Worldwide CLE Calendar - Continuing Legal Education

Tribal Revenue Development Through Taxation

Seattle, Washington, USA

As economic development in Indian Country evolves beyond gaming, tribes are taking increasing advantage of taxes – both proactively and passively – as tools for generating economic activity on their reservations. The sustainability of tribal economies and tribes’ economic sovereignty will depend on the successes achieved in the tax realm.

The forecasted attacks by non-Indian governments in ...

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TSG's Monthly Webcast Series:Legal Writing

Seattle, Washington, USA

Effective legal writing is amongst the most essential skills that any lawyer must possess. A clear understanding of the law and the careful development of the facts of your case will be wasted if you are unable to effectively convey your message to the audience. This seminar will introduce techniques for the development of clear, concise, and well-organized documents.

This seminar will incl...

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NAESB Master Agreement for Purchase, Sale or Exchange of Liquid Hydrocarbons Course

Houston, Texas, USA

NAESB has scheduled a NAESB Master Agreement for Purchase, Sale or Exchange of Liquid Hydrocarbons Course. The purpose of the course is to provide a hands-on discussion and introduction to the Master Agreement for Purchase, Sale or Exchange of Liquid Hydrocarbons (NAESB WGQ Standard No. 6.3.5):
• Background of the Development of the Master Agreement
• Use of the Master Agreement
Review of...

North American Energy Standards Board

Securities Regulation Institute (45th Annual)

New York, New York, USA

PLI’s Annual Institute on Securities Regulation has become the most highly anticipated annual review of the current state of securities, financial regulation and corporate law and practice.  We are pleased to co-chair the 45th edition of this important event, and to present you with this year’s agenda.  As always, we strive to bring you the most up-to-date information in response to the ...

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Nonprofit Organizations 2013: Form 990 Reporting, Governance, and Compensation Issues

New York, New York, USA

Nonprofit organizations  continue to  face heightened  scrutiny and complex regulatory guidelines.  Nonprofit Organizations 2013:  Form 990 Reporting, Governance, and Compensation  Issues will provide you with practice advice and updates on the latest  developments   in the preparation of the Form 990,  nonprofit governance, and nonprofit compensat...

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Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2013

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Licensing can be used to gain access to intellectual property at a lower cost than developing or purchasing intellectual property assets, and as a way of generating new sources of revenue out of existing intellectual property assets. Companies are increasingly turning to licensing because it offers valuable economic and strategic opportunities. Virtually every business today must confront licensin...

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Negotiating Commercial Leases 2013

New York, New York, USA

Leases are the building blocks of value for all real estate, and whether your client is entering into a lease, acquiring a leasehold, purchasing a Ground Lease or constructing on, investing in or lending on properties, knowing the “Commercial Lease,” current commercial leasing market trends, hot topics and current schemes is the most important investment they can make. Leases are long-term investm...

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22nd Annual Oregon Water Law Conference

Portland, Oregon, USA

“This year we report on major new developments in water law affecting water quality regulation and water rights, including presentations by the Directors and senior staff of the Water Resources Department and Department of Environmental Quality. Fallout continues from the Northwest Environmental Advocates v. EPA case striking down Oregon narrative temperature standards, and we’ll get perspectives ...

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Building Value in the Wine Business and Planning for Purchase, Sale and Succession

Napa, California, USA

The wine industry has experienced considerable change over the past few years as the importance of growing total business value has become an increasing priority. Whether the goal is family legacy or eventual sale and exit, owners and operators are aligned in the need to optimize the value of their brands, distribution systems and operating platforms in addition to their estates and hard assets. U...

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Commercial Real Estate Leases:Selected Issues in Drafting and Negotiating in the Current Market

Chicago, Illinois, USA

A resurgence of leasing activity in the current real estate markets coupled with ever-present default issues require the real estate professional to be fully versed in new techniques. Careful planning, drafting, and strategizing are necessary to avoid the confounding problems from the past and create a template for the issues which have emerged from the troubled market.



This long r...

American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education (ALI CLE)

Legal Ethics of Email and Social Media

, USA

As a law practitioner in the 21st century, you likely have used the internet to do any or all of the following: communicate with current and prospective clients, other lawyers, and the public; conduct legal research; learn about the parties in a case; and overall enhance your legal knowledge and skills. Yet, the internet (and email and social media, in particular) is also a “virtual” minefield for...

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Patent Litigation 2013

New York, New York, USA

Rapid changes in patent law make it necessary that, whether you are plaintiff’s or defendant’s counsel, you are up-to-date on the current state of the law and can quickly develop successful litigation strategies and tactics. This program is taught by a faculty of both outside and in-house lawyers who have earned national reputations in patent litigation by trying and managing a wide variety of ben...

