Famous Lawyers and Famous Clients: What We Can Learn from Them

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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 Katy Perry to George Washington -- from Robin Williams to Abraham Lincoln -- from Jimmy Buffett to Charles Dickens !
• 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 !

Speaker(s)

William R Newman of The University of Southern Mississippi

Meeting Site

Delta State University - Alumni Foundation House

1003 West Sunflower, Cleveland

Agenda for Tuesday, the 14th of July 2015

8:00am -  8:30am - Registration

8:30am -  9:30am - Law Practice Management - from the Law Office to the Oval Office:  Law Practice Lessons from Several of our Lawyer-Presidents 

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 Robin Williams, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, 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, Katy Perry, Andy Griffith, and Jimmy Buffett

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