Anytime/Web - The Open Source Community vs. #Patent Trolls

Patent Trolls are an ever-growing threat to community development and global innovation. IP aggregators purchase low-quality patents and use them as leverage to hijack potential revenue and profits from technology companies, stifling growth and developer freedom. At the same time small and large development organizations alike devote more of their time and resources to defending their IP rights. Join Keith Bergelt, CEO of Open Invention Network (OIN), Karen Copenhaver, Partner at Choate Hall & Stewart, and Black Duck Software to discuss the latest patent challenges to Linux and the open source community and ways to preserve developer freedom.

Title:

The Open Source Community vs. Patent Trolls

Credit:

Depends on jurisdiction. You may have to register this seminar for credit in your jurisdiction.

Host:
Black Duck Software

More Information & Registration:
http://www.blackducksoftware.com/form/70160000000I5NG
This is a recording of a webinar, and includes access to course materials.

Oct 19/Morristown, NJ - Healthcare for Seniors

Help your clients plan for their future care needs. Learn about the personal and financial considerations necessary when planning for long-term care. 
The course will cover questions like:
               -What is long-term care?
               -What is the risk of needing it?
               - What are the Costs?
               -Who pays for these services?
Wine, beer and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

1.2 Credit Continuing Legal Education Seminar 

Accredited by the Supreme Court of NJ Board on Continuing Legal Education.

When:

Wednesday October 19, 2011 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EDT

Where:

Senior Home Care Services
152 Speedwell Ave.
Morristown, NJ 07960 

Contact:

Rachel Kenselaar  

Senior Home Care Services 

marketing@njshcs.com

973-538-4357  

Driving Directions 

Register Now!
More:
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e4mb3lvpdd2c5360

Oct 26/Stillwater, MN - Sharing the Experience: Assisting the Self Represented Party (#law)

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:
Sharing the Experience: Assisting the Self Represented Party
Oct 26, 2011 noon-1pm
This CLE will be held in Conference Room 21 (lower level) of the Washington County Government Center
14949 62nd Street North
Stillwater, Minnesota 55082-0006
Credit:
One standard CLE credit will be applied for
Speaker:
John Del Vecchio, Esq.
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

Oct 13/Web - #Cloud Computing – How it is impacting the practice of law

Join us as we take a closer look at how cloud computing is impacting the way attorneys practice law and how they interact with clients. Cloud computing is still not fully understood by many attorneys and in this webinar, we promise to keep the language simple and non-technical to provide a good basis on what cloud computing is. As attorneys, you have a responsibility to ensure you are safe guarding your client’s data; learn what to look for when looking at a cloud computing solution. You’ll learn the trends happening in the legal industry, how it will change the way you practice, and how local and national bars are reacting. In today’s environment, we see the rise of mobile apps, online collaboration tools and cross-platform solutions that are being used to solve real law firm business challenges.
Title:
Cloud Computing – How it is impacting the practice of law
Thursday, October 13, 2011 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
About the Speaker:
Christopher T. Anderson is an attorney and Product Manager of LexisNexis Firm Manager. Prior to working with LexisNexis, he was the managing partner of an eight-attorney, full-service law firm in Georgia.  Mr. Anderson practiced in the fields of family law and business litigation. Previously, he served as an assistant district attorney in New York City, and in Athens, GA. Mr. Anderson was also Associate General Counsel and Director of Client Services for RealLegal, a legal software company.  Christopher Anderson is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of New York and Georgia.
CLE is in the process of approval. LexisNexis is approved for telephonic/Webinar training on this topic in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Utah (self-study only).
More:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/304260570

October 5/San Francisco: Current Issues for #LGBT Immigrants

This training will address the latest developments for LGBT immigrants, including strategies for same-sex binational couples, challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), determining when (and when not) to file an I-130 petition for a same-sex spouse, how to ask for prosecutorial discretion, and whether a same-sex partner can be a “qualifying relative” under immigration law for the purposes of cancellation of removal and other hardship waivers.

Title:

Current Issues for LGBT Immigrants

October, 5, 2011
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
San Francisco Bar Association Board Room

Presented by Cara Jobson, Esq., Wiley & Jobson.
1.5 General CLE Credits
To RSVP:
Email trainingsvlsp@sfbar.org or call 415-782-9000 ext. 8651
Who Can Attend?
All active ALRP Panel Attorneys and associates at partner pro bono law firms are welcome to attend any of ALRP’s free MCLE trainings. Attorneys who wish to attend but who are not currently members of ALRP are requested to join our Panel and accept two referrals in the next year. Due to space limitations, attorneys who have not yet joined our Panel are requested to attend only one free training per season. After joining the Panel, attorneys can attend as many trainings as they like.
BASF/VLSP CLE programs have been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education and Legal Specialization credit by the State Bar of California. The Bar Association of San Francisco is a State Bar of California certified provider.
More:
http://www.alrp.org/events

Oct 11/Tigard, OR - Introduction to OSBAR for paralegals, legal secretaries, etc.

