Feb 2/NYC - Counseling the Small Nonprofit Organization

Counsel for an existing nonprofit organization must be aware of the wide variety of legal and business compliance obligations confronted by its clients. This program will cover the essentials of counseling the small to medium-sized nonprofit organization, including: good governance best practices; fiduciary duties of the board of directors; annual reporting to the IRS and the Charities Bureau; and legally-compliant fundraising. In addition, participants will learn to use a nonprofit compliance checklist, a tool that helps nonprofits and their attorneys to keep track of the sometimes bewildering range of nonprofit organization compliance obligations.
This seminar is well-suited to anyone who has completed the Not-for-Profit Incorporation CLE or who has equivalent experience.

Title: 
Counseling the Small Nonprofit Organization
Part of The Legal Aid Society's 2011-2012 CLE Pro Bono Training Program:  
Date/Time/Place:
February 2, 2012
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern Time

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY
By: 
The Legal Aid Society
http://www.legal-aid.org
Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto
Faculty Chairs:  
Victoria B. Bjorklund, Esq., David A. Shevlin, Esq., Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; Stephen Falla Riff, Esq., Civil Practice  
Contact:
Rosemary Hare-Bey
The Legal Aid Society
RHarebey@legal-aid.org
CLE Credit: 
2 credits total: 1.5 hours practice/practice management and .5 hours skills. 
This program provides transitional credit for newly admitted attorneys.
This program is part of The Legal Aid Society's 2011-2012 CLE Pro Bono Training Program.To see a full schedule or find training resources from trainings that have already taken place, please visit The Legal Aid Society's CLE Pro Bono Training Program portal page.
Training is without charge, but attorneys who attend one or more of the sessions are expected to undertake the pro bono representation of one or more Legal Aid Society clients over the course of the next year.
Additional information about The Legal Aid Society and its Pro Bono Practice can be found on our website, www.legal-aid.org.
More:
http://www.probono.net/calendar/event.398686-The_Legal_Aid_Societys_20112012_CLE_Pro_Bono_Training_Program_Counseling_th

Jan 25/Cleveland - A Tour Through the Supreme Court of Ohio's New Citation Rules & Style Guide

New citation rules went into effect January 1, 2012.  Are you prepared? 

This presentation will take you through the Supreme Court of Ohio’s newly issued Writing Manual.  In the Manual, the Supreme Court completely overhauls its earlier Manual of Citations, which it has not significantly revised since 1992.  The Supreme Court now brings Ohio’s citation rules into line with much of the rest of the country by aligning itself with (but not following) both the Bluebook and ALWD’s citation manual. 

In the Manual, the Supreme Court has also, for the first time, put forth a Style Guide.  The Style Guide not only deals with citations, but also with more general punctuation and structural rules, including how to properly use quotation marks, ellipses, footnotes, and headings. 

While the rules in the Writing Manual are not mandatory, the Supreme Court strongly encourages lawyers to follow these rules when writing briefs.  Learning and following these rules will help you to write more persuasive and trustworthy briefs for your clients.  

This presentation will combine lecture with an interactive workshop so that attendees will not only learn the new citation and style rules, but will be ready to put them into practice.  Attendees will also be provided with materials that summarize some of the biggest changes in the areas lawyers use most.
Title:
A Tour Through the Supreme Court of Ohio's New Citation Rules & Style Guide
Date/Time/Place:
Wednesday 1/25/2012
5:00pm - 6:30pm
1801 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(Moot Court Room) [map]
Speakers:
Professor Carolyn Broering-Jacobs, C|M|LAW
Professor Jaime Bouvier, C|M|LAW
CLE credit: 
1.5 free hours
More:
https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/events/2012012517001303

Apply Now to Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program Training

NOTE: THE WEBPAGE FOR THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CHANGED TO STATE:

"This training is AT CAPACITY and we are no longer accepting applications. Please consider one of our other trainings."

4FREECLE WILL BE POSTING THE NEXT TRAININGS ON THE VETERANS PAGE. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

2012 training for the Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program is open for applications now! This all-day training will be held in Washington DC on April 20, 2012, and can lead not only to a large about of free CLE, but a career-changing opportunity to "do well by doing good".
Title:
2012 Training Seminar
Date/Time/Place:
April 20, 2012
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
DC Bar, Washington, DC
Sponsor:
DC Bar Pro Bono Program and the Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program
Registration:
In order to attend the training, you must complete the application form, which is available here. You would be wise to register early, to avoid disappointment when the program fills up.
The Program provides training free of charge to attorneys who agree to represent a veteran/VA claimant or family member before the Veterans Court. As well as receiving the day-long training, attorneys who participate are assigned a case that has been screened for merit and provided a screening memo outlining the issues in the case. Volunteers are also assigned a mentor (a practicing veterans’ law lawyer or practitioner) to give advice and share sample pleadings. Attorneys also receive the Veterans Benefits Manual (VBM) and other resource materials.

