Past CLE Seminars

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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This program will feature top tools and tips on a variety of subjects that every family law attorney should have ready to use, whether they are representing a client in a contested custody matter, financial matter, or both.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
9:00 AM to 12:15 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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Cyberattacks are a real and present threat to all data systems. Attorneys have an ethical responsibility to protect their clients' information from hackers. Learn practical nuts and bolts applications as well as your ethical obligations to protect your information from external intrusion.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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This program will consider intellectual property from the perspective of business owner representation. There are many legal issues implicated by the starting and running of a business, but it is easy for intellectual property issues to become overlooked amidst issues that may seem more urgent, such as organization formation and employment policies. What should a lawyer make sure a new business owner knows about intellectual property? How can future IP issues be prevented? What mistakes are most likely to occur while a new business is first generating IP? These and other questions will be touched on during this CLE.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
9:00 AM to 12:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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People are pattern makers—we take a set of facts, find a pattern, create a narrative, and form a story, which creates a meaning for our world and guides us in our decision making. This seminar reveals the psychology behind story forming, teaches the basic storyform and the universal mythic storyform (The Hero’s Journey), and shows advocates how to adapt that storyform to a trial to persuade a jury to decide the case in favor of their clients.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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Short calendar has drastically changed in Connecticut over the years and for newly admitted attorneys, speaking before a judge in a courtroom filled with experienced practitioners can be a daunting task. Attendees will receive an overview of Connecticut’s short calendar system, the logistics of short calendar, and how to prepare for short calendar.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
12:30 PM to 5:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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Learn the skills needed to practice effectively and ethically. Attending this seminar will help you to launch and navigate a successful career in law.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank Street
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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What would happen to your practice or firm in the event of your death or incapacitation? Do you have a succession plan in place? Are you prepared? Some lawyers die at their desks, leaving the cleanup to their partners, other lawyers, or family members. Other lawyers wind down their practices and close the doors. But, there is another alternative that may be the best choice—that is to develop a succession plan under which you can retire gracefully on your own terms, while transitioning the law practice to a successor. In this seminar, you will learn about the challenges attorneys face in closing or transitioning their practices, how to properly plan for the inevitable, valuation of your practice, and post practice insurance concerns.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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The US Department of Education has proposed substantial changes to Title IX regulations concerning sexual misconduct on campus, which may be implemented this fall. Learn about the history of Title IX; the impact of proposed regulatory changes; and recent developments in the law from an institutional perspective of a Title IX coordinator, from a defendant's perspective, and from a plaintiff's perspective.

Aqua Turf Club
556 Mulberry St
Plantsville, Connecticut
United States
9:30 AM to 3:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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Hot Topics in Probate is the hugely popular biennial seminar sponsored by the Probate Assembly and the CBA Estates and Probate and Elder Law Sections. This year’s seminar, presented by probate judges and attorneys, will focus on the Connecticut Uniform Trust Code, which will become law in January 1, 2020, eFiling in the Probate Courts, and Connecticut Standards of Practice for Conservators.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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This seminar covers the major portions of the Connecticut Practice Book, many of the unwritten rules of civil procedure, how to navigate the courts, and the various local rules of courts. We will also cover examples of forms along with sections of the Practice Book.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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This seminar is directed toward negotiating capitalization rates in tax appeals matters because the vast majority of tax appeals settle. The same principles would be used at trial but with more evidential rigor. Presenters will provide a very interactive forum to learn effective and successful methods to succeed in tax appeals and capitalization rate challenges.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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This program will provide an opportunity to learn the nuts and bolts of consumer bankruptcy, specifically focusing on Chapters 7 and 13, and how bankruptcy law intersects with a diverse majority of other practice areas, such as divorce law, criminal law, real estate law, and estate planning.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
9:00 AM to 12:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
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Coming January 1, 2020 to a trust office near you! The opportunity to create these unique, modern forms of trust represents a watershed change in Connecticut law that presents great flexibility for clients who need these estate planning vehicles and should be a part of every estate planner’s toolbox. These new trusts have received very little attention since enactment in June. They are not for every client, but for clients who need them, they represent exceptional new planning opportunities. The presentation will focus on the details of how to draft these trusts, as well as when and why these types of trusts may fit into a client estate plan.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
9:00 AM to 4:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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Improving client service, increasing productivity, and lowering business costs. This full-day event will provide you with solutions to meet the challenges of legal technology, law firm management, and productivity. An experienced practitioner and legal tech expert will present seminars on what you need to know about the latest technology.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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Understanding a student's strengths and weaknesses is critical to effective representation in education matters. Learn how to determine which evaluations are needed and how to read evaluation results to guide appropriate school-based interventions.

Saint Clements Castle
1931 Portland-Cobalt Rd
Portland, Connecticut
United States
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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Don't miss this premier event for the estate planning and tax communities. The day will kick-off with a networking breakfast followed by both plenary and break-out sessions. For the first time, we will be presenting in a three-track format—business tax and planning, estate tax and planning, and the new Connecticut Uniform Trust Code (UTC). National speakers will present on cutting-edge tax and estate planning issues, including tax implications and concerns under the UTC as well as drafting trusts under the UTC. Register early as space is limited for this event.

Quinnipiac University School of Law
370 Bassett Road
North Haven, Connecticut
United States
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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This summit provided a snapshot of the data collected from the CBA Pledge and Plan Signatories, with a specific focus on the Year Three focus of the Pledge and Plan: Hiring and Pipeline Initiatives. The summit featured consultants from Veritas Culture, who spoke with attendees about the systematic and internal dynamics that negatively impact the ability to recruit, retain, and promote diverse talent. The summit also featured conversations regarding the role of law firms in mentoring diverse attorneys and narratives from diverse legal professionals regarding their experiences of being an underrepresented minority in the legal profession.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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This training will help attorneys who provide legal services to veterans with disability and related claims before the Veterans Benefit Administration. We will cover the basics of VA benefits as well as discuss VA decision review, VA claims file review, Legacy v. AMA appeals strategy, and special monthly compensations.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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This seminar will provide an overview of the Connecticut pardon process and offer advice to attorneys seeking to represent petitioners in pardons hearings.

CBA Law Center
30 Bank St
New Britain, Connecticut
United States
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (Eastern Daylight Time)
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DMV Per Se: Hearings and Appeals covers the entirety of the DMV per se process. It gives you a basic understanding of the winning and losing issues to raise at a DMV hearing as well as the methods for appeal if you lose your hearing.