4freeCLE: Free CLE Webcasts & Events! September 15, 2013

4freeCLE:  Free CLE Webcasts & Events! September 15, 2013 In This Issue September Webcasts October Webcasts Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virgina Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Other States Archive September Webcasts Webcasts Bring CLE To You! How can you tell if a particular webcast has been approved for credit in your state? If the sponsor reports that it has applied for credit in a state, the webcast is included in that state's listings. For other states, you you may be able to apply for credit through your state's credit-granting authority.  Whether you get credit or not, you can access these webcasts anywhere you may be for the sake of the free education! September 16: Estate & Gift Tax Planning Techniques: Freeze Partnerships and the Related Valuation Issues. By New York Law Journal. September 18: A Primer on Canadian Financing Options For Growing U.S. Companies. By Law.com. September 19: Public Health Impact of Statewide Anti-Bullying Legislation: A look at Oregon and Iowa. By American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics (ASLME). September 20: Why Open Source Projects Need a License. By Black Duck Software.  September 24:  Document Review & Production. By Guidance Software. Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. By Attorney Protective.  Ethics in Matrimonial Practice: A Practical Approach. Also in Albany, NY. By Tully Rinckey. Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission Sentencing Guidelines Modifications. By MSGC.  September 25: Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26:  Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. Also in San Francisco. By PLI. Virtual Legal Techshow. By VirtualLegalTech.  October Webcasts October 1: The Courts and the Administrative State. Also in Cleveland. By CWRU.  October 3: The Influence of Organizational Culture on Clinical Decision-Making: Implications for Law, Policy and Ethics. Also in Cleveland. By CWRU. October 3: Representing the Pro Bono Client: Advocacy Skills for Administrative Hearings 2013. Also in San Francisco. By PLI. October 8: Introduction to Legal Research on Fastcase. By Fastcase.  October 9: Alternative ADR - Beyond Mediation.You may have to apply for credit on your own.By Claims & Litigation Management Alliance. October 10: Advanced Tips for Enhanced Legal Research on Fastcase. By Fastcase.  Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission Sentencing Guidelines Modifications. By MSGC. Rationing v Reengineering: the 21st Century Challenge for American Health Care. Also in Cleveland. By CWRU.  October 17: Eroding the Foundations of International Humanitarian Law: The United States Post-9/11. Also in Cleveland. By Case Western Reserve University School of Law. October 22: An Overview of DWI & Other Alcohol Related Offenses. Also in Albany, NY. By Tully Rinckey.   CLE State-by-State Keep On Learning! Each of these programs can earn you credit, at no cost, in the state in which it is listed.  In some cases, the programs require that attorneys attending apply for credit via reciprocity or other rules; check with the credit-granting authority in your state. Alabama September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. October 18: Birmingham & Montgomery - Veterans Pro Bono Program Training. By Veterans Pro Bono Consortium.  Alaska September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Arizona September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. Arkansas September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. California September 16: Webcast - Estate & Gift Tax Planning Techniques: Freeze Partnerships and the Related Valuation Issues. By New York Law Journal. September 18:  San Francisco - Introduction to Family Law Training. By Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF). Webcast - A Primer on Canadian Financing Options For Growing U.S. Companies. By Law.com. September 24:  San Francisco - Affirmative Action in California: Where Do We Go from Here?. By American Constitution Society. Webcast - Document Review & Production. By Guidance Software.  September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: San Francisco - Immigration Options for Bi-national Couples after DOMA. By AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP). San Francisco + Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. October 1:  NYC - Closing Arguments. California credit applied for. By Dechert.  San Francisco - Wills & Trusts after DOMA. By ALRP.  October 2: San Francisco - Using State and Federal Law to Protect Debtors from Collections Harassment. By ALRP. October 3: San Francisco + Webcast - Representing the Pro Bono Client: Advocacy Skills for Administrative Hearings 2013. By PLI.   Colorado September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Delaware September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. District of Columbia September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. October 18: Veterans Pro Bono Program Training. By Veterans Pro Bono Consortium.  