SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2015

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1 fall South preview Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2015 Welcome to the SC Bar CLE Fall Seminars Preview! Footballs will soon be spinning through the air, the kids will be back in school and we have a schedule packed with some of our best continuing legal education opportunities of the year! The fall calendar offers a variety of excellent learning and networking events for virtually every practice emphasis. Programs are led by experienced practictioners and judges and include thorough course material! Whether you want to gain critical insights on law practice management or law office technology from national and local authorities, network with South Carolina s probate judges or masters-in-equity, get the latest hot tips from some of our coolest domestic law practitioners, renew friendships with your construction or employment law colleagues from North Carolina, shoot sporting clays with several of our circuit judges or be treated to the inside scoop from our Third or Fourteenth Circuit judges there is something for everyone! If you can t attend live, most of our seminars are available for viewing from the comfort of your home or office via live webcast or after the seminar through our convenient ecle Access OnDemand programing. In fact, we have almost 300 ecle Access OnDemand programs to choose from, covering virtually every practice area and ranging from 30 minutes to six hours instruction time. Visit for a complete listing of topics.

2 10 11 Personal Injury Essentials #15-57 Early Bird: $240 Regular: $290 (after 8/27) The Personal Injury Essentials seminar is a unique and powerful learning experience that will provide the tools, resources and practical information needed to build and maintain a successful personal injury practice Probate Bench/Bar #15-36 Sites: Anderson, Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill and Spartanburg Early Bird: $240 Regular: $290 (after 8/28) An outstanding program that provides cutting edge instruction on the hottest topics in probate court for This program is mandatory for SC probate judges. This program qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour and 6.0 Estate Planning & Probate speciality credit NC/SC Construction Law Conference #15-55 Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston Early Bird: $325 Regular: $375 (after 9/4) This practical conference will provide skills and knowledge to build a complete construction lawyer with focus on critical issues in this challenging practice area. This program qualifies for 9.0 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour & 1.0 credit SA/MH credit hour. Current Issues Facing Law Firm Leaders #15-82 Early Bird: $160 Regular: $210 (after 9/9) This half-day interactive program features Ray Adadin, President of the Florida Bar, and nationally known consultant John Remsen. Both will make important presentations and lead discussion on issues of emerging concern for South Carolina law firms of all sizes and practice emphases. september 18 Law Practice Management Technology Conference, sponsored by the Solo & Small Firm Section #15-58 Columbia Marriott, Columbia Early Bird: Solo & Small Firm Section Member $240 Young Lawyers Division $240 Non-Section Member $290 Non-Bar Member $165 Regular (after 9/4): Solo & Small Firm Section Member $290 Young Lawyers Division $290 Non-Section Member $340 Non-Bar Member $215 The practice of law in the 21st century is changing rapidly in ways no one could have predicted. The LPM-TECH Conference investigates the latest trends in technology and alternatives to traditional law practices. This program qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour Hot Tips from the Coolest Domestic Law Practitioners #15-37 Sites: Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill and Spartanburg Early Bird: $270 Regular: $320 (after 9/11) Hot Tips from the Coolest Domestic Law Practitioners will provide insight on the latest hot topics and tips in family law with fast-paced presentations. This program qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours, including up to 0.5 LEPR credit hour. LEAPP Trust Account School #15-45 Early Bird: $160 Regular: $210 (after 9/15) The Trust Account seminar addresses mandatory accounting and record-keeping requirements for client trust accounts. This program qualifies for 4.0 MCLE/LEPR credit hours. LEAPP Advertising School #15-44 Early Bird: $140 Regular: $190 (after 9/15) The Advertising seminar outlines the restrictions and requirements of attorney advertising and solicitation, with a particular focus on new media. This program qualifies for 3.5 MCLE/LEPR credit hours. fall preview september-october

