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Procrastinators' on December 20, 2012

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Enjoy topics ranging from e-discovery, immigration, military, criminal and education law to ethics and professionalism - all day or by the hour!

Earn 7 hours of CLE including 1 hour of Ethics and 1 hour of Professionalism

Conveniently located at the Pan Am Building, 11th Floor Auditorium, 601 Poydras Street, New Orleans

Early Bird Pricing and Reduced Rates for New Orleans Bar Association Members

Agenda

8:30 am - 9:00 am	Registration Opens
9:00 am - 10:00 am	Ethics - Marketing Your Louisiana Law Practice Ethically Richard P. Lemmler, Jr., Louisiana State Bar Association
10:10 am - 11:10 am	Professionalism - Legal Professionalism: Does it take a village to raise a lawyer? Larry Feldman, Jr., McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC
11:20 am - 12:20 pm	Electronically Stored Information: Focus on Review and Strategies The intracies of who, what, when, and how of review, production, and searching for e-discovery projects will be addressed. What is the basic search language and operators that can be used to quickly and efficiently comb through documents that may or may not be relevant? Methods for reducing expenses through early case analysis and limiting review will be suggested along with the proper use of de-duplication and email threading. Gavin Manes, Ph.D., Avansic
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm	Lunch on Your Owns
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm	Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act: Observing the Rights of Servicemembers Who is eligible for protection under the act and what benefits does the act afford? L. Graham Arceneaux, Graham, Arceneaux & Allen, LLC
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm	Special Issues in Employment Law: Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Criminal Background Checks In the wake of the election, immigration reform promises to be an area of focus for our political leaders. An exploration of the issues law firms and all employers will face Brandon E. Davis, Phelps Dunbar LLP
3:40 pm - 4:40 pm	Criminal Law for the Civil Practitioner Samantha P. Griffin, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC
4:50 pm - 5:50 pm	Schools, Bullying, and the Law Across the nation, media attention on bullying of children and teens is causing more jurisdictions to implement anti-bullying laws and policies. During this year’s legislative session, in response to the suicide of a Pointe Coupee Parish teen, the Louisiana legislature passed the Tesa Middlebrook Anti-Bullying Act. This panel will discuss the new act and other legal remedies that parents and students may have to address school bullying. J. Dalton Courson, Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, LLC Susan Meyers, Advocacy Center

CLE Hours

Procrastinators' Programs (sm) offers 7 Hours of CLE including 1 Hour of Ethics and 1 Hour of Professionalism each day.

To Register

1. Call the Bar Office at (504) 525-7453 or

2. Email CC Kahr or

3. Complete the Registration Form and return to the New Orleans Bar Association by email, fax at (504) 525-6549, or mail to 650 Poydras Street, Suite 1505, New Orleans, LA 70130.

Special thanks to MAPS for sponsoring this day of Procrastinators' Programs (sm).