Top 10 New Developments in Law Practice for 2018

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Overview

An all-new 2018 webcast 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."  

All-new topics in this year's course include:

• Tax reform for the non-tax lawyer:  What it means for your clients and your law firm
• Harassment & Discrimination law: A primer
• Internet contracts and e-signatures: The new law
• Family law developments: School football as an issue in custody
• State Stipends to lawyers who practice in under-served counties and fields of law
• Update on Top 10 Trends from past years: drones, the gig economy, etc.
• Ethics: New law on extra-jurisdictional practice and the unauthorized practice of law

New 7-hour format:  Earn all 15 hours of CLE for the year by attending this In-Person seminar along with an 8-hour bundle of On-Demand CLE (see "CLE On-Demand" page of this website for information on On-Demand CLE courses).

Speaker(s)

William R Newman of The University of Southern Mississippi

Meeting Site

Memphis Botanic Garden - Goldsmith Room

750 Cherry Road

Memphis, TN  38117

Agenda for Wednesday, the 12th of December 2018

Agenda is Approximate and Tentative

All times are Central

Seminar Presenter:  William R. Newman, Esq. of Hattiesburg

8:00am -  8:30am - Registration

8:30am -  9:15am - #1 - The New Tax Law: What it means for your clients and your law firm

9:15am -  9:35am - #2 - Family Law:  (a) Free-Range Parenting, & (b) The Evolution of Joint Legal Custody

9:35am - 10:15am - #3 - The Law of Harassment:  The Essential Primer

10:15am - 10:30am - Break

10:30am - 10:45am - #4 - Inclusion Clauses in Contracts:  Live from Hollywood!

10:45am - 11:25am - #5 - Update from Last Year's Top 10 Trends:  Digital Assets:  Now we have forms!

11:25am - 12:00pm - #6 - Update on Last Year's Top 10 Trends:  Drone law:  Regulatory and insurance changes

12:00pm - 1:10pm -  Lunch Break (on your own)

1:10pm  -  2:10pm -  #7 - e-Contracts & e-Signatures: The paperless world 

2:10pm  -  2:20pm - Break

2:20pm  -  2:45pm -  #8 - Bitcoin & Other Cryptocurrency 

2:45pm  -  3:00pm -  #9 - Incentives for Lawyers Practicing in Rural Areas

3:00pm  -  4:00pm -  #10 - The Ethics of Technological Competence (ethics)

4:00pm  -  5:00pm -  (*Bonus Ethics Hour)