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Welcome to
www.calbar.ca.gov/lpmt
the website for the
Law Practice Management
and Technology Section
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 Join us for a
Webinar:
Microfinance and the Law - An Introduction
Wednesday, August 6,
2008
NOTE REVISED TIME: 12
Noon - 1 p.m. Pacific Time.
1 Hour Participatory MCLE Credit
Microfinance is a global anti-poverty
initiative that provides small loans to impoverished,
entrepreneurial individuals, who do not have the collateral
required by traditional lenders, allowing them to create and build
their own businesses. These small loans result in financial
independence and economic empowerment for the individual borrowers
and in economic stimulation for their communities. You are invited
to learn about:
- the nuts and bolts of microfinance;
- how and why lawyers get involved; and
- where microfinance is headed.
Faculty:
- Lucy
Reckseit, Director, Outreach and Alliance Development,
MicroCredit Enterprises
- April Rinne,
Director, Venture Development, Unitus Investment Group
- Kate Lauer,
Policy Advisory Consultant, Consultative Group To Assist the
Poorest (CGAP)
To register, see Microfinance and The Law - An
Introduction. Or, go to www.calbar.org/online-cle and select Tele-seminars and
Webinars for our full range of upcoming programs.
 81st Annual
Meeting
of the State Bar of California
September 25-28, 2008
Monterey
You can now REGISTER ONLINE for the Annual Meeting!
In 2008, the State Bar Annual Meeting returns
to exquisite Monterey, offering opportunities for fun for the whole
family. As always, the Annual Meeting will have a number of special
events, including the the State Bar dinner dance, special luncheon
speakers , the annual Fun Run/Power Walk and the art show. The
meeting will also offer a wide range of educational programs .
For more information, see State
Bar of California Annual Meeting. For access to all of your
options, including all four educational tracks (a new feature of
this year's meeting), programs listed by all sponsoring groups, and
programs listed by MCLE subfields and Legal Specialization credit,
see Plan Your Meeting Schedule.
The Section is presenting:
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29 |
Computer Forensics 101 for Lawyers
Delete does not really mean “delete”. Learn about
the hidden content in client communications and/or files that is
recoverable from your office computer hard drive. MCLE: 2.0
Hours
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| Program
54 |
Working
With Paralegals: Efficiency and Money Savings Tips
Paralegals are indispensable to lawyers. Learn what a paralegal
is trained to do and how their skills can help you in your law
practice. MCLE: 1.0 Hour
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| Program
63 |
Professional Responsibility & Risk Management
Issues
Explains ethics, professional responsibility, risk management,
and duty of care for all persons working in a law practice
environment. Learn how to anticipate issues, solve problems,
minimize risks and remain professionally responsible. MCLE: 1.0
Hour Legal Ethics
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| Program 109 |
A New
Approach to Law Firm Business Plans
Creating a law firm business plan is simpler than most attorneys
realize. Learn new and practical alternatives to traditional
business plan approaches. MCLE: 1.0 Hour
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| Program 177 |
Preserve, Find and Retrieve a Client’s
ESI
How to prepare a client to preserve, maintain, identify,
harvest, and “hand off ” electronically stored
information in a defensible manner. MCLE: 1.0 Hour
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| Program 182 |
Your Fee Agreement: What
Provisions Must and Should It Contain?
A good fee agreement complies with all applicable ethical rules,
promotes client relations, and helps to avoid fee disputes. Learn
which provisions a fee agreement must and should contain. MCLE: 1.0
Hour Legal Ethics
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| Program 192 |
Tough
Talk: How to Master Six Client Conversations That Make or Break a
Law Practice
Learn how to communicate with your client about disputed fees,
unfavorable case developments, and terminating the attorney-client
relationship. MCLE: 1.0 Hour Legal Ethics
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 ABA Books at a Discount
- Plus Special Reduction for All Section Members
Members of the State Bar can now recieve a 15%
discount on any ABA book (or books) and all Section members receive a 35% discount on
any ABA book (or books). This is a great benefit for
all Section members as the savings on even a single purchase could
be equal to or even exceed the cost of an annual Section
membership. For instance, the savings on a purchase of $200 would
be equivalent to $70. Here’s how the ABA discount program
works:
- All Section members are
eligible for a 35% discount. The Section Member Discount Code can be found
on a special "member-only" page accessible to all Section members.
Once you have the discount code simply visit the ABA web bookstore
at www.abanet.org/ababookstore, select any book (or books)
for purchase and during checkout, enter the special 35% discount
code. To access the 35% discount code,
click HERE. You will need to log into your State Bar
Profile to access the link.
- Non-Section members
can obtain a 15% discount. Visit the ABA web bookstore at www.abanet.org/ababookstore, and select any book (or
books) for purchase. During checkout, enter the special 15%
discount code PAB6ECABPW1 at
checkout.
