Top 10 New Trending Topics in Law Practice for 2026

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Overview

12th Annual Course of Study

An all-new 2026 edition of our annual look at some of the biggest new trends in the law & law practice!  Presented in a fast-paced manner, with an emphasis on "what you need to know."  

A variety of topics will be covered, including new developments in litigation practice, transactional law practice, and ethics.  

Level of Instruction

Intermediate

Speaker(s)

William R Newman of The University of Southern Mississippi

Meeting Site

Hilton Garden Inn

975 Highway 12 East
Starkville, MS

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Agenda for Thursday, the 18th of June 2026

(Agenda is approximate and tentative)

8:00am - 8:30am:  Registration

8:30am - 9:55am:  #1) The New Joint Custody Presumption in Mississippi, #2) Parental Relocation and the Constitutional Freedom of Movement, #3) Jurors Snooping on Lawyers. Lawyers Snooping on Jurors.

9:55am - 10:10am:  Break

10:10am - 11:10am:  #4) Ethics hour: Negative Online Ratings, the Hallucination Epidemic, and Modern Lawyer Ethics.

11:10am - 11:45am:  #5) Transfer on Death Deeds (TODDs) (update). 

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

1:00pm - 2:20pm:  #6) Next Gen and the Quest for "Ready to Practice" Lawyers, #7) Law firms going public?

2:20pm - 2:35pm:  Break

2:35pm - 3:25pm:  #8) Commercial Drones: Ready for flight. #9) "A Question for the Witness from Juror #4."

3:25pm - 4:15pm:  #10) Dealing with Difficulty Lawyers in an Increasingly Contentious Profession.