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- Administering the Insolvent Decendent’s Estate, Survival
Guide to
- Covering the unpleasant situation of administering the insolvent
decedents’ estate, these materials will focus on specific problems
and procedures in MD, VA, and DC.
Member Cost $50
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Administration of Decedents’ Estates in the District of
Columbia
- Course materials from this CLE class are detailed and practical.
This course book includes information about forms of probate, the
duties and powers of the personal representative, closing the estate,
renunciations and disclaimers, tax considerations, and other probate
administrative proceedings. The materials also include information
on changes in the law resulting from the enactment of the Omnibus
Trusts and Estates Amendment Act of 2000. Appendices include important
forms and orders
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- Administrative Law Practice, Fundamentals of
- Volume 1: The Informal Rulemaking Process–This
volume includes an outline, which uses references to the Department
of Transportation as examples, and provides an excellent overview
of the informal rulemaking process. Includes relevant Agency Policy
Statements, Executive Orders and a bibliography of sources. A copy
of the slide presentation from the class is also included to provide
an overview.
Volume 2: Judicial Review of Agency Decision-Making
- This volume summarizes relevant statutes and case law on issues
from jurisdiction and standing, to timing, scope of review and remedies.
Member Cost: $70/set, $50/volume
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- Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine, Practical
Guide to
- These materials will explore perhaps the most important
legal doctrine with which any lawyer must be familiar -- the attorney-client
privilege. Lawyers face privilege issues nearly every time they communicate,
and this set of materials will focus on the types of communications
in which lawyers are most likely to engage. The program materials
will cover privileged communications (both the client and the lawyer
sides), the content of the communication (including combined business/legal
communications), the context of the communication and waiver (including
the sharing of privileged communications outside the company, inside
the company beyond those with a "need to know," and the
dangerous possibilities of an implied waiver). The program materials
will also cover the very different but related work product doctrine,
including the "temporal" and "motivational" elements
of the doctrine, how work product protection might be overcome by
a client’s adversary, and waiver (including sharing work product
with the government and outside auditors).
Member Cost: $60
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- Basic Estate Planning Series
- The course materials (three parts) from this series focus on estate
planning in the District of Columbia. The first volume covers estate
planning considerations for a single person or couple with an estate
valued at less than the unified credit equivalent amount (presently
$1 million). It contains information about will drafting and includes
a sample will, sample trust agreement, and sample power-of-attorney
documents. Estate planning issues of concern to married couples with
a combined taxable estate ranging between $2 million and $5 million
are addressed in volume two. A sample will and samples of a preresiduary
outright marital bequest and residuary bypass trust are included. The
third volume contains materials that relate to estate planning for a
senior surviving spouse with surviving children and grandchildren, and
includes sample forms such as a sample will, "Crummey" provisions,
qualified personal residence trust, charitable remainder unitrust, and
premarital agreement.
Member Cost: $120/set, $50/volume
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- Commericial Leases for Lawyers 101
- Materials focus on the legal aspects of a leasehold. Fundamental
issues involved in drafting commercial leases, including letters of
intent, description of premises, rent, net leases, term, renewal/extension,
guaranties, assignment/subleasing, security deposits, opertating expenses/taxes,
events in default, and remedies are all covered in these materials.
Sample lease provisions and drafting techniques are included.
Member Cost: $60
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- Commercial Leasing, Ins and Outs of
- Volume I: Deals with letters of intent and includes
sample form letters of intent, outlines on security deposits, operating
expenses, assignment and subletting including sample lease clauses and
sample form consent to sublease, default, and bankruptcy.
Volume II: Includes outlines on roof rights and telecommunications
with sample lease language, real estate lawyer’s glossary of common
telecommunications terms, outline of building safety and continuity
of operation issues; outline on subordination / nondisturbance agreements/estoppel
certificates, and sample commencement date/premises/work agreement.
