November 15: The Intelligent Practitioner - Client Communication, Cybersecurity, Finances & Intelligent Billing

This comprehensive program will empower legal professionals with the skills and knowledge necessary for success in today's dynamic legal landscape. 

Delve into the art of vibrant and effective communication, discover strategies to prevent common grievances, and learn to approach challenges with a problem-solving mindset. Gain insights into essential topics, including ethical standards, daily communication requirements, and conflict resolution. Explore practical tips for safeguarding sensitive information with insights into privacy policies, cybersecurity, and data protection. Enhance your ability to manage difficult clients and opposing counsel while nurturing healthy professional relationships. 

We'll also cover strategies for avoiding fee disputes and claims, handling grievances, and understanding the statistics behind malpractice claims and protecting your practice. Finally, ensure you're using client trust accounts correctly to maintain trust and compliance in your practice. This comprehensive presentation will equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary for a successful and ethically sound legal practice. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your communication, client management, and practice management skills.
Title:
The Intelligent Practitioner - Client Communication, Cybersecurity, Finances & Intelligent Billing
Date+Time:
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 

3:00pm to 4:00pm CST
Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar - register now!
By:
LawPay
Speaker:
Claude Ducloux, LawPay's director of education, ethics and compliance, has nearly four decades of experience practicing law. Claude has earned many professional honors for his dedication to educating attorneys, including the Gene Cavin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Teaching Continuing Education.
Credit:
1 credit in most states.

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November 15: Expert Motions Under FRE 702 and Daubert

Amendments to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 go into effect December 2023 -- now's the time to prepare and review your strategy. Join us to discuss FRE 702 basics, motion strategy, and the effect of the new amendments to the rule.
FRE 702 governs the admissibility of expert witness testimony in litigation. Following FRE 702's enactment, the Supreme Court decided Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., providing a framework on how courts should evaluate expert opinions for their admissibility, which was incorporated into later amendments to the rule.
The recent amendment addresses the standard of proof and the burdens involved in demonstrating the admissibility of expert opinions. We'll look at how things might change when the new rule comes into effect.
Learning objectives include:
- Understand the basics of Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and its interplay with U.S. Supreme Court precedent, including Daubert and related cases
- Discuss strategy and timing of motions to exclude, including benefits and drawbacks of different timing options
- Look ahead to the implementation of the new FRE 702 language, coming in December 2023
Who would benefit most from attending this program?
- Litigators who regularly retain, work with, and oppose experts
- Professionals who are regularly retained as expert witnesses in litigation
Title:
Expert Motions Under FRE 702 and Daubert
Webinar Date/Time:
November 15, 2023
2:00 PM EST •1:00 PM CST •12:00 PM MST •11:00 AM PST
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Credit:
1.0 GENERAL COA, 1.2 CLE, 1.0 AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 

Bloomberg Industry Group is an approved provider of CLE credits in all states. Individual programs are pre-approved in California, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. All other requests for program approval are subject to state-specific approval. The approval process may take approximately four to six weeks in some states.

Speakers:

• Moderator Golriz Chrostowski, Principal Legal Analyst, Bloomberg Law. 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.
• Nancy Gutzler, Senior Managing Director, KCIC. Nancy has over 30 years of experience providing financial and litigation support and expert testimony services to clients. She provides testimony on behalf of clients in cases involving allocation of claims to insurance, proof of underlying exhaustion, claim review and sampling, calculation of interest on in-lieu-of payments, and calculation of unpaid allocations and associated interest. She is a frequent speaker at industry events and contributor to KCIC’s Risky Business blog.
• Dustin Rawlin, Managing Partner, Nelson Mullins. A graduate of the Duke University School of Law, Dustin is co-managing partner of the firm’s Cleveland office and has been a practicing attorney for over two decades. He is a trial lawyer who represents businesses in complex litigation matters in courts around the country. Dustin defends companies in cases involving products liability, breach of contract, business tort, breach of warranty, consumer fraud, professional negligence, and commercial disputes. Dustin works with internationally renowned expert witnesses in the fields of biomaterials, pathology, biostatistics, toxicology, microbiology, epidemiology, biomedical engineering, regulatory compliance, and medicine to present sophisticated scientific and medical concepts to juries.
• Erin Webb, Principal Legal Analyst, Bloomberg Law. Before joining Bloomberg Law, Erin was a litigator for 19 years. Her practice included insurance coverage and complex commercial litigation. Erin received her BA from Western Michigan University and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School. 