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Tracking and Targeting Customers and Prospects Online, on Mobile Devices, and in Social Media 2013

San Francisco, California, USA

Collecting data from and about consumers is now nearly ubiquitous online, in mobile apps, and in social media. Most brands use this data in some way, such as to personalize messages and content, to optimize their sites or apps, or to improve their products, services, and offerings. Brands may choose from hundreds of vendors to assist them in these efforts. The data collected is often just anonymou...

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Employment Law Conference

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Our most comprehensive two-day advanced-level conference addressing developments affecting the most critical employment policies and practices of business and government. Topics include: EEO update; wage and hour; Independent Contractor Misclassification; NLRA decisions and developments; information security, privacy, and social media policies; ethics issues; ADA update; FMLA; and labor law develo...

NELI

Speaking Like a Lawyer: Effective Workplace Strategies for Newer Attorneys

, USA

Taught by Molly Bishop Shadel, a lawyer and professor of oral advocacy from the University of Virginia School of Law, this informative webcast provides newer attorneys with concrete strategies to succeed in workplace interactions, meetings with clients, and work-related social situations. Senior attorneys who supervise newer attorneys also should benefit from this unique program.


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6th Annual Alaska Construction Law

Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Please join our Program Chair Julia M.I. Holden-Davis of Garvey Schubert Barer, along with an outstanding faculty comprised of legal and academic experts, as they lead us through the most current issues facing the construction industry in Alaska.

“Whether you are new to the industry or have spent your entire career in construction, keeping current on new developments, engaging in dialogue w...

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You Don't Have to Speak Geek: The Ethical Nexus of Technological Competence and E-Discovery

, USA

Attorneys often know just enough about e-discovery to get by or to get in trouble! Most say, “I have an IT or e-discovery specialist who handles that.” But is that really enough?

Ethics rules require lawyer competency, in e-discovery as in everything else. To ensure that competency, you must have a basic understanding of the legal and technological issues in e-discovery. This course will gi...

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Conference on Life Insurance Company Products

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

For professionals involved with the life insurance industry, this is the one must-attend conference of the year! It has the updates you need, the key faculty you admire, and the networking opportunities you value!



Register today for this advanced two-day CLE program on life insurance company products, which has been specifically designed for insurance industry professionals who nee...

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Bridge-the-Gap: Basic Skills for Newly Admitted Illinois Attorneys 2013

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Mark Your Calendar.  More Information to Come!

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Open Source and Free Software 2013: Benefits, Risks and Challenges

New York, New York, USA

This program will address the critical issues that IP, technology and business lawyers need to consider when handling open source software in today’s economy. Armed with this information, you will be better able to help your clients make intelligent choices and decisions about how to take advantage of the benefits and manage the risks presented by open source software. What is open source software...

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Securities Filings 2013: Practical Guidance in a Changing Environment

Chicago, Illinois, USA

This popular program will analyze in detail the principal forms used for filings with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), with particular emphasis on the mechanics of and timing for assembling particular filings. Each segment of the program will incorporate practical drafting and disclosure tips. Ethics credit and r...

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Communications Law in the Digital Age 2013

New York, New York, USA

The increasingly digital media environment continues to create new challenges for communications lawyers, and this program, long recognized as the most comprehensive in its field, will highlight the hottest issues and case law facing the industry today. Covering a wide array of topical issues in media, digital communications, First Amendment, intellectual property, and privacy law, this program br...

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Employment Law Conference

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Our most comprehensive two-day advanced-level conference addressing developments affecting the most critical employment policies and practices of business and government. Topics include: EEO update; wage and hour; Independent Contractor Misclassification; NLRA decisions and developments; information security, privacy, and social media policies; ethics issues; ADA update; FMLA; and labor law develo...

NELI

The New Pro Bono Standards: Update on the 2013 Model Rule Revisions

San Francisco, California, USA

The American Bar Association has just released updated Standards for Pro Bono Legal Services Programs.  Join this program to learn about what the Standards provide, and how you might use them to improve or build on your program. Overview of the Pro Bono Standards The nature and purpose of the Standards Development of the Standards How the Standards are used Updates to the Standards Signi...

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Tax Exempt Organizations: An Advanced Course

Arlington, Virginia, USA

In view of the recent IRS scandal and anticipated tax-driven initiatives dominating 2013 headlines, tax practitioners are more in need than ever for practical solutions to offer to their tax-exempt organization clients.



Back by popular demand, Tax Exempt Organizations brings together the nation’s leading and most respected practitioners, to provide you with all the tools you need t...

