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 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 !

Speakers

William R Newman of The University of Southern Mississippi

Agenda for Tuesday, the 13th of December 2016

8:30 am Central Time - Webcast Begins (Please register and sign into the website at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start)

(Agenda is approximate and tentative)

8:30am -  9:30am - Family Law - Chris Rock's and 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 Robin Williams, Charles Dickens, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Newman, Dr. Seuss, 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 Pharrel Williams, Robin Thicke, Katy Perry, Demi Moore, The Beatles, Jay-Z, Andy Griffith, and Jimmy Buffett

12:00pm -  1:15pm - Break

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