By:
Bloomberg Law.

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November 15: Food Recall Claims and Insurance Issues

This webinar will address product recall losses, and the insurance claims that result from them. The presenters will focus primarily on product recall and contamination insurance policies, and touch on other types of insurance. The presenters will also discuss the Food Safety Modernization Act, the different types of recalls, and common exclusions to these types of claims.
Title:
Food Recall Claims and Insurance Issues

Webinar Date+Time:

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET
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Credit:

CE is approved in GA, TX, FL, NC, OR, and WA.
CLE is approved in PA, NY, TX, IL, NV, and CA.
You may be able to self-apply for credit in some other states.

Speakers:

Sarah Pozzi Jonathan Toren

By:

Cozen O'Connor, established in 1970 and ranked among the top 100 law firms in America, has 750 attorneys who help clients manage risk and make better business decisions.

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October 16: When Doctors Become Cops

The lines between law enforcement and health care are blurring. Police lean on doctors to provide them with genetic samples, prescription histories, and toxicology results that they could not obtain on their own. This often occurs without a warrant or the patient's consent. At the same time, legislatures are using physicians as regulatory levers to police pregnant and transgender bodies. And due to chronic underfunding of social services, many Americans now receive pseudo-mental health treatment through the courts rather than clinics.

Together, these things paint a sinister picture of law enforcement being thrust into medicine in ways that are deeply troubling and vastly under-explored.
Title:
When Doctors Become Cops
Webinar Date+Time:
Monday, October 16th, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time
Virtual for non-CWRU students. Registration required.
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Speaker:
Teneille Brown is the James I. Farr Professor of Law, the Associate Dean of Faculty Research, and the Director of the Center for Law and the Biomedical Sciences (LABS) at the S.J. Quinney College of Law. She is also a faculty member in the Center for Health Ethics, Arts, and Humanities (CHeEtAH) in the department of Internal Medicine. She graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, and completed three post-doctoral fellowships at Stanford, one in the Center for Law and the Biosciences, one on the MacArthur Project for Law and Neuroscience, and one at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. Her research is highly interdisciplinary, and spans a wide range of issues at the intersection of law, genetics, neuroscience, medicine, and ethics. Her work has been highlighted in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and on national NPR outlets. She is on the Executive Committee for the AALS Evidence section and the Utah's Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Evidence.
By:
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Credit:

• Ohio: 1.0 hour of CLE credit has been approved
• Other Jurisdictions: You may be able to self-apply to your credit-granting authority.

Cost:
Free and open to the public.

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December 14: Ethical Selection and Extrapolation of Construction Defects

Extrapolation in construction defect (CD) litigation is a hot button issue that has been driving defendants crazy since the 1990’s. It’s hard to believe, but this issue has only recently been addressed well.
Expert consultant opinions are rooted in observational data that drive CD litigation. However, experts often only look at or test a few locations rather than 100%. This means experts are using a (sometimes small)sample to extrapolate conclusions about the overall population and the project. Looking at the math, there is nothing inherently wrong with this.... At least not in theory.
The Scientific Method is the foundation of modern technology; everyday scientists in all fields are making observations, developing hypotheses, making predictions, conducting tests, and comparing their findings to their hypotheses before finally drawing a conclusion. It is common for scientists to extrapolate their findings based on a sample, but every scientist knows that their results are only valid if the sample is truly representative of the population. Scientists are very careful about how they choose their samples, knowing a poor selection creates biased data that is impossible to extrapolate accurately.
Learning Objectives:

• Be able to apply the scientific method to building performance analysis.
• Define how to properly select inspection and testing locations.
• Understand how to extrapolate findings.
• Use real life examples to fully understand what good work looks like.

