This program aims to assist practitioners in the pursuit of obtaining, learning about, and evaluating expert witnesses. Attorneys, legal professionals, and law students will be provided with an introduction to the role of expert witnesses and the ways expert testimony can strengthen or shape a case. In addition, attendees will learn about common mistakes and ethical considerations that arise when retaining and working with experts, including independence, conflicts, fee arrangements, and preservation obligations.

Legal clinics and externships are where virtually every law student is exposed to the practice of law, often through serving clients whose legal needs would otherwise go unmet. These clinic and externship opportunities not only train students in the skills needed to be a lawyer but also inform their understanding of access to justice and their future ethical obligations to help close the justice gap. Inspired by their experiential work in law school, some graduates embark on public-interest careers, while others head into private practice but with the trained instinct for pro bono service. Law schools through their legal clinics and externships are the shared root system for both branches of practice: legal aid attorneys and pro bono volunteers. Legal clinics also often partner with both the private bar and legal services organizations on case work and policy reform projects—a relationship that runs in both directions, more like a continuous loop than a one-way pipeline. The panel features speakers from area law schools and larger legal community to examine the foundational role that legal clinics and externships play in developing lawyers committed to access to justice. The panel includes practitioners, professors, and students to ensure a diversity of views and perspectives.

Join Brianna Dally, privacy and cybersecurity attorney at Troutman Pepper Locke, and Diana Scott, Founder and CEO of BlueCastle IT Solutions LLC, for a candid, one-hour lunchtime webinar that reveals the cyber incidents and legal issues that often stay out of the spotlight. You will hear real-world stories of potential and actual cyber incidents, including what triggered them, how they unfolded, and what steps could have helped prevent or mitigate their impact. This CLE will walk through the compliance obligations that apply before an incident occurs and the legal requirements that arise afterward, including notification timelines, regulatory exposure, and affirmative duties to implement preventative safeguards under applicable privacy and cybersecurity laws. Rather than serving only as a refresher, this program will focus on what is happening in practice, what is not always discussed, and what the law requires organizations and legal professionals to do in response.

Employers are using AI to recruit, hire, evaluate, and manage employees, and the law is racing to catch up. New state and local laws require bias audits, notices, and risk assessments, while plaintiffs are bringing discrimination claims against both employers and AI vendors. Do you know where the legal guardrails are and where the risks lie? This program gives employment counsel a practical framework for advising clients on the current rules, managing AI vendors, and building compliance programs that reduce litigation risk.