Florida September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. October 18: Ft. Lauderdale & Orlando - Veterans Pro Bono Program Training. By Veterans Pro Bono Consortium.  Georgia September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. October 18: Atlanta & Macon - Veterans Pro Bono Program Training. By Veterans Pro Bono Consortium.  Hawaii September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Idaho September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Illinois September 16: Webcast - Estate & Gift Tax Planning Techniques: Freeze Partnerships and the Related Valuation Issues. By New York Law Journal. September 17: Chicago - The Perils of Prosecutors Facing Ticking Time Bombs. By Northwestern University School of Law. September 18: Webcast - A Primer on Canadian Financing Options For Growing U.S. Companies. By Law.com. September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. By Attorney Protective. September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Indiana September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Iowa September 19: Webcast - Public Health Impact of Statewide Anti-Bullying Legislation: A look at Oregon and Iowa. By ASLME.   September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Kansas September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Kentucky September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. The Kentucky Law Update Program - 2013. By Supreme Court of Kentucky and the Kentucky Bar Association: September 26-27: Lexington October 3-4: Owensboro October 9-10: London October 24-25: Louisville October 30-31: Gilbertsville November 6-7: Bowling Green November 21-22: Prestonsburg December 5-6: Covington.   Louisiana September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. October 18: Mandeville & New Orleans - Veterans Pro Bono Program Training. By Veterans Pro Bono Consortium.  Maine September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Minnesota September 17: Apple Valley - When Your Client is Impaired. By Dakota County Law Library. September 24: Webcast - Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission Sentencing Guidelines Modifications. By Minnesota Sentencing Guidlelines Commission (MSGC). September 25:  Minneapolis - New Volunteer Orientation. By Volunteer Lawyer Network. Stillwater - Social Security Disability Benefits. By WCLL. Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. October 8: Minneapolis - Searching Westlaw.com. Free to HCLL subscribers. October 10: Webcast - Advanced Tips for Enhanced Legal Research on Fastcase. By Fastcase. Webcast - Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission Sentencing Guidelines Modifications. By MSGC.  Mississippi September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. October 18: Jackson - Veterans Pro Bono Program Training. By Veterans Pro Bono Consortium.  Missouri September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. By Attorney Protective. September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Montana September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Nebraska September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Nevada September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. New Hampshire September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. By Attorney Protective. New Jersey September 16: Webcast - Estate & Gift Tax Planning Techniques: Freeze Partnerships and the Related Valuation Issues. By New York Law Journal. September 18: Webcast - A Primer on Canadian Financing Options For Growing U.S. Companies. By Law.com. September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. October 1: NYC - Closing Arguments. New Jersey credit applied for. By Dechert.  October 17: NYC - Distressed Real Estate and Bankruptcy Part II. By National Law Institute. New Mexico September 25:  Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. New York September 16: Webcast - Estate & Gift Tax Planning Techniques: Freeze Partnerships and the Related Valuation Issues. By New York Law Journal. September 17: NYC - Ethical Issues in the Practice of Real Estate Law. By National Law Institute. September 18: Webcast - A Primer on Canadian Financing Options For Growing U.S. Companies. By Law.com. September 24:  Albany + Webcast - Ethics in Matrimonial Practice: A Practical Approach. By Tulley Rinckey. Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Subject to NY "Approved Jurisdiction" rule.  By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. September 30: NYC - Looking For Lawyers in All the Right Places & Effective Internet Searching. By Dechert. October 1: NYC - Closing Arguments. By Dechert.  October 2: Webcast - Texas' New Trade Secret Law: How Your Trade Secret Protection Strategy Should Have Changed After Labor Day. NY credit applied for. By Thompson & Knight LLP.   October 3: NYC - Child and spousal support. By inMotion. October 9: NYC - Advanced Child and Spousal Support. By inMotion. October 17: NYC - Distressed Real Estate and Bankruptcy Part II. By National Law Institute. October 22: Albany + Webcast - An Overview of DWI & Other Alcohol Related Offenses. By Tully Rinckey.  