Title:
Ethical Selection and Extrapolation of Construction Defects
Date+Time Of Webinar:

Thursday, December 14, 2023

10:00am Pacific

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Credits:

1 Credit in California, Florida, and Texas You may be able to self-apply in other states.

Speakers:

• Pete Fowler Chief Quality Officer Pete Fowler Construction
• Adrienne Moss Consultant Pete Fowler Construction

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Pete Fowler Construction Services: https://www.petefowler.com/

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December 14: Growth Industry: Navigating Health, Safety and Regulatory Compliance in the Evolving Cannabis Workplace

Topics for discussion include:

• Health and Safety Issues in Cannabis
• Cannabis Allergen Issues
• Cannabis Combustible Dust Issues
• Navigating OSHA Jurisdiction of the Cannabis Industry

Title:

Growth Industry: Navigating Health, Safety and Regulatory Compliance in the Evolving Cannabis Workplace

Date+Time:
December 14, 2023
2:00-3:30 p.m. ET

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Speakers:

• Rod Harvey, P.E., CIH, CSP, CHMM, Director of IH and Field Operations, RHP Risk Management
• Radford Slough, Principal and CEO, Origin South (f/k/a Farm Cannabis)
• Julie Vanneman, Esq., Dentons

CLE Credit:

Available in California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

By:

Perrin Conferences.

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November 15: An Introduction to the Military and Veterans Rights Bureau & Consumer Protection Resources

PILI is pleased to partner with the Illinois Bar Foundation in support of its 2023 Week of Service. As part of that effort, PILI will present two CLE programs focused on how to help veterans and members of of the military with certain legal issues they may face. These programs are also being offered in conjunction with PILI’s Virtual Pro Bono CLE Series.
Join us for this 1-hour CLE presentation to learn more about the Office of the Illinois Attorney General Military and Veterans Rights Bureau. Randall L. Tyner, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Military and Veterans Rights Bureau, will present on the types of issues their office handles and resources they provide. Additionally, our speaker will cover common frauds and scams targeting veterans and their benefits. This training will be helpful for any attorney who works with veteran clients, including volunteers on Illinois Free Legal Answers or through the Illinois Armed Forces Legal Aid Network (IL-AFLAN), to help spot clients who may be victims and know where to refer them for help.
Advance registration is required to receive Zoom link. Attendees will receive 1.0 hours of General MCLE Credit subject to approval.
These Virtual Pro Bono CLE Series programs are free, but advance registration is required and we ask that you do at least one of the following over the next 12 months:

• Answer two Illinois Free Legal Answers questions for every hour of CLE Credit;
• Volunteer with Illinois Armed Forces Legal Aid Network (IL-AFLAN) through PILI (101 counties outside of Cook) or Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (Cook County);
• Sign up for one shift at a Self-Represented Litigant Help Desk (Third, Sixth & Tenth Circuits);
• Take one pro bono case through Land of Lincoln, Prairie State or PILI or other local legal aid organization.

This program is intended for lawyers and legal professionals only. 
Title:
An Introduction to the Military and Veterans Rights Bureau & Consumer Protection Resources 

PILI Virtual Pro Bono CLE Series
Date: 

November 15, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Credit:
Attendees will receive 1.0 hours of Illinois MCLE Professional Responsibility Diversity & Inclusion Credit subject to approval. Advance registration is required.
Cost+Commitment:

These Virtual Pro Bono CLE Series programs are free, but advance registration is required and you are asked that you do at least one of the following over the next 12 months:

• Answer two Illinois Free Legal Answers questions for every hour of CLE Credit;
• Sign up for one shift at a Self-Represented Litigant Help Desk (Third, Sixth & Tenth Circuits);
• Take one pro bono case through Land of Lincoln, Prairie State or PILI or other local legal aid organization.