Member Cost: $70/set (No Audio Currently Available)
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- D.C. Workers’ Compensation Manual
- This popular publication provides a practical guide to the
handling of private sector workers’ compensation cases for both
claimants’ and defense lawyers, and addresses both the statutory
and common law aspects of this type of practice.
Member Cost: $90 (No Audio Currently Available)
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- Death and Disaster: Business Continuity Planning
- These materials are for solo practitioners who are required
to develop a business continuity plan under the February 1, 2007 revisions
to the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct.
Member Cost: $50
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- Essential Trial Skills Series
- This series provides a great introduction and overview of the trial
skills that a lawyer must have in the courtroom. From jury selection
and opening statements, through witness preparation, direct examination,
cross-examination and closing arguments, this class will help you learn
the skills needed to be effective in court. The series includes lectures,
discussions and demonstrations emphasizing the rules, practices and
procedures in the local and federal courts in the Washington metro area.
Both civil and criminal trial considerations will be discussed.
Part I: Jury Selection
This session will examine the process and procedures of jury
selection, including learning the composition of the jury pool, preemptory
strikes and using jury selection services.
Part II: Opening Statements and Closing Arguments
Start out right and finish strong at your next trial. This
session will look at opening and closing arguments from several key
perspectives, including preparation, presentation and objections,
as well as legal and ethical considerations.
Part III: Witness Preparation and Direct Examination
Well-prepared witnesses and persuasive direct examinations
(or the lack of them) can make or break your case at trial. Program
materials cover the vital task of preparing your witnesses to testify
credibly at trial. It also will examine techniques and strategies for
effective direct examination, maximizing your witness’ potential,
and minimizing his or her weaknesses. Legal ethics issues in the context
of witness preparation and direct examination are discussed throughout
the volume.
Part IV: Cross-Examination
These course materials highlight how to use cross-examination
to tell your story, to control the witness and to impeach the witness.
This volume will offer something for those who haven’t yet cross-examined
a witness, as well as for those who have a modest level of trial experience.
It will delve into the objectives, strategies, tactics, mechanics and
legal principles governing effective cross-examination. Ethical concerns
for cross examination are included in this outline.
Member Cost: $100/set, $50/volume
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- Estate Planning for Artists, Authors and Collectors
- Materials cover disposition of intellectual property, will disputes,
and tax considerations. Sample provisions for specialized wills are
included.
Member Cost: $50
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- Ethics and Lawyer Trust Accounts
- Includes disciplinary rules applicable to client trust accounts, relevant
case law, and background information on managing and maintaining trust
accounts in the District of Columbia.
Member Cost: $50
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- Ethics and Professional Conduct for Government Attorneys:
Complying with Dual Sets of Rules
- The government attorney must comply with the same ethics rules
as their private practitioner counterparts, but also must deal with
added ethical rules and considerations that apply only to those in government
service. These materials review the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct,
ABA Model Rules and examine any government ethics rules that affect
these obligations.
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- Ethics Issues in Estate Planning, Practical
- Materials will highlight trouble spots raised by the ABA’s
Model Rules of Professional Conduct and the ethics rules and disciplinary
procedures of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
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- Ethics of Email
- Materials contain hypothetical scenarios to explore unique
issues involving the use of electronic communications and documents
by lawyers.
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- Export Controls, Introduction to
- The course book from this introductory level class
provides an excellent overview of U.S. Export Controls, including key
requirements and substantive issues, administrative procedures and timing
issues, a look at special industry sector controls, U.S. sanctions regulations,
and penalties and enforcement. Relevant resource materials are included.
