Top 10 New Trends for Lawyers in 2016

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Overview

An all-new 2016 edition of our annual look at some of the biggest recent changes in the law & law practice!  Presented in a fast-paced manner, with an emphasis on "what you need to know."   Topics discussed include:

• Emerging hot new areas of law practice
• Crowdfunding:  What's the law on it?   How might it affect your clients?
• New technologies, including cloud computing
• Paralegals re-imagined
• "Family Wizard" websites in custody & visitation cases
• Immigration law developments: How do they impact your business clients?
• The recalibration of free speech rights
• Virtual reality technology in the courtroom
• New streamlined rules for federal civil practice
• Update on last year's trends, including the law of drones!
• The ethics of online marketing
• Much more!

Speakers

William R Newman of The University of Southern Mississippi

Agenda for Friday, the 24th of February 2017

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 -  9:15am - #1 - Immigration Law Developments - An area of increasing importance

9:15am - 9:35am - #2 - Cloud Computing for Lawyers - The benefits and perils of the latest technology trend 

9:35am - 10:00am - #3 - The Streamlining of Civil Litigation - The recent amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are just the latest chapter in the quickening pace of lawsuits

10:00am - 10:15am - Break

10:15am - 10:40am - #4 - Paralegals Re-Imagined - The future holds an expanding role for legal assistants 

10:40am -  11:10am - #5 - Family Law: "Conscious Uncoupling" and "Family Wizards" in Custody Cases-  Are they mere fads or game-changers?

11:10am - 11:45am - #6 - Crowdfunding - What is it?  Can it help your clients?  What are the rules?

11:45am  -  1:00pm -  Lunch Break (on your own)

1:00pm  -  1:40pm -  #7 - Increasing Specialization and Emerging New Areas of Practice -  How about a practice in "fashion law"?

1:40pm  -  2:30pm -  *Update on Some of Last Year's "Top 10" Trends -  New developments regarding drones, ObamaCare, and the generation gap

2:30pm -  2:45pm -  Break

2:45pm  - 3:00pm - #8 - Recalibration of the Parameters of Free Speech - Changing social norms are impacting our definitions of free speech

3:00pm -  3:15pm - #9 - Virtual Reality for Lawyers - Wishing you were here!

3:15pm -  4:15pm - #10 - Digital Marketing for Lawyers (ethics hour)