Famous Lawyers & Famous Clients

Tuesday, the 17th of July 2012 in Jackson, MS

Overview

What We Can Learn From the Legal Files of Famous People of the Past & Present

  • Lessons in law from over two dozen famous people - from Jimmy Buffett to George Washington!
  • The legal travails of famous people - past and present - are used as a platform for demonstrating practical skills needed by every successful lawyer.
  • These practical points are illustrated with a look at audio, video, or transcript excerpts from the legal files of famous people.
  • Segments cover diverse areas of law: trial practice, family law, wills, intellectual property, trusts, ethics -- even the law of pets !
This course has been approved by the Mississippi Commission on CLE for 6 hours of CLE credit, including 1 hour of ethics credit.

Speakers

William R. Newman, Esq. of The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

Meeting Site

Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum

Sparkman Auditorium

1150 Lakeland Drive (just off I-55)

Jackson, MS 

(601) 432-4500

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Your Price: $280

Agenda for Tuesday, the 17th of July 2012 in Jackson, MS

8:00am -  8:30am - Registration

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

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