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Hot Topics in Consumer Class Actions

Marina del Rey, California, USA

This seminar addresses the newest developments and hot topics in consumer class action practice. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn about the most recent developments in class action litigation (including recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions), as well as practical tips in prosecuting and defending class actions.

The seminar will be presented in a unique format, with at least one spe...

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Internet and E-Mail Evidence: Admissibility Issues

, USA

Today’s litigators face novel evidentiary challenges when offering evidence that was discovered on the Internet, in electronic mail or text messaging, or on social networking sites. This practical webcast, featuring Gregory P. Joseph & Judge Paul W. Grimm, explains how to authenticate and satisfy hearsay concerns for a variety of internet and email-based evidence, including social media, search en...

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Negotiating Commercial Leases 2013

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Leases are the building blocks of value for all real estate, and whether your client is entering into a lease, acquiring a leasehold, purchasing a Ground Lease or constructing on, investing in or lending on properties, knowing the “Commercial Lease,” current commercial leasing market trends, hot topics and current schemes is the most important investment they can make. Leases are long-term investm...

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Advanced Compliance and Ethics Workshop 2013

San Francisco, California, USA

Legal drivers for corporate compliance and ethics programs continue to grow in complexity and importance. Compliance programs are now widely expected by enforcement personnel and key stakeholders, and good practices continue to evolve. In addition, the costs of non-compliance have never been greater. Enforcement risks increase as governments work together more than ever before, and harsh penalties...

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Think Like a Lawyer, Talk Like a Geek 2013: Get Fluent in Technology

New York, New York, USA

Legal issues arising from technology have become a routine part of many lawyers’ daily practices. Technology issues arise in clients’ daily contracts, business negotiations and litigation. Lawyers, who often have no technical training, are required by court rules to report on their client’s technology infrastructure so that a judge may address electronic discovery issues. The proliferation of tech...

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Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings 2013

Chicago, Illinois, USA

This three-day program will focus on the tax issues presented by the entire spectrum of modern major corporate transactions, from relatively simple single-buyer acquisitions of a division or subsidiary to multi-party joint ventures, cross-border mergers, and complex acquisitions of public companies with domestic and foreign operations, including spin-offs and other dispositions of unwanted operati...

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Hedge Fund and Private Equity Enforcement & Regulatory Developments 2013

New York, New York, USA

The government’s continued crackdown on insider trading has focused on hedge funds, their consultants and those who analyze and trade for them. Regulators and enforcement officials have now turned their sights to conflicts of interest, valuation, cross-trades, expense and trade allocation, and fee practices. Following new registration requirements under Dodd-Frank, private equity firms are under e...

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Asset Protection for the Middle Class: Using Income Only Trusts for True Asset Protection

, USA

Income only trusts should be in the arsenal of every estate planning attorney, asset protection attorney, and elder law attorney, regardless of the client’s level of wealth.



Join esteemed elder law attorneys Evan H. Farr and Richard Hughes for this 90-minute CLE program on modern asset protection using the income only trust, which will focus on why and how the income only trust wor...

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Partition Litigation

Santa Monica, California, USA

Partition cases are not frequent in individual practices, but they do occur often enough that a general familiarity with the genre is important. Attorneys with a general litigation mindset tend to be unfamiliar with the nuances of partition disputes. Partition cases should almost never go to trial and almost always should be resolved through the unique method of summary adjudication applicable to ...

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Labor and Employment Law

Santa Monica, Colorado, USA

Labor and Employment law issues continue to be some of the thorniest areas of the law for lawyers, employers, and human resource professionals in all sectors of the California economy. New legislation, court decisions and government agency regulations, at both the State and Federal levels, continue to affect the employment relationship.

Employers, their human resource personnel, and lawyers...

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Family Responsibility Discrimination: The Latest Form of Workplace Liability

, USA

There was a near 400% increase in Family Responsibilities Discrimination (FRD) cases this decade compared to the last, and some employers have paid millions in verdicts and settlements. Also known as “caregiver discrimination,” FRD arises when an employee or applicant is penalized because of real or perceived obligations to provide care for a family member. Although FRD claims have historically be...

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Trial by Jury 2013

New York, New York, USA

You won’t want to miss this popular program, where the masters of the bar and the bench come together to share their valuable and useful insights on jury trials. We have assembled the most experienced and respected state and federal judges, as well as many distinguished litigators, to discuss their experience of what constitutes stellar advocacy when trying jury cases. There is no better way to le...

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Employment Law Conference

Arlington, Virginia, USA

Our most comprehensive two-day advanced-level conference addressing developments affecting the most critical employment policies and practices of business and government. Topics include: EEO update; wage and hour; Independent Contractor Misclassification; NLRA decisions and developments; information security, privacy, and social media policies; ethics issues; ADA update; FMLA; and labor law develo...

