4freeCLE: The Free CLE Newsletter! February 16, 2013

4freeCLE: The Free CLE Newsletter! February 16, 2013 In This Issue Webcast CLE On-Demand CLE In Massachusetts In California In Illinois In Massachusetts In Minnesota In New York In Ohio In Pennsylvania In Tennessee In Texas In Washington State Past 4freeCLE Issues America's Lawyer-Presidents: From Law Office to Oval Office       Find Out More! ____ Need Credit Fast? See "Top 3 Bundles of Free On-Demand MCLE for Washington Attorneys & Others" Webcast CLE Bring Top Speakers To Chat At Your Fireside! Highest quality speakers will come to your living room or office through the miracle of modern technology! February 19: Best Practices in Prior Art Searching in Electrical Engineering. Patent practice prior art search strategies. By LegalAdvantage. February 19: The Challenge of International Judgment Enforcement: Tools, Tips and Lessons Learned. Insights into the international judgment enforcement and asset recovery process. Available in Mandarin and English. By Kobre & Kim.  February 19: New Requirements for Fall Protection. Featuring construction safety expert Dan Paine. By TASA. February 21: Best Practices: Prior Art Search. Manage patent prosecution matters and searches more effectively and efficiently. By LegalAdvantage. February 21: Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice 2013. Also presented in-person (NYC). New developments and best practices for achieving a diverse workplace. By Practising Law Institute. February 21: Ethics of Witness Preparation for Deposition and Trial. Two hours on the ethics of dealing with witnesses for deposition and trial. Also presented in-person (Chicago). By Clifford Law Offices. February 21: The New Rules of the Form I-9: Attorney Tips on How to Prepare. By LawLogix.  February 25: Best Practices in Prior Art Searching Life Sciences. By LegalAdvantage.  February 26: Gun Violence and Sandy Hook: Recent Legislative and Executive Responses. Also presented in-person (St. Paul). By Hamline University. March 5: Introduction to Legal Research on Fastcase. By Fastcase. March 6: Introduction to Asylum Law. Legal elements and practicalities of an asylum claim. By Immigration Advocates Network and Immigrant Legal Resource Center. March 7: 21st Century Trial Advocacy Best Practices. Leveraging technology for trial preparation, and more. By Law.com. March 7: Representing the Pro Bono Client: Effective Written Advocacy. Also presented in-person (San Francisco). By Practising Law Institute. March 13: California Eviction Defense: Protecting Low-Income Tenants. Also presented in-person (San Francisco). By PLI.  March 19: Top Ten Ethics Issues for Lawyers. Some common ethical challenges for lawyers and tips to avoid them. By Attorney Protective. Find more webcasts at 4freeCLE's Web-Based CLE. On-Demand CLE Free Education On-Demand Is Revolutionary!  Educate yourself for free with recorded CLE! Developing a Business Plan for the Start-Up Law Firm. Is whether you get CLE credit for this program as important as whether it helps you succeed in your law practice? By The Florida Bar.  Litigation Management: Driving Great Results - Part 2. Updates on the new Consumer Product Safety Information Database, and on Whistleblower Litigation. By Lexvid. Subsidized Child Care: Notice Issues & the Parent Appeal Process. Advocates can make a huge difference in assisting parents whose child care benefits have been denied, reduced or terminated. By Legal Aid Association of California. 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! Address Issues At Live Events! In-Person CLEs State-by-State All of the in-person CLEs listed below offer credit in the state in which they are located. Many of them may be eligible for credit in other states. If the event sponsor has not already applied for credit, you may be able to apply for credit on your own by check with your credit-granting authority! Arizona March 14-16/Phoenix: "Bring-Your-Own-Case" Capital Defense Training. For AZ, CA, NV, UT defense practitioners with a pending state capital trial case. By National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers & National Consortium for Capital Defense Training. California February 20/San Francisco: Introduction to Family Law Training. By Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF).  February 21/San Francisco: 40 Years after Roe: Examining the Social, Political and Economic Impact of the Constitutional Right to Abortion. By American Constitution Society. February 26/San Francisco: Introduction to Landlord Tenant Training and Housing Negotiation Project. By BASF.  