On October 11 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., the Oregon State Bar will host a FREE CLE for legal assistants (not lawyers).  Topics include:

• Information about regulatory deadlines
• MCLE compliance
• Features of the OSB Web site
• How to use BarBooks
• Fastcase legal research
• How to update communication preferences or address information

Essentially – everything you ever wanted to know about the Oregon State Bar and using the OSB Web site.
If you are a legal secretary, paralegal, office manager, or fulfill another support role in a law firm, please consider attending this event.  The program will be held at the bar center in Tigard.
How to RSVP for the FREE CLE:
Send an email to events@osbar.org indicating your interest in attending “OSB for Legal Assistants.”  If you are RSVPing for multiple attendees, be sure to give a full head count and provide a list of names.  This program is not MCLE accredited, but “DOOR PRIZES … WILL BE PROVIDED FOR A FEW LUCKY ATTENDEES.”
Please help spread the word and RSVP early as space for this event is likely to go quickly!
More:
http://oregonlawpracticemanagement.com/2011/09/28/free-cle-for-oregon-legal-assistants/

Oct 4/Chattanooga, TN - #Elvis Law - The State and Federal Cases Dealing with The King of Rock and Roll

Elvis Law - The State and Federal Cases Dealing with The King of Rock and Roll

Event location:	Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel’s Crystal Room 1:00 to 4:14 P.M.
Event date and time:	10/4/2011 1:00:00 PM
The State and Federal Cases Dealing with The King of Rock and Roll. Including Decisions of the United States Supreme Court AND Why Elvis Would Want You to Do Pro Bono.
ELVIS  LAW   The State and Federal Cases Dealing with The King of Rock and Roll   Including Decisions of the United States Supreme Court AND Why Elvis Would Want You to Do Pro Bono.     A Continuing Legal Education Course Presented by   Legal Aid of East Tennessee Tuesday, October 4, 2011 At the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel’s Crystal Room 1:00 to 4:14 P.M. More: http://www.laet.org/Events/Events/Elvis-Law---The-State-and-Federal-Cases-Dealing-wi.aspx

Oct 21/Cleveland, OH - The Politicization of Judicial Elections and Its Effect on #Judicial Independence and #LGBT Rights

In the November 2010 elections, three sitting Iowa Supreme Court justices were ousted as a result of the court’s unanimous ruling in Varnum v. Brien. The Varnum decision struck down, on equal protection grounds, a state statute limiting marriage rights to a union between a man and a woman.  The conference seeks to examine the effect the ouster may have on judicial independence as well as its effect on future efforts to challenge, in state courts, laws that prohibit marriage for same-sex couples and to advance other civil rights for LGBT persons through state court litigation. More specifically, the conference will address the importance of an independent judiciary and whether that independence might be undermined by judicial elections that are highly politicized due to one or more socially contentious issues the court recently has,or will in the near future, resolve.  Title:
The Politicization of Judicial Elections and Its Effect on Judicial Independence and LGBT Rights

Fri, 10/21/2011 - 2:30pm - 5:30pm

1801 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 (Moot Court Room) [map]

The Hon. Marsha K. Ternus, former Chief Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
Camilla Taylor, Lambda Law attorney who successfully litigated Varnum through the Iowa courts
Daniel Tokaji, Ohio State Law Professor and expert on election law and issues
C|MLAW Professor Susan Becker,  introductory remarks 
C|M|LAW Professor Matthew Green,  panel moderator

The Hon. Marsha Ternus

Camilla Taylor

Daniel Tokaji

The Panel:

The Hon. Marsha K. Ternus
Marsha Ternus was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court in 1993, and was selected chief justice by members of the court in 2006. Her term on the court expired in 2010. As Chief Justice, Ternus made the improvement of court oversight of child welfare cases a priority for the Iowa Judicial Branch, leading a collaborative effort between the judicial branch, state agencies, and private entities to reform and improve the Iowa courts processing of child welfare cases to minimize the time children spend in foster care. During her time on the court, Ternus encouraged court efforts to improve access to justice, working in collaboration with Iowa Legal Aid to provide more pro bono services to people who could not afford an attorney. In addition, she organized a task force to study civil justice reform. In 2009, U. S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts appointed Chief Justice Ternus to the Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction, where she was one of only four state supreme court justices serving on the committee.
Ms. Ternus is currently practicing law in Des Moines, primarily in the areas of mediation, arbitration, and appellate consulting work.
Camilla Taylor
Camilla Taylor is the Marriage Project Director (national position) in the Midwest Regional Office of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV.
Taylor was lead counsel in Lambda Legal's marriage equality lawsuit in Iowa, Varnum v. Brien, in which the Iowa Supreme Court, by unanimous decision, struck down Iowa’s marriage ban in April 2009, making Iowa the third state in the country to permit gay and lesbian couples to marry. Also in Iowa, Taylor obtained a favorable ruling from the state high court in 2005 in Alons v. Iowa District Court for Woodbury County, which held that seven antigay legislators, a pastor and a church had no standing to challenge a judge's decision to grant two Iowa women a dissolution of their Vermont civil union.
Daniel Tokaji
Daniel P. Tokaji has been a law professor at The Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law since 2003. Prior to arriving at Ohio State, Prof. Tokaji was an attorney with the ACLU Foundation of Southern California for eight years. His scholarship addresses questions of political equality, racial justice, and the role of the judiciary in democracy. He has litigated numerous civil rights and election law cases, including serving as lead counsel in a case that struck down an Ohio law requiring naturalized citizens to produce a certificate of naturalization if challenged at the polls (Boustani v. Blackwell). Among his other cases was a lawsuit that successfully protected the First Amendment rights of protesters at the 2000 Democratic National Convention (SEIU Local 660 v. Los Angeles). He has argued before the California Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and Ninth Circuit, and other state and federal courts.