NELI

Commercial Real Estate Institute (15th Annual)

New York, New York, USA

Commercial real estate fundamentals (rents, vacancy rates and development activity), although slow, are visibly recovering with REITs outperforming other asset classes. Practitioners with a broad skill set will find it easier to achieve and maintain a viable real estate practice in this environment, given the general economy’s downward pressures on tenant retention, rental growth, development reve...

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Annual Disclosure Documents 2013

New York, New York, USA

Stay current on disclosure requirements and developments affecting annual disclosure documents, proxy soliciting materials, and ongoing disclosure practices of SEC reporting companies, as well as financial reporting developments, ethical compliance challenges facing lawyers, and more. Hear from the SEC staff and our faculty who will focus on current “hot issues,” best practices and practical point...

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PLI's California MCLE Marathon 2013: Current Developments in Legal Ethics - Substance Abuse - Elimination of Bias in the Profession

San Francisco, California, USA

Satisfy all of California’s MCLE special requirements at this fast-paced and up-to-the-minute program.  If your last name begins with a letter from N through Z, your MCLE compliance deadline of February 1, 2014 is fast approaching.The MCLE Marathon, taught by a faculty of outstanding California lawyers and other professionals who are recognized leaders in their field, will conveniently provid...

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Advanced Venture Capital 2013

San Francisco, California, USA

At this program, our expert faculty of lawyers, venture capitalists and business executives will analyze the legal and business issues relevant to  navigating today’s evolving venture capital world. Geared toward the experienced venture capital practitioner who knows the basics of venture capital and is seeking an in-depth analysis of current market conditions and the changing legal environme...

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12th Annual CLE Bootcamp

Seattle, Washington, USA

Get your CLE Credits!

Our 12th Annual CLE Bootcamp is a quick way to get a lot of CLE Credits.

We have assembled the best faculty members from our top conferences to present this CLE update. You will enjoy the format – one hour each of major sections of Law – and you will appreciate the well-rounded set-up that keeps you up-to-date on important legal elements and changes in the law.<...

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Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations & Restructurings 2013

Los Angeles, California, USA

This three-day program will focus on the tax issues presented by the entire spectrum of modern major corporate transactions, from relatively simple single-buyer acquisitions of a division or subsidiary to multi-party joint ventures, cross-border mergers, and complex acquisitions of public companies with domestic and foreign operations, including spin-offs and other dispositions of unwanted operati...

Practising Law Institute

Bridge-the-Gap II: Ethics and Skills for Newly Admitted New York Attorneys 2013

New York, New York, USA

Attorneys admitted to the New York State Bar after 1997 are required to complete 16 hours of approved continuing legal education courses per year during the first two years of admission, including three credit hours of approved continuing legal education in ethics/professionalism, six credit hours in skills, and seven credit hours in professional practice and/or law practice management.By attendin...

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Employment Law Conference

San Francisco, California, USA

Our most comprehensive two-day advanced-level conference addressing developments affecting the most critical employment policies and practices of business and government. Topics include: EEO update; wage and hour; Independent Contractor Misclassification; NLRA decisions and developments; information security, privacy, and social media policies; ethics issues; ADA update; FMLA; and labor law develo...

NELI

Annual Disclosure Documents 2013

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Stay current on disclosure requirements and developments affecting annual disclosure documents, proxy soliciting materials, and ongoing disclosure practices of SEC reporting companies, as well as financial reporting developments, ethical compliance challenges facing lawyers, and more. Hear from the SEC staff and our faculty who will focus on current “hot issues,” best practices and practical point...

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Telecommunications Policy & Regulation Institute (31st Annual)

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

The leading conference on telecommunications and broadband law and regulation is back again this December in Washington, D.C. This premier program provides attendees with up-to-the-minute information regarding the current legal challenges facing the telecommunications industry today - at the FCC, Congress, and within the Executive and Judicial branches.Featuring an impressive faculty of leadi...

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New Developments in Securitization 2013

New York, New York, USA

As the securitization world continues to emerge from the financial crisis, it faces a continuing flow of new regulation and, in some cases, uncertainty. Some asset-backed securities (ABS) and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) markets are experiencing robust activity, with issuance volumes steadily rising.  Other markets are slower to reemerge.  The regulatory landscape continues to be unc...

Practising Law Institute

10th Annual Construction Defects: Update and Strategies

Seattle, Washington, USA

Most construction cases have numerous moving parts. Those parts don’t always move in harmony, but they typically are moving at the same time. Whether they converge at mediation, arbitration or trial, anyone involved benefits from a good understanding of the other participants’ perspectives. This seminar pulls the curtain and allows attendees to see a construction claim from numerous perspectives: ...

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