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26th Annual Health Law Primer: For newer health law practitioners, this program provides a general health law overview. Experienced healthcare leaders will provide practical tips to identify and avoid the pitfalls of real-life situations in the heavily regulated health care industry.

Compassion In Action: Practical Skills for Trauma-Informed Lawyering:

Join the TBA Young Lawyers Division for the third installment in its trauma-informed lawyering webinar series: Compassion in Action: Practical Skills for Trauma-Informed Lawyering. Join returning presenter Chris Troutt, LMFT, alongside Constance Brown, Esq., and Justice Sharon Lee (Ret.) for an engaging one-hour webcast exploring how compassion can be translated into practical skills for everyday legal practice.

Together, the panel will discuss trauma-informed approaches to client communication, including delivering difficult news, navigating disappointing case outcomes, understanding what may be happening in a client's or litigant's brain during moments of stress, and balancing empathy with effective advocacy. Justice Lee will share insights from her years on the bench, offering perspective on balancing compassion with the rule of law.

Whether you attended the previous webinars, What Attorneys Must Know About Secondary and Vicarious Trauma and Compassionate Lawyering, or are joining the series for the first time, you'll leave with practical tools to strengthen client relationships, improve communication, and put compassion into action in your legal practice.

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Faculty Spotlight: Seth Ogden

Join Seth Ogden on November 13 for the live virtual event, General Introduction to the Practice of Veterans Law.

He is a Registered Patent Attorney focused on patent infringement litigation and patent prosecution in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, industrial chemicals, software and electronic devices. He has represented patent litigation clients in both ANDA and traditional patent infringement cases. Dr. Ogden has also provided noninfringement and invalidity opinions and strategic positioning reports in the areas of biotechnology (diagnostics and biologics), pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals and material science. In addition to patent matters, he has handled a range of trademark and copyright issues.

Dr. Ogden previously practiced in Washington, D.C. Before that, he obtained his Ph.D. in Cancer Biology from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Ogden has also represented pro bono clients before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the D.C. Superior Court.

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