By:

Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI). View PILI's pro bono opportunities at http://www.pili.org/pro-bono/opportunities/

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November 13+15: Eliminating Bias in the Legal Profession

The goal of this CLE presentation is to discuss bias and where it comes from; why it is harmful; how to detect it and how to eliminate it from our behavior as legal professionals. Practicing law is a bias landmine. From whether we believe a witness or opposing counsel; to how we counsel those in our organization we readily apply judgments to others — coloring our perceptions and thoughts. There is no cure for bias, but you can be more mindful, conscious and monitor your thoughts better. 

These are the four main questions we will answer in our discussion today: 

What is bias? 

What are unconscious and confirmation biases? 

What are the effects and costs of bias? 

And, finally how can we avoid bias through thinking about our thinking and implementing best practices?

As a result of attending this course, you will have a better understanding of the following:
• Obtain a better understanding of the types of biases.
• An awareness of the effects and costs associated with bias.
• The benefits of setting good policy and modeling best practices.
• Understanding your ethical obligations.
• Gain insight to offer better legal and compliance counsel.
Title:
Eliminating Bias in the Legal Profession
Webinar Dates And Times:

• 3:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern - 11/13/2023 
• 4:30pm - 5:30pm Eastern  - 11/15/2023

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Speaker:
Shelby Boyd
Credit:
1 credit hour in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Washington. If you don't see your state listed in the registration form, contact cle@lexisnexis.com.
By:
LexisNexis

November 13: Recent Trends and Key Issues in FINRA Arbitration and Enforcement

The FINRA arbitration and enforcement landscape has undergone significant transformations in recent years. Among these changes include revisions to the arbitrator selection process, proposed regulations on the use of artificial intelligence, and adaptations to expungement proceedings. These developments underscore FINRA’s commitment to fortifying dispute resolution and enhancing regulatory oversight.
Thus, to effectively navigate the changing landscape, practitioners must stay abreast of these evolving compliance requirements.
Join experienced securities arbitration practitioners Rebecca A. Beers (RumbergerKirk) and Debra A. Jenks, Esq. (Debra A. Jenks, P.A.) as they delve into the latest trends and pivotal developments in FINRA arbitration and enforcement. The speakers will also provide invaluable insights on the current regulatory focus as well as provide best practices for maintaining compliance in this dynamic financial environment.
Some of the major topics that will be covered in this course are:

• Regulatory Landscape: An Overview
• Analysis of Notable Arbitration Cases
• Enforcement Priorities and Strategies
• Emerging Dispute Resolution Trends
• Best Compliance Practices.

Title:
Recent Trends and Key Issues in FINRA Arbitration and Enforcement
Date+Time:
Monday, November 13, 2023
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET)
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By:

The Knowledge Group

Speakers:

• Rebecca Beers is a partner in the Birmingham office of RumbergerKirk and focuses on securities and commercial litigation. She represents broker-dealers and registered investment advisors in state and federal courts and in FINRA arbitration, litigating claims related to suitability, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, failure to supervise, clearing broker liability, raiding, employment contracts, and U5 defamation. She also has substantial experience in class actions, insurance law, and employment matters. In addition, Rebecca has developed a wide-ranging knowledge of arbitration law, particularly in post-award litigation in courts and in the enforcement of arbitration agreements.
• Debra A. Jenks, P.A. has over 35 years of legal experience representing financial institutions, wirehouses, independent broker-dealers, insured broker-dealers, investment professionals, officers and directors, and financial advisers in retail, industry, and employment disputes as well as in compliance and regulatory matters. She defends registered persons and entities in regulatory matters. She has represented retail and institutional investors in securities matters and arbitration.

Credit:

• New York: 1.0 credits
• California: The Knowledge Group is an approved Multiple Activity Provider in the state of California thus, TKG programs are presumptively approved.
• Most Other States: TKG links to How to Claim CLE Credits Per State.