Member Cost: $50
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- Forming a Business Entity in the D.C. Metro Area, Basics of
- These materials cover organizational considerations, distinctions
between entities, forms of corporate business entities (including statutory
close corporations, C and S corporations and professional corporations),
forms of noncorporate entities (including sole proprietorships, general
and limited partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability
partnerships, and business trusts) and the role that ethical considerations
play in counseling entities and information on professional practice
through entities. Also, focusing on the techniques and related issues
when drafting an Entity Agreement for Business Organizations in the
District of Columbia. This volume covers organization considerations
that affect the entity agreement, drafting considerations for the entity
agreements and basic drafting considerations, which include principles
for interpreting contracts. Selected tax considerations, as well as
choosing between corporate versus noncorporate entities and the impact
of relevant tax provisions are included. The noncorporate entity agreement
and the tax classification (Federal and State) of limited liability
companies is also reviewed.
Member Cost: $75
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- Franchises and Franchise Law, Introduction to
- These materials will focus on the regulatory aspects of the franchisor-franchisee
relationship, the Federal Trade commission (FTC) franchise rule, selected
state franchising regulatory acts including area jurisdictions, drafting
the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular (UFOC), pending legislation,
and recent case law.
Member Cost: $50
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- Intellectual Property Law, Developments: Year in Review
- This annual year-end survey of developments in copyright, patent,
trademark, and Internet law includes a summary of case law, discussions
of relevant legislative, regulatory developments, and other recent developments
in intellectual property.
Member Cost: $40 (No Audio Currently Available)
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- Focuses on the legal fundamentals of business transactions that involve
parties located in different countries.
Member Cost: $75
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- Interpreting and Drafting Contracts, Introduction to
- Provides a review of the basic principles of contract law and contract
drafting principles/techniques. Sample franchise agreement included.
Member Cost: $50
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- Key Antitrust and Tax Issues in Health Care Law
- Features outline of federal antitrust law and concepts
applicable to the health care industry, including anti-trust policy,
applicable statutes, enforcement of penalties. Also provides an overview
of tax exemption issues and more.
Member Cost: $50
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- Lawyer’s Guide to Statutory Interpretation and Statute Drafting
- Materials cover the fundamentals of dealing with statutes, statute
drafting, and statutory interpretation.
Member Cost: $50
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- Nonprofit Law in the District of Columbia, Primer on
- This publication is designed for lawyers (and non-lawyers) who serve
as nonprofit board members and need a good overview of the legal issues
of nonprofit organizations. The two volumes from this CLE course bring
together all the relevant information and forms relating to nonprofit
corporation law in the District of Columbia. Covering basic D.C. nonprofit
corporation law including: the duties and responsibilities of board
of directors, how to obtain and maintain tax exempt status, and how
to comply with fundraising regulations. This volume also contains useful
sample documents to include: articles of incorporation and bylaws for
nonprofits in the District of Columbia; corporate and tax compliance
information for exempt organizations; and an outline on the duties and
responsibilities of nonprofit trustees. Includes a CD-ROM with a complete
compilation of the federal tax forms and instructions applicable to
nonprofit corporations.
Member Cost: $120 (No Audio Currently Available)
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- Patent Infringement Case, How to Litigate a
- Provides a practical introduction to patent infringement case litigation
from pre-trial through to appeal.
Member Cost: $40 (No Audio Currently Available)
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- Patents and Licenses for Pharmaceuticals and Biotech Products:
The New Life Sciences Frontier, Fundamentals of Course materials
will provide an orientation to legal requirements, as well as practical
guidance, for lawyers representing clients involved with patents and
licensing of pharmaceutical and biotechnological products. Faculty experts
will introduce the patent process to help you understand the challenges
faced by companies in complying with patent requirements. Beginning
with a brief overview of the patent procurement process, faculty will
illustrate patent requirements with specific examples in the pharmaceutical
and biotechnology arena. practical problems and challenges faced in
the patent process will be highlighted. Patent issues that relate to
the Food and Drug Administration drug approval process. You also will
learn why generic drug manufacturers are commonly sued for patent infringement
before they have sold a product. You will receive guidance on the basics
of licensing patented drugs and biomedical or biotech products. This
class is the ideal introduction to patents and licensing issues for
any health law or business attorney.