• Malpractice insurance is provided.
• CLE credits are available.

Learn more at:
http://www.vetsprobono.org/volunteer-today/training-dates-for-volunteer-attorneys/

• Attorney Training Brochure & FAQs
• Training Dates for Volunteer Attorneys
• Current Volunteers
• Contact Outreach & Education

Driver Distraction: The Human Factor Element - An On-Demand CLE by TASA

When a traffic accident occurs, how can a human factors engineer assist in determining what errors occurred, and who is responsible for the decisions that resulted in those errors? This recording will help remove some of the confusion, clarify what is occurring on highways and explain the effects of recent changes to attorneys who must sort it all out.
Title:
Driver Distraction: The Human Factor Element
Topics:

• The Evolution of Driver Distraction
• The Four Steps of Human Information Processing
• The Three Types of Driver Distraction
• The Truth About Multitasking
• Unintended Consequences of New Technology
• The Role of Billboards in Driver Distraction
• Role of Government, Industry and Educators.

Presenters:
William F. Nelson
Mark Heiderbrach
Date of Recording:
December 15, 2010
Sponsor:
Technical Advisory Service for Attorneys (TASA)
More:
Driver Distraction: The Human Factor Element
Credit:
WA: 1 General AV Credit (Activity 303205)
Other Jurisdictions: Consult your credit-granting authority

Jan 19/Houston - Mock Supreme Court Argument on Climate Change

The Environment, Energy & Natural Resource Center at the University of Houston presents a mock Supreme Court argument on climate change tort liability at the University of Houston Law Center.
Title:

Mock Supreme Court Argument on Climate Change
Date/Time/Place:
Jan 19, 2012
12:00 PM
University of Houston Law Center, 100 Law Center, Houston, Texas 77204
Bench:

• Ken Starr (President of Baylor University, former federal judge, Solicitor General and federal independent counsel)
• John Cruden (president of the Environmental Law Institute and former acting assistant attorney general for DOJ’s Environment & Natural Resources Division)
• Tom Phillips,   former Texas Supreme Court Judge  .

Advocates:

• .Rick Faulk
•  David Axelrad.

Credit:
Texas: 2 hours
Other Jurisdictions: Check with your state's credit-granting authority.

RSVP:
jeberle@central.uh.edu

More:
http://www.law.uh.edu/calendar/event_info.asp?event_id=21610

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Jan 19/Cleveland - Perspectives on Lincoln: The Constitution and Civil War Exhibition Opening

Join C|M|LAW for the opening of the traveling exhibit, “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” produced by the National Constitution Center and the American Library Association, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Cleveland Marshall College of Law will display the exhibition from January 4 to February 17, 2012.
The opening night event features three expert presentations focusing on the exhibition's themes: the civil war as a constitutional crisis, secession, slavery, civil liberties, and Lincoln’s legacy.
Title:
Perspectives on Lincoln: The Constitution and Civil War Exhibition Opening
Date/Time/Place:
Thursday, 01/19/2012
4:30pm - 6:00pm
1801 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(Moot Court Room) [map]
Speakers:
Professor David Forte
Professor Dennis Keating
Professor  Lolita Buckner Inniss
Topics:
"The Soldier and the Negro"
Constitutional law expert Professor David Forte will present a talk on how the Civil War experiences of two soldiers, Albion W. Tourgee, and John Marshall Harlan, affected their attitudes toward segregation in their post war legal careers and jurisprudence.  Professor Forte is a Professor of Law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University, and writes and speaks extensively on constitutional law and history, religious liberty, Islamic law, the rights of families, and international affairs.  He is an active Civil War reenactor.
"Lincoln and Civil Liberty: Suspension of Habeas Corpus"
Levin College of Urban Studies Distinguished Professor Dennis Keating will examine Lincoln’s suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in the interest of national security.  Dr. Keating holds a joint faculty appointment in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.  He is Director of the Master of Urban Planning, Design and Development Program at Cleveland State University.  He teaches and writes in the areas of housing, neighborhood development, urban planning and land use law. He is a past President of the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable.
"Black and White and Re(a)d All Over: The Role of Early Cherokee Newspapers in Promoting the Cherokee Practice of Black Slavery"
Professor  Lolita Buckner Inniss traces the history of African-ancestored slavery among the Cherokee and the way it was promoted in early Cherokee newspapers, especially in the period leading up to the war, and examines slavery practices under the Cherokee constitution versus the U.S. constitution.  Professor Inniss is a member of the law faculty at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and is the Joseph C. Hostetler-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law.  Professor Inniss’ current research areas include: critical legal rhetoric, gender and the law, and comparative racism.
CLE credit: 
1.5 free hours
More:
https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/events/2012011916301246

