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Presentation regarding online reputation management and guidelines including review of US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Internet Defamation and Reputation Management cases.

Have you ever lost a deal for your client? Has your client hired your firm to make sure another deal isn’t lost? If you’ve ever been in these situations, you know understanding contract administration is imperative. We’ll go over the different types of contracts and provisions you must include in each valid contract. You’ll learn key contract phrases and paragraphs to give your clients the upper hand. Finally, we’ll go over negotiation strategies and tips to close the deal with a contract in your clients’ favor.

Tackle the key issues of drafting responses and objections for interrogatories, requests for admission, production of documents, subpoenas and more. Be prepared to skillfully handle discovery requests.

A day-long CLE Event featuring presentations on Paralegals and Access to Justice; Employment Law-Out of State Challenges; Electronic Closings; Anatomy of a Civil Case; Cyber Security and Ethics for Paralegals; and CASA, an Introduction to Court Appointed Special Advocates

Avoid Ethical Liability and Manager Risks

Strategic Management of Personal Injury Litigation Tasks

Speaker: Joseph Jones, Bosco Legal Services, Inc

In this class Joseph Jones will teach the attorneys how social media and internet use have opened up new avenues for legal investigations. He will address why social media investigations are important to almost every case type. He will also discuss how to correctly locate, preserve and authenticate online content, and why a printed copy of something online is insufficient to produce as evidence. The discussion also includes ethical discussions on what you should/shouldn’t be doing in regards to sending “friend” requests or other communications with subjects of the investigation. Case law discussed will include what happens when law firms give no advice or bad advice to their clients regarding how to handle their social media accounts during litigation.

Session approved for 1.0 CLE credit
Cost is $25 for NFPA members and $50 for non-members.

Being able to write effectively is essential for those working in the legal profession. Poor legal writing can destroy an otherwise strong case. Whether you have been in the legal profession for a long time or you are relatively new, you will pick up tips and strategies to assist you in editing and proofreading. In this material, you will receive practical techniques for drafting, proofreading, and editing email correspondence with attorneys, clients and others as well as memos and other legal documents. After a thorough review of the basics as well as preconceived notions you have in regards to legal writing, you will engage in a series of practice questions to test your new skills.