CLE credit: 2.5 free hours pending
More:
https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/events/201110211430953

Oct 26/NYC - inMotion Training on Child and Spousal Support

Wednesday October 26 , 2011

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 

• Location:
  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
  425 Lexington Avenue

  (between East 43rd and 44th Streets)

  New York, NY
• Contact:
  Patricia T. Smith
  

  inMotion, Inc.

  ptsmith@inmotiononline.org
  

  646.442.1178
• Website: www.inmotiononline.org 
• inMotion Training on Child and Spousal Support  

Attorneys will be trained to represent inMotion-referred clients in child and spousal support proceedings in Family Court. Procedural and substantive aspects will be discussed in detail. Training manuals and sample documents will be provided at the training.

A child and/or spousal support case will be assigned at the training or shortly thereafter. Attorneys can work on the case individually or as part of a team of two or more attorneys.

The assigned pro bono case will require one or more court appearances.

• CLE Credit Comments: 3 CLE credits upon course completion 1.5 skills / 1.0 professional practice / 0.5 ethics Up to 6 CLE pro bono credits for providing an inMotion client with direct legal representation (1 skills credit for every 300 minutes, up to a maximum of 6 credits per attorney registration period)

InMotion offers free, CLE-accredited, live trainings throughout the year in matrimonial, family and immigration law. Training sessions include a special focus on the impact of domestic violence on the lives of survivors and the challenges faced by immigrants. Upon completing a training seminar, corporate law firm attorneys commit to taking a pro bono matter, either individually or as part of a team of two or more attorneys. Detailed practice manuals and sample documents are provided. An inMotion attorney will be assigned to mentor you on your matter. Our experienced staff attorneys are available to consult with you, to answer questions and to review documents throughout your inMotion matter. Training videos are available for individuals who are unable to attend one of our scheduled training sessions. CLE credit is available for viewing our training videos. Corporate law firm attorneys not yet admitted to the New York bar can work on a matter under the supervision of an admitted corporate law firm attorney pursuant to inMotion’s Student Practice Order. Contact inMotion for more information at CLEtrainings-queens@inmotiononline.org. 
Pre-registration is required for all trainings."
More:
http://www.probono.net/calendar/event.384524-inMotion_Training_on_Child_and_Spousal_Support

Oct 24-27/NYC - 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
Ethics, Skills, Professional Practice, and MORE!
16 Total CLE Credits: 7 Professional Practice Credits, 6 Skills Credits, 3 Ethics Credits,
NEW! Pro Bono Practicum (earn up to 6 pro bono service CLE credits) *
Monday, October 24, 2011
Registration: 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Ethics 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Uncontested Divorce 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
NYC Civil Court, 111 Centre Street, NY, NY
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Registration: 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM
Landlord/Tenant Law 8:45 AM - 5:00 PM
NYC Civil Court, 111 Centre Street, NY, NY
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Registration: 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Consumer Debt Law 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Brooklyn Bar Association, 123 Remsen St, Bklyn
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Registration: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Consumer Debt Law 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Brooklyn Bar Association, 123 Remsen St, Bklyn

Bridge the gap between law school and the realities of practicing law through presentations by experienced practitioners and a HANDS-ON Pro Bono Practicum with the NYS Courts Volunteer Lawyer for the Day Program 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 Consumer Credit, Housing and Divorce law.

*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 Civil and Supreme Courts within 6 months of training. (Newly admitted attorneys may use pro bono service credits on a carryover basis.)

TO REGISTER EMAIL: Bridgegap@courts.state.ny.us or call (646) 386-5425
Limited Seating-Register today to guarantee your seat!
*This course is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys.

• CLE Credit Comments: *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 Civil and Supreme Courts within 6 months of training. (Newly admitted attorneys may use pro bono service credits on a carryover basis.)

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More:

http://www.probono.net/ny/nyc/calendar/event.389208-NYS_Courts_Access_to_Justice_Programs_FREE_BridgetheGap_CLE