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9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Alphabet Soup: (Some) letters lawyers should know about in employment law (CLE 313) This session covers generally the ADA, Title VII, ADEA, FMLA, OWBPA, GINA, and more. Speaker: Sara A. Austin, PBA President, Austin Law Firm LLC CLE Program: 1.0 substantive credit hour 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Fine-tuning Your New Practice — Improve Efficiency and Operational Oversight (CLE 314) A successful firm must have procedures and tools that support client service, financial well-being, effective internal and external communications, retention of good employees, and make you want to go to work each day. Find out what your firm can tweak to improve. Speaker: Ellen Freedman, PBA Law Practice Management Coordinator CLE Program: 1.0 ethics credit hour 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. On the Trail of the Craigslist Killer: A Case Study in Digital Forensics (CLE 315) The hunt for the Craigslist killer involved many kinds of digital evidence — without it, Philip Markoff might never have been caught. As a crime story, the elements of the investigation are compelling — murder, robbery, masseuses, bondage, kidnapping, gambling, suicide and a suspect who was a medical student engaged to a nice young woman — and a great deal of blood. The digital evidence included video images, disposable cell phones, text messages, emails, cell phone towers, IP address tracing, digitized fingerprints, possible wireless network poaching and Facebook postings. On the framework of this astonishing tale, our experts will flesh out the digital forensics aspects of the case as well as focus on the privacy implications for all of us — innocent OR guilty. Speakers: Sharon Nelson and John Simek, Co-Founders, Sensei Enterprises, Inc. CLE Program: 1.0 substantive credit hour 10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Take Two Tablets and Go to Court in the Morning — A Guide to using your iPad in Court (CLE 316) Make your iPad a valuable trial assistant. Learn some of the many uses you can make of the iPad in court, apps that you can get to make the iPad more useful in court, and why you don’t want to go to court without one. Speaker: Jeffrey M. Allen, Graves & Allen CLE Program: 1.0 substantive credit hour 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Lights, Camera, Verdict! (CLE 317) This session promises an easy-going discussion that presents a unique view of how to prepare and try cases ... and you get to watch movie clips, too! Your trial is your show and your “production,” so you want your audience to become engaged in your story, follow your case, and anticipate the conclusion, which is “Your Verdict.” Speakers: Hon. Deborah E. Curcillo, Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas Joseph A. Curcillo III, Curcillo Law LLC CLE Program: 1.0 substantive credit hour 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Casemaker II — Advanced Training (CLE 318) The training continues with the free legal research tool offered to all PBA members. This session will teach you how to get the most out of the program. Speaker: Rebecca Skeeles, Casemaker CLE Program: 1.0 substantive credit hour 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. E-Discovery and Website Evidence (CLE 319) An attorney and a data preservation expert join together to show you the kinds of evidence you can find online and to discuss the various options available for preservation. They will explore some of the myriad types of useful evidence available, such as Google Street View, social media, blogs and websites in general. In addition, they will examine the tricky issues that arise when seeking to authenticate this kind of data for use in litigation. Speakers: Jennifer Ellis, Lowenthal & Abrams PC Jeffrey Eschbach, Page Vault CLE Program: 1.0 substantive credit hour process while complying with ethics rules. Speaker: Ellen Freedman, PBA Law Practice Management Coordinator CLE Program: 1.0 ethics credit hour 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Break 2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. 60 Tips in 60 Minutes (CLE 322) Join Jeff Allen and Sara Austin in their reunion presentation for another fast-moving and highlyentertaining hour of technology and practice management tips for lawyers. The title says “60 tips,” but they won’t stop there! Speakers: Jeffrey M. Allen, Graves & Allen Sara A. Austin, PBA President, Austin Law Firm LLC CLE Program: 1.0 substantive credit hour 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Personal Injury: Traveling Through the Car Accident Case (CLE 320) Our experienced personal injury attorneys will walk you through the steps of handling a car accident case. If this is an area in which you would like to practice or simply don’t have much experience, this is the session for you. Speakers: Lisa M. Benzie, Navitsky Olson & Wisneski LLP Michael Landis, Lowenthal & Abrams PC CLE Program: 1.0 substantive credit hour 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Build Your Marketing Plan (CLE 321) Today’s marketing efforts require a laser focus and sometimes difficult decisions. Additionally, a watchful eye must remain focused on ethics rules that come into play. If your great ideas don’t translate into action, or you can’t focus your thoughts on specific strategies at all, this session is designed for you. By the end of the session you will have the beginning of your detailed marketing plan on paper and the knowledge to complete the *Speakers current at time of printing. ONE-ON-ONE CONSULTATIONS <strong>Conference</strong> attendees may reserve one-onone consultations with two experts during the event. Ellen Freedman, PBA’s Law Practice Management Coordinator, specializes in strategic planning, human resources, marketing and client development, financial management and profitability enhancement, compensation, technology and more, on the business side of the practice. Dr. Robin A. Altman, a boardcertified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist, who focuses on mental health evaluations for courts and other practitioners, will be available to discuss cases involving mental injuries and whether a forensic psychiatric evaluation is appropriate. <strong>Conference</strong> registrants may reserve one consultation with each when you check-in at the PBA registration desk on site; consultation reservations are on a first-come basis and are 15 minutes in length.
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