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Bar News - January 6, 2006 2006 NHBA Midyear Meeting Schedule
7:30 a.m. – Past President’s Breakfast 7:45 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. – Midyear Meeting Registration Desk & Exhibit Area Open 8:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. The Future of the Legal Profession in New Hampshire 2.5 NHMCLE Credit Hours New Hampshire practitioners must adopt new ways of serving clients to remain economically viable. Changes in technology, business and culture are having an enormous impact on the legal marketplace. Top experts will identify these changes and the challenges and the opportunities they present. Featured are Charles F. Robinson, attorney and lecturer on the future of the legal profession, AND Dennis Delay, a NH-based economist. 11:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. – Midyear Meeting Luncheon and Business Meeting (ticket required) Guest speaker: Michael S. Greco, ABA President Presentation of Awards NHBA President’s Service to the Public Award Vickie Bunnell Award for Community Service L Jonathan Ross Award for Outstanding Commitment to Legal Services for the Poor Outstanding Pro Bono Service in Each County Award 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break Out Session #1 (ticket required) Choose 1 of the following: Top Ten Practice Tips in a Transactional Law Practice 1.0 NHMCLE Hours In one hour, you’ll hear dozens of best practice tips in the areas of estate planning, real estate law, business transactions, corporate and business law. Presented by Alan Reische, Bob Wells and John Ryan, all members of the CLE Committee. The High Tech Crystal Ball 1.0 NHMCLE Hours Who can resist this brisk, entertaining and ultra-informative presentation honed to fact-packed perfection and constantly updated by seasoned presenters Dan Coolidge and Bruce Dorner? Find out about the latest in high-tech tools, software and just plain gadgets. How To Make Your Law Firm an Extraordinary Place To Work Co-sponsored by the GSALA 1.0 NHMCLE Hours Experienced legal administrators will share their thoughts on practices and activities that help to create and sustain a work environment of respect, fairness, pride and camaraderie Faculty David A. Goodwin, GSALA President, Boynton, Waldron, Doleac, Woodman & Scott, PA, Portsmouth Joanne Piper Lang, GSALA Vice President, Nelson, Kinder, Mosseau & Saturley, PC, Manchester Richard Strawbridge, Wiggin & Nourie, PA, Manchester Robin B. Sotiriou, GSALA Secretary, Concord 10 Traps That Lead to PCC Issues 1.0 NHMCLE Hours Here are the top ten things you can do to avoid malpractice and ethical complaints from the people who know more about these subjects than most. This program, moderated by Russ Hilliard, Chair of the CLE Committee, will feature Landya McCafferty, Disciplinary Counsel for the NH Supreme Court Attorney Discipline Office, Chris Keating, Executive Director of NH Public Defender, and David Garfunkel, Managing Director of the law firm of Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell. The Client of Tomorrow with NH’s Own Law Practice Management Expert Arthur Greene 1.0 NHMCLE Hours What will the client of the future expect of his or her lawyers? How will the nature of the services that lawyers provide change? Will “soup to nuts” representation still be the way of life? 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Break Out Session #2 (ticket required) Choose 1 of the following: The High Tech Crystal Ball (see description above) The Client of Tomorrow with NH’s Own Law Practice Management Expert Arthur Greene (see description above) Top Ten Practice Tips for Litigators 1.0 NHMCLE Hours This one-hour program offers best practice tips to assist lawyers practicing in the areas of family law, civil litigation, etc. CLE Committee Members Marilyn McNamara and Jack Crisp will focus on good practices learned from experience, pitfalls to avoid, finding solutions rather than cutting throats, and good client relations. ADR - The Lawyer as Problem Solver 1.0 NHMCLE Hours Learn from the experts on effective ways of using mediation and how not to mess it up. This program features Russ Hilliard, Chair of the CLE Committee, Melinda Gehris, ADR Section Chair, and Peter Wolfe, Clerk, Sullivan County Superior Court. Casemaker Training - The NHBA’s FREE Legal Research Software (ticket required) 1.0 NHMCLE Hours A guide to the NH Bar’s Casemaker online research library. Try it, you’ll like it! 3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. – Like a shopper in a mall, you can travel from booth to booth, gather white papers in those areas of law in which you practice, and ask questions. This event also gives you the opportunity to explore areas of the law that you might not be familiar with, and talk with section members and find out more about the activities and initiatives of the Bar’s active committees. You’ll see first-hand why section membership can be a good value for you. We’ll also mix some fun and entertainment into your “shopping” trip. It will be an experience like none you’ve had before at our meetings. 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. – New Hampshire Bar Foundation Fellows and Donors Reception The 2006 Honorary Fellow, Charles A. DeGrandpre, will be honored. (See article on page17.) Day 2 - Friday, February 17, 2005 7:30 a.m. – Gender Equality Breakfast (pre-registration required) Speaker: Marital Master Stephanie T. Nute; presentation of Philip Hollman Gender Equality Award 7:45 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. – Midyear Meeting Registration Desk & Exhibit Area Open 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The Seven Habits (and One Rule) of Sucessful Lawyers - From Womb to Tomb with Jay Foonberg, author of 5.0 NHMCLE hours Clients and potential clients are empowered and educated by the Internet, CNN and cell phones. They can and do make choices concerning legal help and lawyers that they believe will satisfy their needs. Learn what your clients and potential clients really want. Foonberg, a practicing attorney and accountant, is a best-selling author. His books, How to Start and Build a Law Practice and How to Get & Keep Good Clients are ABA best sellers. Foonberg brags: How to Start and Build a Law Practice is the most stolen book from law libraries in the United States. Foonberg is the recipient of the prestigious Harrison Tweed Award given by the ABA-PLI Consortium on Legal Education as the most outstanding post-law school Continuing Legal Educator in the United States. Foonberg will address your specific questions so that you can get help with the pressing issues in your practice or professional life. Meeting concludes with the end of the Foonberg CLE at 4:00 p.m. Jay Foonberg |
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