8:30am Central Time - Webcast Begins (Please be sure to register and tune into the website at least 10 minutes before start time)
Agenda is Approximate and Tentative
8:30am - 9:00am - Civil Procedure - Anna-Nicole Smith: An Unlikely Lesson in Federal/State Jurisdiction
9:00am - 9:30am - Family Law - Paul McCartney's Marital Woes: What Every Lawyer Should Know about Prenuptial Agreements - with additional pointers from Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, and Catherine Zeta-Jones
9:40am - 10:40am - Wills Drafting - Whatever Happened to Our "Will" to be Poetic? Important Drafting Tips for Basic Wills, illustrated by the Last Wills of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Charles Dickens, Paul Newman, Richard Nixon, George Washington, Joe DiMaggio,and many others
10:40am - 11:00am - Pet Law - Lessons from Leona Helmsley and Her Dog Trouble: The Rapidly Emerging Area of Pet Law
11:05am - 12:00pm - Copyrights, Trademarks, & Privacy - Intellectual Property Problems are Lurking Behind Every Corner: Just ask The Beatles, Andy Griffith, Jimmy Buffett, and Starbucks
12:00pm - 1:15pm - Lunch (on your own)
1:15pm - 2:30pm - Trial Practice - Famous People and Famous Lawyers on the Record: 1) Michael Jackson Under Oath: Deposition Prep and Managing the Unmanageable Client/Witness 2) Clarence Darrow: The Art of Jury Communication (Reinterpreting the Old Master in the Age of Internet & ADHD)
2:45pm - 3:15pm - Trusts - Ben Franklin Speaks from the Grave: Why General Practitioners Shouldn't Neglect the Simple and Powerful Advantages of Testamentary Trusts
3:15pm - 4:15pm - Ethics and Professionalism in a Graceless Age 1) Famous Lawyers Behaving Badly on Tape 2) Mike Nifong and the Duke Lacrosse Case: An Unrestrained Desire to Win 3) The Lincoln Assassination & the Trial and Ordeal of Dr. Samuel Mudd: Lessons in Innovative Lawyering