There is a wide range of books available at the
ABA web bookstore including practice related books and law practice
management books focusing on finance, technology, management and
marketing.
There are even ABA books written by your State
Bar of California colleagues, from Jay
Foonberg (How to Start and Build
a Law Practice, 5th Edition) to Edward Poll (Attorney and Law Firm Guide to the Business of
Law, 2nd Edition and Collecting
Your Fee: Getting Paid From Intake to Invoice) to Carole Levitt (The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding on the
Internet, 3rd Edition).
Note:
Discount does not apply to ABA-CLE iPod products.)
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The Bottom Line on
CD-ROM. The Section is pleased offer 24 years of articles on
CD-ROM free to members! The Bottom Line is the official publication
of the State Bar of California Law Practice Management &
Technology Section.
The LPMT Exectuvie Committee has created a
CD-ROM containing a full-text searchable archive of articles from
all available issues of The Bottom Line as an added benefit
exclusively for members of the Section.
- Full-text archive of Bottom Line articles
- More than 100 issues from 1979-2002
- Browse Individual Issues by year
- Keyword search the entire archive
Current, active members of the Section received
a complimentary copy of this CD-ROM included in the envelope with
the August issue of The Bottom Line. For questions regarding the
use of the CD, e-mail lpmt-cd@netforlawyers.com.
For More
Information on Using Your New CD, Click Here
Free MCLE for Section Members.
Non-Members Pay Only $20/hour
Every issue of the Law Practice Management
& Technology Section newsletter, The Bottom
Line, contains an article and quiz that can be submitted for
one hour of MCLE credit. This credit is available free to LPMT
section members and is only $20 for non-members.
We now have available a large assortment of
online tests (pdf format), including in all of the MCLE subfields.
It's easy to get credit: Simply read the article, complete the
short quiz, and follow direction on the quiz to submit answers to
the Section.
We offer tests in the following areas:
Books
Authored by Current and Former LPMT Executive Committee Members
- Carole A. Levitt (former
Chair of the LPMT Section and current Advisor)
- The Cybersleuth's Guide to the
Internet: Conducting Effective Investigative & Legal Research
on the Web, 9th edition, IFL Press 2008. See
http://www.netforlawyers.com/prod01.htm.
- The Lawyer's Guide to Fact Finding
on the Internet, Third Edition by Carole A. Levitt and Mark Rosch has recently been published by the
American Bar Association. Written especially for legal
professionals, this newly revised and expanded 640-page edition is
a complete, hands-on guide to the best sites, secrets, and
shortcuts for conducting efficient research on the Web. The book
describes the difference between legal research and fact-finding,
demonstrates the distinction between the "visible" and "invisible"
Web, and illustrates how to find information on each. For more
information, contact Carole Levitt or go to www.internetfactfinder.com.
- Ed Poll (former Chair and current Advisor of
the LPMT Section) has written many books. For more information, see
http://store.lawbiz.com/books.php.
- Law Firm Fees & Compensation:
Value & Growth Dynamics: A LawBiz® Management
Special Report
- Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
Planning for Law Firms: A LawBiz® Management Special
Report
- The Successful Lawyer – Banker
Relationship: A LawBiz® Management Special
Report
- More Secrets of The Business of
Law®
- Business Competency for Lawyers: A
Lawbiz® Management Special Report
- Selling Your Law Practice: The
Profitable Exit Strategy
- Collecting Your Fee: Getting Paid
from Intake to Invoice
- Attorney & Law Firm Guide to The
Business of Law: Planning and Operating for Survival and Growth,
Second Edition
- Secrets of The Business of
Law®: Successful Practices for Increasing Your
Profits!
- The Profitable Law Office Handbook:
Attorney's Guide to Successful Business Planning
- Carol Langford (former Chair
and current Advisor of the LPMT Section) co-authored two books:
- Legal Ethics in the Practice of
Law
- The Moral Compass of the American
Lawyer: Truth, Justice, Power, and Greed
- Coming soon: Russell Jackman and Alex Lubarsky "Electronic Discovery".
PUBLIC AREA
SERVICES
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Recent Articles -- Selected recent articles from the Law
Practice Management & Technology Section's "The Bottom Line"
newsletter. Every member of the section receives a complimentary
copy of this newsletter. Non-members can earn one hour of MCLE
credit for only $20.00. This credit is free to Section
members.
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Education -- a calendar of Section events and information about
ongoing opportunities for MCLE, including online audio and video
and self-study by audiocassette.
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Section Executive Committee -- The full roster of the Section's
Executive Committee is available here.
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Section Membership Information
LPMT Section, 180 Howard
Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, 415-538-2520 , FAX
415-538-2368
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