawyer Mentoring Program to guide new admittees in Orange County NC on issues of legal ethics, client relations, marketing and law office management. Gary graduated from the University of Chapel Hill-NC Law School in 1985 and is licensed in North Carolina.
• “I grew up in a family of entrepreneurs,” writes business and financial planner Hannah Chapman in her online bio. As a financial advisor for X2 Wealth Planning, Hannah helps businesses and entrepreneurs attain greater clarity for their financial, business and investment plans. She teaches the importance of brainstorming personal goals, exploring the “why” for these goals, and writing down possible solutions. She also works with professionals to create legacy and retirement plans and income strategies. She is a Forbes contributor.
• Ernest (Jay) Reeves Jr. has worked in the legal profession for more than 40 years, including 35 years of private practice in North Carolina and South Carolina (where he represented lawyers in licensing, ethics and bar disciplinary matters). He has also been Legal Editor at Lawyers Weekly and Vice President of Risk Management at Lawyers Mutual of NC. He has presented hundreds of CLE programs to lawyers and bar groups on practice management, ethics and tech topics, including the 10 Building Blocks of Risk Management, which he has presented across the U.S. and Canada. He was a panelist and moderator for the recent CLE webinars “Law Firm Cybersecurity Best Practices 2021” and “Putting Cybersecurity to Work in Your Practice,” both of which were CLE-accredited in multiple states.

Brought to you by:
Alta Pro RPG 

CLE Credit:
Pending approval in: CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, WI.

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March 30: Basics of Cannabis Law - Chapter 1 - From Ethics to Insurance

Join Alta Pro for our upcoming Cannabis webinar on March 30th. This is a webinar that will be both timely and highly informative. We will be covering the Legality of Cannabis by State, Cannabis Law and Policy, Ethics and Cannabis representation, as well as other important aspects of this growing and dynamic topic.
Title:
Chapter 1 From Ethics to Insurance
 Basics of Cannabis Law Series
Date+Time:
March 30, 2022

12:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)
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Speakers:

• Lisa Pitman. Lisa is a pioneering figure in the emerging legalized hemp/cannabis industry. She is the chair of the American Bar Association’s Cannabis Law & Policy Committee and a non-resident fellow of the Drug Policy Program at Rice University. She presented the ABA’s first marijuana law CLE at its annual meeting in New York in 2017. Simply put, Lisa is considered to be the First Lady of Texas Cannabis Law.
• Kurshid Khohja. Khurshid is the Founder of Greenbridge Corporate Counsel, a minority-owned business law firm founded in 2012, representing clientele in California and Hawaii from across numerous sectors in the legal cannabis industry. As a dedicated industry advocate, he serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) and as Co-chair of the NCIA Policy Council, which generates policy proposals for advancing the reform of federal cannabis laws and the protection of the legal cannabis industry. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA), and as Co-chair of MCBA’s Policy Committee.

Sponsored By:
Alta Pro
Credit:

Pending approval in: CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, WI; check with sponsor if you need to be sure. You may be able to self-apply in some states.

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March 16: Social Engineering There's Nothing Social About it

We can’t save you from Tweet Storms, but we can help you protect yourself from Cyber Criminals!
Please join us on March 16th for a special FREE CLE webinar around the threats and dangers of Social Engineering, featuring KnowBe4’s Erich Kron.

Title:
Social Engineering There's Nothing Social About it 

Date+Time:
March 16, 2022

12 PM ET
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Speaker:

Erich Kron

Brought to you by:
L2 Insurance Agency in conjunction with Alta Pro RPG

CLE Credit:
Pending approval in: CO, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, WI.

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May 19: Videoconferencing Tutorial for Remote Depositions

This Complimentary CLE Accredited Live Webinar provides an easy step by step guide on how to start videoconferencing for remote depositions.
Title:
Videoconferencing Tutorial for Remote Depositions  

Date+Time:

Wednesday, May 19, 2021
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT
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CLE Credit:
Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and West Virginia.

You may be able to self-apply for credit in other states.

By:

Litigation Services.com: From software to integrated services, Litigation Services is dedicated to more efficiently managing resources for the entire discovery phase of legal cases.

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May 4: Crying Coronavirus in a Crowded Grocery Store – Free Speech and the First Amendment

Extra Mile Law, PLLC, is pleased to present another CLE in its Monday CLE webinar series: “Crying Coronavirus in a Crowded Grocery Store – Free Speech and the First Amendment”.
Join Jonathan Grad as he discusses the First Amendment and protections accorded speech including "unpopular" speech and false speech. The webinar will include also include a discussion of First Amendment protections afforded during emergencies. Contemporary examples will be provided.
Title:
Crying Coronavirus in a Crowded Grocery Store – Free Speech and the First Amendment
Date/Time:
May 4, 2020
12 p.m. – 1 p.m., CDT
Register Now - Enrollment limited to the first 25 registrants.
Credit:
1 unit of CLE in MN and WI has been applied for. Many states allow attorneys to self-apply for credit: see State Rules.
Speaker:
Jonathan Grad, JD, PhD, Member, Extra Mile Law, PLLC, has practiced law since 1995 and is licensed to practice in MN, WI and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The First Amendment is a subject near and dear to Jonathan. Jonathan has spent countless hours exploring the limits of the First Amendment.
Presented By:
Extra Mile Law, PLLC, a MN-based boutique intellectual property law firm.