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December 13: The AI-Forward Law Firm: A Conversation on What’s Next for Legal

Do legal professionals need to care about AI or is it overhyped? As the lines between AI, technology, security, and law become increasingly blurred, how can we ensure the legal profession remains both innovative and ethically responsible?
The legal industry stands on the cusp of its biggest technological transition since the cloud, and these are just some of the questions lawyers need to be thinking about.
Join Jack Newton, Founder and CEO, Clio, Amélie-Sophie Vavrovsky, Founder, Formally, and Mark Britton, Founder, Avvo for a forward-looking conversation around these pivotal issues in our upcoming CLE* webinar.
In this CLE-eligible* panel discussion, you can expect to find the following insights and more:
How AI will influence the operational dynamics of law firms, including changes in staffing, policies, and the capacity to offer enhanced legal services
How AI will revolutionize the legal profession by increasing efficiency and productivity
How to overcome reservations about AI and transition to a technology-driven mindset to maintain a competitive edge
Title:
The AI-Forward Law Firm: A Conversation on What’s Next for Legal
Date+Time:
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
9 a.m. PT | 12 p.m. ET
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Credit:
Clio has partnered with the ABA to seek eligibility for CLE and CPD credits to lawyers with licenses to practice in the United States and Canada who join the live session of this webinar.
States typically decide whether a program qualifies for MCLE credit in their jurisdiction 4-8 weeks after the program application is submitted. For many live events, credit approval is not received prior to the program.
Speakers:

• Jack Newton: As the CEO and Founder of Clio and a pioneer in cloud-based legal technology, Jack Newton has spearheaded efforts to educate the legal community on the security, ethics, privacy considerations, and benefits of running a law firm from the cloud. Under his leadership, Clio is bettering the lives and businesses of lawyers while making legal services more accessible and equitable for all through cloud-based and client-centered technology. Jack is also the author of The Client-Centered Law Firm, a #1 bestseller that’s helping law firms thrive in today’s experience-driven era.
• Mark Britton: Founder and former CEO Avvo Mark is the founder and former CEO of Avvo, the world’s largest community for legal guidance and services. Prior to founding Avvo, Mark was the executive vice president of Worldwide Corporate Affairs of InterActiveCorp Travel (IACT) and Expedia, Inc. In this position, Mark oversaw all finance, accounting, strategy, corporate development, legal, human resources, and government relations functions for the IACT companies, including Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Classic Custom Vacations, and Interval International. Mark was also Expedia’s first general counsel and a long-time Board member of Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW). He currently serves as a Strategic Director at Madrona Venture Group. With Avvo’s success, Mark regularly speaks around the country on technology, consumer and legal issues. His media appearances include ABC’s Good Morning America, Fox Business News, CNN Money and Dow Jones MarketWatch. Mark also received Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award in 2015 and was previously named a “Seattle Top 25 Innovator” and “Tech Titan 2.0” by Seattle business magazines. Upon his retirement from Avvo in 2018, Above the Law called Mark “the person who most disrupted law this decade.
• Amélie-Sophie Vavrovsky: Amélie-Sophie Vavrovsky is the Founder of Formally, a legal tech startup that uses accessible design to simplify and streamline immigration applications. Amélie and her team built Formally to solve two problems in the immigration space: The lack of legal representation on one hand, and the low rates of success of pro se applications on the other. Formally’s innovative software has been celebrated for its accessibility, security, and thoughtful data privacy practices. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Amélie leveraged her expertise in remote legal assistance to provide legal counsel to refugees and asylum seekers at the US-Mexican border. In January 2021, she organized a conference in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Civil Society Lab on this very topic (remotelegalaid.com). The conference brought together over 200 experts in the field including legal technologists, activists, nonprofit leaders, and security experts to reimagine access to legal services. As the lead graduate researcher at the Stanford Digital Civil Society Lab, she manages projects on the right to Freedom of Assembly and Association in digital spaces, anti-surveillance, and digital capacity building for nonprofit organizations. Amélie’s research focuses on digital human rights in both international and domestic jurisdictions and seeks to bridge the gap between public and private sectors.

Sponsor:
Clio

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