February 28/San Francisco: Confidentiality & HIV. By AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP). March 5/San Francisco: Landlord/Tenant Law Intro. By ALRP. March 7/San Francisco: Representing the Pro Bono Client: Effective Written Advocacy. Also webcast. By Practising Law Institute (PLI).  March 12/San Francisco: Elder Law & Conservatorships. By ALRP. March 13/San Francisco: California Eviction Defense: Protecting Low-Income Tenants. Also webcast. By PLI.   Illinois February 21/Chicago: Ethics of Witness Preparation for Deposition and Trial. Also webcast. By Clifford Law Offices. Massachusetts February 25/Boston: Fair Debt Collection Practice. By Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP). February 26/Boston: Family Law 102. By VLP.  February 28/Boston: Housing Law 101. By VLP.  March 7/Boston: Intro to Guardianship of Minors. By VLP.   Minnesota February 20/Saint Paul: Book Signing & MCLE with Professor Jonathan Kahn. By  Hamline University (HU). February 22/Minneapolis: Housing Law Basics, Landlord/Tenant Practice in the Clinic Setting and in the Courtroom. By Volunteer Lawyers Network. February 26/St.Paul: Gun Violence and Sandy Hook: Recent Legislative and Executive Responses. also webcast. By HU. March 7/Saint Paul: HLI National Speaker Series featuring Maxwell Mehlman. Free for HU alums.  March 12 /Minneapolis: Searching Westlaw.com. By HCLL. March 12/St. Paul: Violence and the Future of Mental Health Law. By HU.  New York February 20/NYC: Managing Your Online Reputation. By TSG Reporting.  February 21/NYC: Diversity & Inclusion in Law Practice 2013. Also webcast. By Practising Law Institute. February 21+22/NYC: Naturalization And Citizenship. Free for participating staff and volunteers from non-profit organizations working on naturalization and citizenship issues. By NALEO Educational Fund, Immigrant Defense Project and Immigrant Legal Resource Center. February 26/NYC: U Nonimmigrant Status: Obtaining Lawful Immigration Status for Crime Victims. By inMotion. February 27/NYC: Litigating in the U.S. Supreme Court: From Anna Nicole Smith to Same-Sex Marriage. By Dechert LLC. February 26/NYC: How to Draft a Will for Low-Income Elderly Clients. By Legal Aid Society (LAS). February 28/NYC: Intellectual Property for the Micro-Entrepreneur. By LAS.  March 5/NYC: The Law of Prisoners' Rights. By LAS. March 5/NYC: Litigating Contested Divorces. By inMotion.  March 7/NYC: Litigating Divorces. By inMotion. March 7/NYC: Counseling the Small Nonprofit Organization. By LAS. March 12/NYC: U Nonimmigrant Status: Obtaining Lawful Immigration Status for Crime Victims. By inMotion.   Ohio February 19/Cleveland: Contempt of Court: A Lynching that Changed the American Justice System. By Cleveland Marshall School of Law (CMCL). February 20/Mentor: Mortgage Lending for Condominiums. By Continuing Educational Services (CES). March 6/Cleveland: Children and the Early Jurisprudence of the International Criminal Court. By CMCL. March 6/Cuyahoga Falls: How To Raise A Credit Score. By CES. March 9/Cleveland: Criminal Justice Forum - Prof. Gabriel Chin. By CMCL. March 13/Cleveland: Taxes and the Constitution. By Case Western Reserve School of Law.  March 13/Independence and March 14/Strongsville: How To Raise A Credit Score. By CES.   Pennsylvania February 19/Philadelphia: Representing Students with Special Needs. By Dechert. Tennessee February 28 - March 2/Nashville: "Bring-Your-Own-Case" Capital Defense Training. For state trial practitioners in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. By National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National Consortium for Capital Defense Training. Texas February 19/Web: What Does a Veteran's Family Look Like? For Texas attorneys providing pro bono service to veterans. By Texas Veterans Legal Assistance Project. March 8/Houston: 2012 Cancer Rights Conference and MCLE. By ABA, Cancer Legal Resource Center, and many others. Washington February 13/Seattle: LGBT Marriage Equality. By McKinley Irvin. February 28/Seattle: The Disclosure Crisis. Please register by Feb. 26. By University of Washington School of Law, Washington Law Review, & The Law, Technology & Arts group March 14/Seattle: Collaborative Law Training. Free to members of the King County Bar AssociationCollaborative Law Section. About 4freeCLE 4freeCLE is delivered weekly and will always be free! You Want To Share This Newsletter? Bully! Forward this newsletter to your fellow professionals; it's free! If this was forwarded to you, get your own subscription for free by signing up now!  If you are providing free CLE, contact the editor so I can give you free publicity.