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October 21/Dearborn + Ann Arbor: Asian American Poll Monitoring Project

In past elections, Asian Americans have faced a series of barriers in exercising their right to vote.
In response, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund will monitor the elections for compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act, which mandates bilingual ballots and forbids anti-Asian voter discrimination.
Volunteers are needed to monitor poll sites in Asian American neighborhoods in 15 states. Volunteers will administer a multilingual voter survey in 3-hour shifts to document voting problems on Election Day. Polls are generally open from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
There will be a one hour training for all volunteers, or 90 minutes for attorneys seeking CLE credits.To sign up, go to http://www.aaldef.net/volunteer_monitor_form.aspx.
Additional dates and locations for training are available.
Title:
Asian American Poll Monitoring Project
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When/Where:
Sunday, October 21 (two times and places)
12 noon 
ACCESS
Dearborn, MI
6:30PM
Michigan League
911 N University Ave, Room TBD
Ann Arbor, MI
Note:
This training requires a commitment to work pro bono on Nov 6, 2012. All volunteers must be non-partisan during the time that they help.
Credit:
1.5
By:
Asian American Poll Monitoring Project
For more information:
Contact AALDEF
800-966-5946
votingrights@aaldef.org
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October 26/Michigan: Introduction to Domestic Violence Family Law - #ProBono Training

This training, provided by attorneys with many years of hands-on family law experience, will cover initial client interviews, substantive legal issues, pleadings, and pretrial and trial practices as they relate to family law cases with domestic violence components. This training is excellent for attorneys who are new to the area of family law and domestic violence, or experienced attorneys looking for a refresher course.
Title:
Pro Bono Training: Introduction to Domestic Violence Family Law
When/Where:
Friday, October 26, 2012
1:00–5:00 p.m.

• Live at the Auburn Hills Campus of Cooley Law School
• Simultaneous webcast at Cooley's Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, and Lansing campuses

By:
State Bar of Michigan Domestic Violence Committee
Cost:
FREE with commitment to accept a family law pro bono case
Credit:
Michigan does not have a mandatory CLE requirement.
Questions:
Contact Rob Mathis at rmathis@mail.michbar.org or (800) 968-1442, ext. 6412.
More:
http://www.michbar.org/generalinfo/domesticviolence_reg.cfm

September 19/Many States: 20th Annual Estate & Charitable Gift Planning Institute #MCLE

In about two dozen states, the Salvation Army is offering a quality continuing education experiences on estate and gift planning via webcast viewable at locations in many cities. Programs are located in cities in the states for which credit is granted (see below). Lunch will be provided. Registration is NOW Open. Seats are limited so register ASAP.
Title:
20th Annual Estate & Charitable Gift Planning Institute
By: 
The Salvation Army
Credit:
5 Free continuing education hours for attorneys, CPAs, and trust officers.
When/Where:
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
10:30am-4:30pm
Multiple Locations Throughout the United States!  Look up your state here.
Credit:

• CA 6 total includes 1.2 ethics
• CO 6 total includes 1.2 ethics
• DE 5 total includes 1 ethics
• FL 6 total includes 1 ethics
• IA 5 total includes 1 ethics
• IL 5 total includes 1 ethics
• IN 5 total includes 1 ethics
• KS 6 total includes 1 ethics
• KY 5 total includes 1 ethics
• LA 5 total includes 1 ethics
• MA n/a
• ME 5 total includes 1 ethics
• MN 5 total includes 1 ethics
• MO 6 total includes 1.2 ethics
• ND 5 total includes 1 ethics
• NE 4.5 total includes 1 ethics
• NH 5 total includes 1 ethics
• NJ 6 total includes 1.2 ethics
• NY 6 total includes 1.2 ethics
• OH 5 total includes 1 ethics
• PA 5 total includes 1 ethics
• SC 5 total includes 1 ethics
• TX 5 total includes 1 ethics
• VA 5 total includes 1 ethics
• VT 5 total includes 1 ethics
• WI 6 total includes 1.2 ethics

More Information:
Please use the contact form and a representative will contact you.
Speakers:

• Ann B. Burns is the chair of the Trust, Estate & Charitable Planning group at Gray Plant Mooty. Her practice focuses on estate and charitable planning, business succession planning, estate and trust administration, and fiduciary and tax litigation. Ann brings a unique mix of skills to her law practice as a certified public accountant (inactive) and a principal in the firm. She represents multi-generational families of wealth throughout the country, assisting and guiding them in their relationships with trustees and other advisors. Ann also represents individual and corporate trustees in estate and tax planning and in fiduciary controversies in state and federal courts. 
• Lawrence Katzenstein practices in the firm’s private client services area with a concentration on estate planning and charitable giving, and representation of exempt organizations. He is a nationally known authority on estate planning and planned giving, and a frequent speaker around the country to professional groups. He has been retained by the Internal Revenue Service to provide continuing legal education programs to Internal Revenue Service estate and gift tax attorneys.  Larry is an adjunct professor at the Washington University School of Law where he has taught both estate and gift taxation and fiduciary income taxation. A former chair of the American Bar Association Tax Section Fiduciary Income Tax Committee, he is current chair of several Tax Section charitable planning subcommittees. Larry is also the creator of Tiger Tables actuarial software, which is widely used by tax lawyers and accountants as well as the Internal Revenue Service.

More:
http://www.thesalarmy.org/cont/ecgpi.htm