Mining for Legal Nuggets
Seminar Information
Seminar Date:
October 22, 2004
Seminar Location:
Atlanta Bar Association Headquarters
Atlanta, GA
Chairperson:
Lynn M. Robertson
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Tuesday November 30, 1999
Ethics: Begin with a Rock Solid Foundation
Avoiding malpractice claims requires more than merely following the law and exercising the appropriate standard of care. This one-hour program teaches the importance of keeping a client from even contemplating such a claim, let alone threatening one or filing one.
Discovery: Extracting the Good Stuff
Explore the purpose, scope, methods, sequence and timing of discovery in this one-hour trial program geared to Georgia lawyers. Materials include numerous case cites and references to the Georgia Code and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Opening Statements: Drilling the Shaft
Learn how to effectively communicate the theory of your case to the jury in this one-hour trial program which includes a demonstration of a real-world opening.
Pre-Trial Motions: Sucessful Blasting
This one-hour trial program introduces ideas and recommendations on how pre-trial motions, including discovery and dispositive motions, can be integrated into a civil case in order to win the case or increase the chances of successful outcome at trial or settlement.
Professionalism: Being a Real Gem
Using the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct and other U. S. authorities, this one-hour hypothetical-based program examines an attorney?s professional duty and obligation to clients and opposing clients and contrasts ethical requirements with the higher calling of professionalism.
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Georgia Bar
Total General Hours: 5.00
Including Ethics: 1.00
Including Professionalism: 1.00
Including Trial: 3.00
GA Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism
Including Professionalism: 1.00