North Carolina September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. North Dakota September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Ohio  September 17: Cleveland - Ghosts of Jim Crow: Ending Racism in Post-Racial America. By CMCL. September 18: Cleveland - Security Council: The International Tribunals, Counter Terrorism and the Office of the Ombudsperson. By CWRU.  Cleveland - Who Needs The Stock Market? Part 1: The Empirical Evidence. By Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Mentor - RESPA and the HUD-1 Settlement. By CES. September 24:  Cleveland - A Conversation with Chief Prosecutor United States Military Commissions.  Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. Westlake - RESPA and the HUD-1 Settlement. By CES.  September 26:  Cleveland - Implementing the Affordable Care Act. By CWRU. Cleveland - Rape Law for the Twenty-First Century. By CMCL. Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients. By PLI. September 27: Cleveland - U.S.-China Investment: Reimagining the Relationship. By Case Western Reserve University School of Law. September 29: Cleveland - Taxpayer Abuse and International Law: Implications of the Yukos Saga. By CWRU. October 1: Cleveland + Webcast - The Courts and the Administrative State.  By CWRU. October 2: Cuyahoga Falls - How To Close On Time. By CES. October 3: Cleveland + Webcast - Influence of Organizational Culture on Clinical Decision-Making: Implications for Law, Policy and Ethics. By CWRU.  October 9: Independence - How To Close On Time. By CES. October 10:  Cleveland + Webcast - Rationing v Reengineering: the 21st Century Challenge for American Health Care. By CWRU.  Strongsville - How To Close On Time. By CES. October 16:  Cleveland - Prisons, Power, and Policy in the Twenty-First Century. By Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (CMCL).  Mentor - How To Close On Time. By Continuing Education Service (CES).  October 17: Cleveland + Webcast - Eroding the Foundations of International Humanitarian Law: The United States Post-9/11. By CWRU.  Oklahoma September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Oregon September 19: Webcast - Public Health Impact of Statewide Anti-Bullying Legislation: A look at Oregon and Iowa. By ASLME.   September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Pennsylvania September 19: Pittsburgh - Book Talk: The Federalist Society - How Conservatives Took the Law Back from Liberals. By ACS.  September 26:  Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. September 27: Philadelphia - Mortgage Foreclosure Pro Bono Training. By Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program. October 1: NYC - Closing Arguments. Pennsylvania credit applied for. By Dechert.  Rhode Island September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. South Carolina September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Tennessee September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. By Attorney Protective. September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. October 18: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville - Veterans Pro Bono Program Training. By Veterans Pro Bono Consortium.  Texas September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. October 18: Houston & Johnson City - Veterans Pro Bono Program Training. By Veterans Pro Bono Consortium. October 2: Webcast - Texas' New Trade Secret Law: How Your Trade Secret Protection Strategy Should Have Changed After Labor Day. By Thompson & Knight LLP.  Utah September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Vermont September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Virgin Islands September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Virginia September 25: Webcast - Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Washington  September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Ocober 10: Seattle - Managing Cases & Other Practicalities. Free to members of the King County Bar Association Collaborative Law Section. November 1+2: Seattle - Volunteer Attorney Training for Survivors of Human Trafficking in Washington State. Two days of training if you will volunteer to do pro bono. By Washington Anti-Trafficking Response Network and others. West Virginia September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Wisconsin September 25: Webcast - Introduction to Boolean (Keyword) Search. By Fastcase. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Wyoming September 24: Webcast - Ethical Marketing and Client Relations. Ethics credit. By Attorney Protective. September 26: Webcast - Bankruptcy Basics for Low-Income Clients 2013. By PLI. Other States According the the ABA, the following states have no mandatory CLE requirement:  Connecticut  District of Columbia  Maryland  Massachusetts  Michigan  South Dakota. Attorneys there may still find CLE programs substantively useful, but I have not focused on finding free resources for those states in the absence of a requirement.