In this CLE, Randall Christison will teach you how to fine tune your legal writing by illustrating common legal writing mistakes, providing examples & exercises and concluding with tips for persuading judges.
Philip King highlights common ethical pitfalls for small law attorneys and provides numerous helpful points to spot and avoid these routine practice traps.
“John A” will teach attorneys about the best ways they can serve their clients in the role of Independent Trustees. Drawing on his wealth of insights amassed from industry insiders, experts, prognosticators and visionaries, John will address the advantages and disadvantages when professionals recommend Independent Trustees to their clients.
Cross-examining expert witnesses presents the trial lawyer with unique challenges – Quentin Brogdon will show you that the true skill is to minimize the opposing expert’s opportunity to do harm to your client’s case.
In these unprecedented times, we’re all just trying to figure it out. But like previous challenges you have faced in your life, common sense and your good judgement will guide you through the chaos. Learn more tips from Brian Bieber as he shows you how to succeed in our new socially distanced world.
Social media has fundamentally changed our world – including how attorneys select juries. Today, with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the myriad of social networking websites that fill cyberspace, there is a treasure trove of information about most jurors in the venire – and it is readily available at the touch of your fingertips.
The greatest trial in history – or just a show trial that stretched jurisdiction & legal principles to achieve the victor’s justice? Maybe it was just the best alternative. At the Tehran Conference in 1943, Stalin proposed “liquidating” 50,000 German military officers.
Brevity is your best friend when drafting legal briefs. Randall Christison provides tips on how you can persuade the judge…. in UNDER 500 words!!
When it comes to today’s eDiscovery, businesses and attorneys are surprised to find that much of the ESI and data now collected comes from apps and SaaS such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), DropBox, WhatsApp, Slack and many more – instead of traditional data forms such as emails, PDFs and .docs.
Currently, California attorneys with last names N-Z must complete 25 CA CLE hours by January 31, 2020… including 4 hours of legal ethics, 1 hour of elimination of bias and 1 hour of competence issues.