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eSupplement to the 34th Annual School Law Conference

Contains material from May 2018 to Dec 2018

eSupplement to the 34th Annual School Law Conference
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Session 1: Everyday Strategies for Avoiding Professional Misconduct - Explore easy, common sense techniques that you can employ in your law practice to steer clear of legal malpractice, breaches of fiduciary duty, and findings of professional misconduct. A timely and important ethics tune-up that you won’t want to miss.

Session 2: Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program 

Session 3: Mediation Maximus: Do's and Don'ts for a Positive Mediated Outcome Do’s and don’ts to maximize the potential for a positive mediated outcome and avoid wasting time and money.

Session 4: The Latest in Texas Procedure and How It Affects Your Practice - Examine recent judicial decisions affecting Texas litigation practice, including proposed modifications to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Review highlights from the accompanying comprehensive review of recent case law – designed to be a handy reference tool for practitioners.

Session 5: Six (or More) Techniques for Readable, Persuasive Sentences - Sentence-level techniques that can help legal writers create readable, persuasive sentences. Learn to recognize, describe, and appropriately use or avoid techniques including length, subordination, dangling elements, nominalizations, correlative conjunctions, compound prepositions, and more.

Includes: Video Audio Paper Slides


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1. Everyday Strategies for Avoiding Professional Misconduct (Oct 2018)

Scott Rothenberg

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Everyday Strategies for Avoiding Professional Misconduct (Oct 2018)

Explore easy, common sense techniques that you can employ in your law practice to steer clear of legal malpractice, breaches of fiduciary duty, and findings of professional misconduct. A timely and important ethics tune-up that you won’t want to miss.

Originally presented: Sep 2018 Gas and Power Institute

Scott Rothenberg, Law Offices of Scott Rothenberg - Houston, TX

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2. Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program (Oct 2018)

Chris C. Ritter

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Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program (Oct 2018)

Originally presented: Sep 2018 Mortgage Lending and Servicing Institute

Chris C. Ritter, State Bar of Texas - Austin, TX

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3. Mediation Maximus (Dec 2018)

Hon. Leif M. Clark, Sylvia A. Mayer

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Mediation Maximus (Dec 2018)

Do’s and don’ts to maximize the potential for a positive mediated outcome and avoid wasting time and money.

Originally presented: Nov 2018 Bankruptcy Conference

Hon. Leif M. Clark, Leif M. Clark Consulting, PLLC - San Antonio, TX
Sylvia A. Mayer, S. Mayer Law PLLC - Houston, TX

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4. The Latest in Texas Procedure and How It Affects Your Practice (Nov 2018)

Elaine Grafton Carlson, Courtney Taylor Carlson

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The Latest in Texas Procedure and How It Affects Your Practice (Nov 2018)

Examine recent judicial decisions affecting Texas litigation practice, including proposed modifications to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Review highlights from the accompanying comprehensive review of recent case law – designed to be a handy reference tool for practitioners. 

Originally presented: Nov 2018 Civil Litigation Conference

Elaine Grafton Carlson, South Texas College of Law Houston - Houston, TX
Courtney Taylor Carlson, Jackson Walker LLP - Houston, TX

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5. Six (or More) Techniques for Readable, Persuasive Sentences (May 2018)

Wayne Schiess

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Six (or More) Techniques for Readable, Persuasive Sentences (May 2018)

Address sentence-level techniques that can help legal writers create readable, persuasive sentences. Learn to recognize, describe, and appropriately use or avoid techniques including length, subordination, dangling elements, nominalizations, correlative conjunctions, compound prepositions, and more. 

Originally presented: May 2018 Conference on Criminal Appeals

Wayne Schiess, The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX