eLawyering and the Future of Legal Work
Presented by The ABA Law Practice Management Section eLawyering Task Force Friday, February 13, 2009, 9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ~ Suffolk Law School, Main Function Room eLawyering is doing legal work – not just marketing it – over the Web. Pioneering practitioners have found dramatic new ways to communicate and collaborate with clients and other lawyers, produce documents, settle disputes, interact with courts, and manage legal knowledge. There are exciting initiatives underway now that deserve attention by all lawyers – present and future. The legal profession is being disrupted from without and from within. To be successful in the coming era, lawyers will need to know how to practice over the Web, manage client relationships in cyberspace, and offer “unbundled” services. Come hear about the knowledge and skills you need to prosper in the years ahead. eLawyering also offers major opportunities to improve access to justice by those who can’t afford or don’t like traditional commercial modes of service delivery. This free program is open to all area law students and lawyers with an interest in the innovative use of technology.

Featuring:

• Blair Janis , Director of Software & Technology, WealthCounsel, LLC, Madison, WI, and adjunct professor at Brigham Young University Law School
• Marc Lauritsen , President and Founder, Capstone Practice Systems, Harvard MA, and former director of clinical programs at Harvard Law School

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Linking Public Service and Business Development
Presented by the ABA Women Rainmakers

Friday, February 13, 2009, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ~ The Boston Marriott Copley Place

Featuring:

• Karen Mathis (Moderator), Former President, American Bar Association, current Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, CEELI Institute, Prague
• Martha Coakley - Massachusetts Attorney General
• Beth Boland - Partner, Bingham McCutcheon LLP
• Hon. Isaac Borenstein (Ret.) - Former Associate Justice, Superior Court of Massachusetts, Partner, Rudolph Friedman, LLP 

Please join us for a stimulating and inspiring exploration of the personal and professional benefits of Linking Public Service and Business Development.  Three prominent members of the Massachusetts Bar will describe how they have combined their passion for public service with the demands of business development, deriving personal satisfaction and experiencing the joy of developing and using their innate talents, while expanding their contacts, improving their skills, and increasing their understanding of the links between business development and public service.  The audience also will have an opportunity to engage in a dialogue about the personal and professional ethical boundaries to recognize while establishing a tremendously satisfying career that combines public and private service. 

 

Prejudiced? Of course, we all are. Though we may believe that our own views are not affected by stereotypes or bias, the reality is surprisingly different.  This highly participatory discussion will be led by the renowned Harvard Professor Mahzarin Banaji, who will educate us on the effects of implicit and unconscious biases on all members of the legal profession. These subtle biases influence how we perceive our clients and witnesses, interact with other attorneys and judges and attempt to persuade juries. On a day to day basis, they even affect how we make decisions on hiring, work distribution, evaluations, promotions and layoffs.

 

Professor Banaji conducted groundbreaking research on mental processes that operate without our awareness, intention or control. Biases can actually be measured, as Professor Banaji co-developed the Implicit Association Test nearly a decade ago. This highly regarded test, as well as physiologic measures, can help us to understand how we view each other. Audience capacity for this must-see program is limited.

 

CLE credit has been requested.  Deadline for advance registration is February 5, 2009

 

ABA Co-sponsors: Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity; Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs; Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law; Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity; Forum on Communications Law; General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division; Government & Public Sector Lawyers Division; Health Law Section; Law Practice Management Section; Section of Family Law; Section of Individual Rights & Responsibilities; Section of Intellectual Property Law; Section of International Law; Section of Litigation; Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law; Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service; Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section; and Young Lawyers Division

Other Co-sponsors: National Association of Women Judges, National Association of Women Lawyers, and National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations

Click Here for more information about the program and to register online.