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Information : Calendar of Events : Annual Meeting:
CLE Programs
2008
ANNUAL MEETING
October 22-24
The Hilton Hotel
Omaha, Nebraska
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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 Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section Seminar
Saint Nicholas A
9:00 a.m. - Noon
Title Standards. Speakers are Michael D.
Matejka, John Daum, Herbert Fritz
Sampson, and Richard L. Anderson.
Sponsored by the Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section |
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Casemaker/E-Filing Seminar
Blackstone
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
• William Olson, resident technology expert (alias Compuman), moderator. Members of the Supreme Court Technology Committee will roll out a demonstration of its online filing system. They plan to offer a new, more economical way to file online.
• Adam Astley will educate us about Casemaker – come and learn about the latest changes that continue to make Casemaker one of the handiest tools for quick online legal research. It is one member benefit that can save you time and money!
Sponsored by the Law Practice Management Section, the E-Filing Subcommittee of the Supreme Court’s Technology Committee and the NSBA’s Technology Committee. |
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Bank Attorneys Section Seminar
Hill
9:00 a.m. - Noon
Banking Law Update: This seminar will include a discussion of water and banking issues in Nebraska by LeRoy Sievers. Bob Hallstrom and Jerry Stillmock will provide a legislative update, and Patricia Herstein will provide an update from the Department of Banking. These topics and more will be discussed.
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Elderlaw Seminar
Castle
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Did you miss the Estate Planning or Family Law seminar earlier this year? Here is a chance to catch up on some topics of particular interest. Estate planning and other issues for older people with minor or adult children. Allocating funds, when trusts or other vehicles are best choices, often overlooked tax issues. William J. Lindsay, Jr. (Please note that William Lindsay will do a similar presentation on Friday morning in the Estate Planning and Family Law seminar, so you should choose one or the other program to attend.) Mary L. Wilson will outline resources for grandparents who are raising grandchildren, a situation manygrandparents find themselves facing in recent years.
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Corporate Counsel and Government Practice Section Seminar
Ballroom A
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Beyond the Basics: An In-Depth Primer on Computer Forensics and Electronically Stored Evidence
SPEAKERS:
• Don Kohtz, Esq.
Director of Investigative & Compliance
Solutions, Continuum Worldwide
• Jim O'Gorman, GCIA, GCFA, CISSP
Consultant, Continuum Worldwide
• Matt Churchill, CCE, CFCE, CEECS,
CEH, CISSP - Consultant, Continuum
Worldwide
• Jill Robb Ackerman
Partner, Baird Holm Law Firm
• James E. O'Connor
Partner, Baird Holm Law Firm
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Public Interest Section Seminar
Saint Nicholas A
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The Child Welfare System & Public Benefits: Resources for Family Lawyers Issues at the Intersection of Juvenile, Family, and Poverty Law
• Nebraska Juvenile Law Update 2008: Recent Case Law, Legislation, and Policy
Reform Issues - Sarah Helvey, Program Director/Staff Attorney, Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest This presentation will include a juvenile case law and legislative update and will discuss various child welfare policy reform issues in Nebraska. The presentation will also include an overview of the legal resources available to child welfare lawyers through Nebraska Appleseed's Foster Care Reform Legal Resource Center.
• "Public Benefits 101 for Juvenile and Family Lawyers" - Erin Ching, Staff Attorney, Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest This presentation will include a basic overview of public benefits programs such as
ADC/Employment First, Food Stamps, Medicaid, and the Child Care Subsidy. This presentation will also include a discussion of current issues in the public benefits system and how they are relevant to juvenile and family lawyers. Sponsored by Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest, the NSBA Public Interest Section, and the NSBA Volunteer Lawyers Project. |
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
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Advanced GAL Training
Hill
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Karen Nelson, Schirber & Wagner, LLP, Expert witnesses in the Juvenile Court and Daubert Challenges.
• 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Lynette Boyle, Tietjen, Simon & Boyle, Home visits for the Guardian ad Litem
• 10:15 a.m. to 10:50 a.m., Hon. Vernon Daniels, Expectations from the bench for the Guardian ad Litem
• 10:50 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Ann Ebsen, Attorney at Law, Mental health issues and treatment for parents in the juvenile court.
• 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Jeffrey A. Wagner, Schirber & Wagner, LLP and
Christine Costantakos, attorney at law, Ten things you don't know about juvenile law.
This program qualifies for the annual 3 hours of training beyond the initial 6 hour training required for lawyers serving as GALs. |
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Creating a Successful Practice Through Outstanding Client Service
featuring Roy Ginsburg
Ballroom A
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Exceptional client service is the foundation of professional success. Your reputation for great service will build your practice, while poor service could lead to an ethics complaint. This seminar provides a comprehensive roadmap to deliver extraordinary service that will help you retain and develop more business from your current clients and increase referrals. While you earn ethics credits,
you’ll learn to:
• Apply best practices that will exceed your clients’ expectations
• Eliminate the most common sources of client dissatisfaction
• Handle angry clients and avoid ethics complaints
• And much more
Classic movie and television scenes illustrate and reinforce the program’s principles. Roy Ginsburg is one of the most experienced attorney coaches in the Twin Cities and works with lawyers from all across the country to help them build successful and personally rewarding practices. Besides coaching,
he has an active solo practice and is legal marketing ethics counsel to Minnesota Law & Politics® and Super Lawyers® magazines and FindLaw, a Thomson West company. In his 25-year legal career, Roy has worked in large and small law firms, as well as in-house counsel in corporate legal departments.
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Probate System V Seminar
Blackstone
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Seth Rowland, developer of Probate System V, will answer your questions, show the latest developments and updates in how the system works, and help you customize your own system so that it does what you want it to. If you use PS V and have questions, or if you are considering it and want to get a sense of what it is like and how it works, come to this free program.
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Friday, October 24, 2008
Women and the LawSection Seminar
Hill
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Marketing Confidential: How to Build a Plan That Works -- Really
Works -- For You Tired of marketing and business development plans that don’t suit your practice needs? Frustrated at confusing and costly programs that keep missing the mark?
So are we.
That’s why the Women & The Law Section has gathered a diverse team of experts to share their insights on marketing to a variety of potential clients – individuals, corporations and general counsel. (This beneficial information will be just between us).
Moderated by Scott S. Moore, Marketing Partner for Baird Holm LLP, the panel
includes:
• Julie M. DeWitt, Director of Client Development, Koley Jessen
• Tom Mortland, General Counsel and Vice President of Claims, Berkshire
Hathaway Homestate Companies
• Kathleen M. Neary, Attorney, Vincent M. Powers and Associates Law Firm |
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Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section Seminar
Blackstone
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Renewable Energy: The Status of Renewable Energy in Nebraska
• Questions to Ask Clients Interested in Renewable Energy - John McClure, NPPD
- Items Nebraska attorneys need to ask their clients if they want to get into renewable energy.
• Agricultural Law Section Update
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Estate Planning for Families
Ballroom A
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Bonus session. Did you miss the Estate Planning or Family Law seminar earlier this year? Here is a chance to catch up on some topics of particular interest to many. Estate Planning Questions for Families: Estate planning and other issues for older people with minor or adult children. Allocating funds, when trusts or other vehicles are best choices, often overlooked tax issues, and special needs planning for adults with disabled adult children. William J. Lindsay, Jr., Susan Spahn, and TBA. (Please note that William Lindsay will do a similar presentation on Wednesday afternoon in the Elderlaw seminar, so you should choose one or the other program to attend.)
Sponsored by the Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section and the Family Law Section. |
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