Member Cost: $50
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- Planning Ahead for Incapacity
- Covers revocable trusts, living wills, and durable powers of attorney
with focus on D.C. laws and procedures. Includes sample forms.
Member Cost: $50
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- Practice in the D.C. Court of Appeals, Fundamentals of
- Course materials from this informative course include a comprehensive
overview of practice (with practice tips) in the D.C. Court of Appeals.
In addition, the publication covers: jurisdiction, stays, release in
criminal cases, notice of appeal or petition for review, record preparation,
motions practice, briefing, oral argument, judgments, opinions and fees
and costs. Plus a citation guidance memo, order on special procedures
for appeals involving e-filed documents, and memoranda to appointed
counsel are also included.
Member Cost: $50 (No Audio Currently Available)
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- Preserving Intellectual Property Rights in Government Contracts:
A Beginner’s Guide
- This two-volume set has everything from copyrights to software, trade
secrets and patents, intellectual property rights increasingly are affected
by government contrats. Designed with the needs of both the IP and government
contract practitioner in mind, this introductory course will provide
you with the information you need to perserve and protect your client’s
IP interests in the government contract setting. Faculty will cover
many aspects of IP rights to include an overview of the types of intellectual
property that may be affected by a government contract; important government
contract concepts that IP practitioners need to understand; strategies
for preserving intellectual property right sin the government contract
context; an overview of state IP procurement practices; remedies that
are available against the government in cases of misuse; and much more.
Member Cost: $70
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- Pre-Trial Skills Series
- Covers the basics and gives practical tips on the following important
pretrial skills: Part I: Taking and Defending Depositions; Part II:
Discovery Issues; Part III: Substantive and Procedural Motions. Three-volume
set.
Member Cost: $100/set, $40/volume
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- Protect and Enforce Trademark Rights: A Primer, How to
- Materials provide an overview of types of trademarks, their
use, and the basis of a claim of ownership.
Member Cost: $50
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- Real Estate Cases, Issues You Need to Consider in Litigating and
Trying
- Materials will cover topics that include those posed by cases involving
competing claims of title, specific performance, adverse possession,
rights of refusal, boundary disputes, easements, restrictive covenants,
and other factually intricate real property lawsuits. Legal research,
client remedies/objectives, and ethical considerations are also addressed.
Member Cost: $50
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Represent Your Client Effectively in Security Clearance Cases, How
to - Materials will provide basic background and training on security
clearance cases and how to defend security clearance denials and revocations
throughout the federal system to include representation of both employees
and contractors. Member Cost: $50 (No Audio Currently Available)
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- Rules of Evidence, Mastering the
- Provides an in-depth trial guide to evidentiary foundations in D.C.,
includes discussion of relevant law, rules and statutes, and more.
Member Cost: $50
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- Software Patent Primer: Acquisition, Exploitation, Enforcement
and Defense
- This two-volume set focuses on software, Internet, and business method
technologies and addresses the various acquisition phases, providing
examples of exploitation matters. Enforcement rights and other available
remedies are discusses in detail, including developing the theory of
the case to implementation of its defense.
- Member Cost: $70
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- Start and Build Your Own Law Practice in the District of Columbia,
How to
- This course book provides important, practical information on setting
up a solo practice. It includes information about marketing a solo practice
and managing your practice effectively. The materials also focus on
important ethics issues for solo practitioners including handling of
client funds, IOLTA accounts, trust accounts, written fee agreements,
office sharing and ethical considerations of moving from one law firm
to another.
Member Cost: $60
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- Tax Exempt Status, How to Apply for
- These materials will teach you how to complete an IRS form 1023 successfully.
An expert panel of lawyers and accountants, in these materials, show
you the contents of the form, question by question, highlighting the
differences in the form and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) standards
for consideration of qualification for tax-exempt status. Materials
provide strategies in responding to further questions the IRS may ask
in its review of your organization’s application.
Member Cost: $50 (No Audio Currently Available)
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