4freeCLE: The Free CLE Newsletter! January 13, 2013

4freeCLE: The Free CLE Newsletter! January 13, 2013
In This Issue Webcast CLE On-Demand CLE In California In Florida In Illinois In Massachusetts In Minnesota In New York In Ohio In Pennsylvania In Tennessee In Wisconsin Past Issues The Lawyer's Guide to Social Networking: Understanding Social Media's Impact on the Law by John G. Browning  Learn More	Webcast CLE Why Travel When You Can Webcast? Webcast CLE is a nice new normal, making quality education as convenient as a phone call. January 16: Blogging for Lawyers: Legal & Ethical Considerations. By Avvo.  January 16: Protecting Your Company: Wage & Hour Law 2013. Wage and hour litigation is the fastest growing category within employment law today. By LexisNexis.  January 18: Social Media Ethics for Lawyers. Ethical violations from online activities. By Attorney Protective. January 22: Student Safety Door to Door. An overview of student safety while being transported from home to and from school. By TASA.  January 29: How to Prepare Your Expert Witness for Deposition. Preparation of your expert is your responsibility as retaining counsel. By TASA.  January 29: Residential Lending after the Crash: An Update on How Dodd-Frank and the CFPB Have Changed the Rules of Home Loan Origination. Dodd-Frank amendments to the Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), rulemaking by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and more! Also In-Person (San Francisco). By Practising Law Institute.  January 30: Tobacco Control: Comparing U.S. and Australian Labeling Regulations. The announcement does not state that CLE credit has been applied for but appears to meet requirements in many jurisdictions. Also In-Person (St Paul). By Hamline University. February 6: Responding to Large-Document Subpoenas. Best Practices and Technologies To Avoid Wasting Money and Time. By Thompson & Knight.  February 12: Update on Brown V. Board of Education. Also In-Person (St Paul). How far have we come? By Hamline University. Find more webcasts at 4freeCLE's Web-Based CLE. On-Demand CLE  Try and See If Your Smartphone Plays On-Demand Free CLE!  Many on-demand recordings can be played on your cellphone, letting you earn CLE credit or get a refresher course with maximum convenience. Estate Planning & Divorce - On-Demand. Explore the interplay between estate planning and family law issues. By Lexvid.  Overview of Collaborative Courts and Collaborative Court Principles for Attorneys.A promising non-adversarial approach to representation in civil matters. Legal Aid Association of California. The West Memphis Three. History of the case and the successful Amended Writ of Habeas Corpus. By Lexvid. Working in the Cloud: It's the Latest, It's the Greatest, Or Is It?. Financial, case management and ethical considerations of working in the cloud. By Florida Bar Association. Find more on-demand programs at 4freeCLE's List of On-Demand CLE. If you're looking for help with a particular state, contact the publisher - we can help! Live Programs Await You! In-Person CLEs State-by-State These in-person programs are eligible for credit in the states in which they are held, but often they satisfy credit requirements in other states. The sooner you learn skills and information at a live seminar, the sooner you can start putting them to use! California January 15/San Francisco: Introduction to Landlord Tenant Training. By Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) . January 15/San Francisco: Housing Negotiation Project Training. By BASF. January 16/San Francisco: Introduction to Family Law Training. By BASF. January 29/San Francisco: Residential Lending after the Crash: An Update on How Dodd-Frank and the CFPB Have Changed the Rules of Home Loan Origination. Dodd-Frank amendments to the Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), rulemaking by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and more! Also Webcast. By Practising Law Institute. January 31/San Francisco: Confidentiality & HIV. By ALRP.  February 6/San Francisco: Disability Discrimination. By ALRP. February 12/San Francisco: Dream Act & Deferred Action. By ALRP.   Florida January 23/Miami: Stand Your Ground. By Dade County Bar Association, FACDL - Miami and League of Prosecutors. Illinois January 25/Chicago: Roe v. Wade 40th Anniversary Lunch and MCLE. By ACLU.   Massachusetts January 14/Boston: VLP Training - Unemployment Insurance Appeals. By Volunteer Lawyers Program.   February 4/Boston: New Volunteer Attorney Orientation. By VLP.   Minnesota January 16/Minneapolis: Searching Westlaw. By Hennepin County Law Library (HCLL).  January 22/Saint Paul: The Future of Gun Rights.Free for Alumni. By Hamline University.  January 30/St Paul: Tobacco Control: Comparing U.S. and Australian Labeling Regulations. Also webcast. By Hamline University. February 12/St. Paul: Update on Brown V. Board of Education. How far have we come? Also webcast. By Hamline University. February 12/Minneapolis: Searching Westlaw.com. By HCLL.  New York January 15/NYC: Advanced Topics in Contested Divorces: Equitable Distribution of Pensions and Other Retirement Benefits. By inMotion. January 15/NYC: Social Security Disability. By Legal Aid Society (LAS). January 16/NYC: Preparing an Effective Asylum Case. By Sanctuary for Families and Mayer Brown.  January 22/NYC: New York City Housing Authority Matters. By LAS. January 30/NYC: Housing Preservation Actions. ByLAS. January 31/NYC: Negotiating a Commercial Lease. ByLAS.  Ohio January 16/Mentor: The 2013 Economic and Real Estate Outlook. By Continuing Educational Services (CES) February 6/Cuyahoga Falls: Mortgage Lending for Condominiums. By CES.  February 13/Cleveland: Making Sense of the Supreme Court. By Case Western Reserve School of Law.  Pennsylvania January 16/Philadelphia: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Basic Training. By Dechert LLP. January 17/Pittsburgh: Representing Clients in Expungement Proceedings. By Neighborhood Legal Services Association. January 22/Philadelphia: Preparing for a Deposition. By Dechert LLP. January 23/Mechanicsburg January 25/Philadelphia January 30/Pittsburgh: Understanding Social Security Retirement. Free for attorneys employed full-time by many nonprofit legal services and public interest organizations. By Pennsylvania Bar Institute. January 30/Philadelphia: Protecting Product Design Under Trademark and Design Patent Law. By Dechert LLP. January 31/Philadelphia: Quiet Title: Handling Cases Involving Problems with Title to Real Estate.Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program (VIP) Tennessee February 4/Nashville: Handling TennCare Appeals. By Tennessee Justice Center. Wisconsin January 17/Milwaukee: Judicial Campaigns, Money and the Future of Justice. By American Constitution Society.  About 4freeCLE 4freeCLE is delivered weekly and will always be free!Please forward to your fellow professionals so they may benefit; if this was forwarded to you, get your own subscription for free by signing up now!  If you are interested in providing free CLE, contact the editor and I'll be happy to help with publicity. I may also have a few ideas for making your program available more widely, based on what I've learned from reviewing more than 1000 (one thousand) free CLE offerings..