Jan 26/Seattle - Saving Endangered Wildlife in Our Warming World

Climate change, large-scale ecosystem degradation and a large portion of citizenry disconnected from nature – each of these monumental challenges to the future of wildlife were largely nonexistent when the National Wildlife Federation was formed 75 years ago and were barely on the radar screen when the Endangered Species Act and other key conservation laws were passed roughly 40 years ago. 
What strategies and tools will National Wildlife Federation and other conservation advocates need to rely on to ensure that our country’s legacy of abundant wildlife and healthy habitats are passed to our children and grandchildren?
Title:
Saving Endangered Wildlife in Our Warming World

Date/Time/Location:
Thursday, January 26, 2012
11:30 – 12:30p.m.
Safeco Plaza
Breakwater Investment Management
1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 4050 (40th Floor)
Seattle, WA
Speaker: 
John Kostyack, VP of Wildlife Conservation, National Wildlife Federation
Sponsor:
WSBA Animal Law Section
CLE Credits: 
1.0 Credits (1.0 General Credits and 0 Ethics Credits)
Cost:  
$0 for Animal Law Section members
(Note: to get this and some future CLEs free, join the Section for $25)
 $0 for law students
$25.00 for active attorneys/non-section members
More information and online registration.

Jan 11/Web - Three High Liability Problems in the Safe Management of Outdoor Festivals, Fairs and Special Events

Outdoor events, concerts, and fairs pose serious liability concerns for all parties. This program will provide plaintiff and defense attorneys with tools to identify potential liability issues and mitigate risk.

Specifically, the presenters will cover the following:

• The Planning Problem - Prediction and Prevention: Why This Doesn't Happen
• How Security Companies Increase Liability
• Management Crisis - The Disconnect That Will Cost You Millions.

Title:
Three High Liability Problems in the Safe Management of Outdoor Festivals, Fairs and Special Events
Registration is required to join this event. If you have not registered, please do so now.
Date/Time/Location:
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time
Webinar
Duration:
1 hour
CLE Information:
This course has been accredited in the following states: MN
Sponsor:
The TASA Group, Inc.
Speakers:
Dale Yeager and Charles Patten
Register

Jan 11/Cleveland - Practice Guidelines and Medical Malpractice

Title:

Practice Guidelines and Medical Malpractice

Date/Time/Place:

Jan 11, 2012

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Ave., 2nd floor
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Also Webcast
Sponsor:
Case Downtown Lecture Series

Maxwell J. Mehlman

Speaker:

Maxwell J. Mehlman

Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law
Director, Law-Medicine Center
Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Professor of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Maxwell J. Mehlman is Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law and Director of the Law-Medicine Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and Professor of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1975, and holds two bachelor's degrees, one from Reed College and one from Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. Prior to joining the faculty at Case Western Reserve University in 1984, Professor Mehlman practiced law with Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in federal regulation of health care and medical technology. He is the author or editor of 7 books and numerous articles on subjects including the ethical, legal, and social implications of advances in human genetics, ethical and legal aspects of the patient-physician relationship, and medical malpractice reform. 

CLE Credit:
1 of CLE credit available. 

Supplemental Readings:

• Bibliography
• Med Mal Guidelines As Safe Harbors
• Defensive Effect of Medical Practice Policies
• Evidence Based Medicine
• HHS Announces Patient Safety

More:

http://law.cwru.edu/Lectures.aspx?lec_id=284

Jan 17/Web - Legal Developments in Open Source 2011: An Annual Review of the Most Important Legal Updates in #OSS

While the use of open source software hit new levels of adoption by development organizations in 2011, there were significant legal changes and related community updates, including:

• Android and app stores
• Design patents
• Project Harmony FOSS contributor agreements
• Remedies and open source
• The Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX™)
• Open hardware
• And much more.

Mark Radcliffe

Karen Copenhaver

Gain insight about the top legal developments of 2011 from two of the leading open source legal experts, Karen Copenhaver, Partner at Choate Hall & Stewart and Counsel for the Linux Foundation, and Mark Radcliffe, Partner at DLA Piper and General Counsel for the Open Source Initiative (OSI).
Title:
Legal Developments in Open Source 2011: An Annual Review of the Most Important Legal Updates in OSS
Date/Time/Location:
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
Webinar
Sponsor:
Black Duck Software
Credit:
CA, NJ, NY: See details at http://www.blackducksoftware.com/webinars/legal/cle/ 
Other jurisdictions: I have applied for credit in WA. Other states: consult your credit-granting authority.
More:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/515245817