As part of our Year End ALL IN CLE, take all of your CLE online in 1-Click with our 15 Hour CLE Package! Complete with a mix of our popular Ethics, Wellness, Diversity and Legislative Update videos, with 15 total CLE hours – 12 dual (ethics), 3 general – to complete your requirements for the year.
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In the new business environment, attorneys are expected to be comfortable with virtual, hybrid and in-person presentations. Mimi Bliss of Bliss Communications has updated her popular 2021 CLE on virtual presentations to cover a range of professional situations, from virtual courtrooms to hybrid professional conferences and informal communications.
In this on-demand workshop, you’ll learn how to sharpen your message; engage your audience; master the virtual presentation, including technology tools, lighting and set-up; and use voice, gestures and eye contact effectively.
Here is a sneak preview of the workshop. Click for links to one-minute videos with speaking tips.
Lighting for virtual presentations
Twitter is all the rage, both in the practice and in lawyers’ personal lives. Well, whenever lawyers choose to tweet they enter an ethical danger zone. Join the CLE Performer, Stuart Teicher, Esq, as he explains the tricky Twitter traps that can cause ethical headaches for every lawyer.
- The Conflict dangers when tweeting about politics (Rule 1.7)
- When sharing isn’t caring- it’s an ethical violation (Rule 4.1)
- Real life mistakes with confidentiality (Rule 1.6)
- New ethics issues with tech like TikTok & Zoom, Rules 5.1 and 1.6
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Berkley Schwarz, TBA Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, and Legislative Counsel Brad Lampley give a thorough update on legislation affecting lawyers from the most recent session of the TN General Assembly.
Legal professionals today receive between 120-150 emails a day, most of which contain tasks that we must execute. In this interactive session, you will learn how to efficiently batch process emails. In other words, get them out of your inbox and process those emails & tasks in a way that those items never get lost. We will get our hands dirty and focus on how to use Microsoft Outlook and/or any other tools that your organization uses to manage emails. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops and/or other mobile devices.
Are you interested in a more intensive business education program? Check out the Scaling Small Law program - a 4-month long comprehensive business education and development program that contains distinct units of study including business planning, marketing, solo/small firm finance and budgeting, client service and experience, ethical considerations and outsourcing and leveraging technology. Applications are due Aug. 2.
This popular program is back with a strong lineup of topics, speakers and strategies to help you be the best lawyer that you can be and maintain attorney well being.
Part 1: Bias and Its Consequences: What Does It Look Like? This session will discuss the psychological and other deleterious effects of stereotyping, discrimination, marginalization, microaggressions and other racial injustices, as well as therapeutic approaches to helping those who have survived this trauma. The panel of experts features Luther Wright, Jr., Ogletree Deakins (moderator) Carmen Foster, University of Tennessee and Jamila Walker, University of Tennessee.
Part 2: Personal Experiences: Who Does It Hurt? Join an esteemed panel of diverse lawyers discussing experiences and how past actions has affected them. Moderated by Joycelyn Stevenson of the Tennessee Bar Association, the panel will feature A.C. Wharton, The A C Wharton Group; Joe Kwon, Joe Kwon Law; Psonya Hackett, Hackett Law Firm; Ruby Wharton, The Wharton Law Firm; and Willie Santana, Office of the Third Judicial District Public Defender.
Part 3: Raising the Bar: What Can We Do? This session will feature an interactive discussion among attendees and the panelists, firm and bar association leaders, during which everyone can share their experiences, efforts and initiatives in addressing this important issue. Moderated by Terrence Reed, FedEx Express the panel will feature David Jones, Fisher & Phillips; Mary Beard, HCA Healthcare; and Shayla Purifoy, Shelby County Government.
While it captures what we are going to talk about today, it does not capture the spirit of the moment in which this presentation was written: in the middle of the pandemic, when we were all working from home, or “WFH” as it has come to be known. That spirit I felt was captured by the following titles, but for one reason or another they did not make the cut.
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As the landscape changes... a diverse perspective on diversity in litigation and beyond. A diverse panel will provide insight into the intersection between issues of diversity and the changing legal landscape.
The legal system has a well-earned and longstanding reputation as a slow adopter of change. As Neurodiverse people (i.e. Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Dyslexia, PTSD) continue to participate in the courtroom setting, it is incumbent upon the judges and advocates themselves to recognize that great minds don’t always think alike. In order to accommodate different ways that we process information, courts and the lawyers that practice before them must appreciate and understand these differences and prepare cases that play to all strengths.
Amidst the COVID resurgence, cases continue moving through the judicial system. Learn how courts are adapting from trial judges and litigators who have had “COVID trials.” This interactive 1-hour panel will give attendees insight into best practices for their upcoming hearings and trials.
States around the country are opening the practice of law to non-lawyers by changing long-standing rules that regulate the legal profession. Non-lawyer ownership of law firms, sharing legal fees with non-lawyers, expanded payment of referral fees, and elimination of many advertising rules are on the table. Why are these changes being pursued? Are they likely to be effective? Will there be unintended consequences? These issues and more will be explored by the presenter and attendees in this session.
Join the Board of Professional Responsibility's Eileen Burkhalter Smith as she reviews the latest Ethics Updates.
This is a great opportunity to earn dual credit before December 31. Don't forget all CLE can now be taken online!
Join Nashville attorney AJ Bahou alongside Brad Wickard and Paul Withrow of Huseby Global Litigation to take a deeper look at various platforms that can be utilized for remote depositions and the pros and cons of each option.
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