"Top 10" New Trends in Law Practice: 2nd Annual Review

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Overview

A practical, down-to-earth discussion and explanation of the recent changes that most profoundly affect the law and the practice of law.  Presented in a fast-paced manner, with an emphasis on "what you need to know."   All-new topics for the 2016 installment of this course include:

• Emerging hot new areas of law practice
• Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding:  What's the law on them?   How do they impact your clients?
• New technologies
• Immigration law developments: How they affect your business clients
• Free speech vs. civil rights
• The ethics of online marketing
• Much more!

Speakers

William R Newman of The University of Southern Mississippi

Agenda for Wednesday, the 29th of June 2016

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

8:30 am -  9:15 am - Immigration Law Developments - How they affect your business clients

9:15 am - 10:15am - New Technology for Lawyers - Technology that actually makes your life easier

10:15 am - 10:30 pm - Break

10:30 am - 11:15 am -  The Manufacturing Revival -  American manufacturing business are back on the upswing, and there are new laws to accompany the revival 

11:15 am -  11:45 am -  The Paralegal Profession Enters a New Age -  The training and roles of paralegals are changing

11:45 am  -  1:00 pm  -  Break

1:00 pm -  1:45 pm -  Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing -  What are they?  How do they help my clients?  What's the governing law?

1:45 pm -  2:15 pm -   Free Speech vs. Civil Rights -  Rapidly changing social norms and laws are challenging traditional interpretations of the First Amendment

2:15 pm -  2:30 pm -  Break

2:30 pm  -  3:15 pm  -  Changes in Litigation Practice

3:15 pm  -  4:15 pm  -  Ethics Hour:  Emerging Ethics of Online Marketing - A Panel Discussion