3 30 LEAPP Ethics School #15-46 (limited to 24 attendees) Early Bird: $240 Regular: $290 (after 9/16) A comprehensive review of the Rules of Professional Conduct, giving special attention to those provisions that commonly give rise to disciplinary complaints. This program qualifies for 5.75 MCLE/LEPR credit hours. 1 LEAPP Law Office Management School #15-59 Early Bird: $240 Regular: $290 (after 9/17) A comprehensive workshop on practice management solutions and ethical compliance. This program qualifies for 5.75 MCLE/LEPR, including 1.0 SA/MH credit hour. 2 Third Circuit Tips from the Bench #15-31 Sumter County Judicial Center, 215 N. Harvin St., Sumter (Third Circuit Clarendon, Lee, Sumter & Williamsburg) County Bar Members: $215 Non-County Bar Members: $245 Want to get the inside scoop from your Third Circuit judges? Join your colleagues for this Tips from the Bench seminar and learn the secrets for success in court, as well as get tips on key ethics issues from the ODC. This program qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour. september The choice is SIMPLE. SC BAR-CLE PUBLICATIONS The South Carolina Bar s CLE Division is our state s premier publisher of legal resources. Here are just a few reasons why: Written by experienced South Carolina practitioners, judges, professors and paralegals Five easy ways to order: mail, phone, fax, online or walk-in Many publications are offered with valuable forms on CD The CLE Publications Store offers more choices of the highest quality legal resources South Carolina law for South Carolina lawyers. The choice is simple. (803) Toll Free (800) Masters-In-Equity Bench/Bar #15-41 Sites: Anderson, Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood, Myrtle Beach, Rock Hill and Spartanburg Early Bird: $240 Regular: $290 (after 9/25) This seminar focuses on best practices for masters and the attorneys who practice in equity court. A mandatory CLE for South Carolina s equity bench. Secrets to a Successful Plaintiff s Personal Injury Practice #15-97 Early Bird: $240 Regular: $290 (after 10/1) This program will provide insight and instruction on the basics of handling personal injury claims and building a rewarding practice. This program qualifies for 5.5 MCLE credit hours, including up to 0.75 LEPR credit hour. october

4 16 The Lawyer s Swiss Army Knife Part I: Cool Tools for Advising the Small Business Owner or Start-Up #15-35 Sites: Charleston, Greenville, Myrtle Beach Early Bird: $240 Regular: $290 (after 10/2) This program, focusing on choice of entity and LLCs, is the first of a three-part series that will provide the tools needed to help your start up business client make the right choices for venue, formation and tax issues. This program qualifies for 4.75 MCLE credit hours. Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation: Best Practices for Best Outcomes #15-64 Sites: Charleston, Greenville and Myrtle Beach Early Bird: $240 Regular: $290 (after 10/9) For decades, traumatic brain injuries often went undiagnosed and undervalued. This seminar will focus on what attorneys from both the plaintiff and defense bar can do to best represent their clients and ensure TBI cases are properly valued. 16 LEAPP Trust Account School #15-99 Charleston School of Law Early Bird: $160 Regular: $210 (after 10/2) The Trust Account seminar addresses mandatory accounting and record-keeping requirements for client trust accounts. This program qualifies for 4.0 MCLE/LEPR credit hours. 24 NC/SC Labor & Employment Law Conference #15-38 Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms Early Bird Both Days $445; Friday Only $295; Saturday Only $195 Regular (after 10/9) Both Days $495; Friday Only; $345 Saturday Only $245 This program features practical topics that focus on the next frontier of legal issues in Labor & Employment Law. This program qualifies for 11.0 MCLE credit hours, including up to 2.0 LEPR and 1.0 SA/ MH credit hours, and includes Employment & Labor Law Specialization credit. october 22 Sporting Clays: Ethics with the Judges #15-93 Broxton Bridge Plantation, Erhardt, SC Early Bird: $160 Regular: $185 (after 10/8) This program offers SC Bar shooting and hunting enthusiasts the unique opportunity to enjoy a fabulous shooting experience and get an hour of ethics credit through panel discussion with some of South Carolina s leading trial judges. This program qualifies for 1.0 MCLE credit hour, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour SCWLA Conference: Back to the Future #15-28 South Carolina Women Lawyers Association Annual Conference USC School of Law, Columbia SCWLA Members: $195 Non-SCWLA Members: $295 Law Students: FREE Join SCWLA for our Back to the Future Conference, focusing on the future of the legal profession. Debbie Epstein Henry, a futurist who studies the practice of law with a particular emphasis on women, will be the keynote speaker Law Practice Management Technology Essentials #15-30 What I Wish They Had Taught Me in Law School featuring Barron Henley Early Bird: $240 Regular: $290 (after 10/16) This seminar focuses on strategies and technologies to help you answer those foregoing questions on how to manage clients, conflicts, documents, , deadlines or a law practice in general. Fourteenth Circuit Tips from the Bench #15-69 Beaufort County Courthouse, 102 Ribaut Rd., Beaufort (14th Circuit-Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton & Jasper) County Bar Members: $215 Non-County Bar Members: $245 Want to get the inside scoop from your Fourteenth Circuit judges? Join your colleagues for this Tips from the Bench seminar and learn the secrets for success in court, as well as get tips on key ethics issues from the ODC. This program qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour. fall preview september-october fall preview september-october

5 SC Bar Continuing Legal Education Se. CLE ACCESS CLE ACCESS ecle Access affords you the convenience to earn CLE credit from your office, your home or anywhere you have access to the Internet or telephone. Our goal is to provide SC Bar members with on-demand seminars, live webcasts and live teleseminars as conveniently as possible... To learn more, visit LPM-TECH CLE ACCESS sponsored by the SC BAR SOLO & SMALL FIRM SECTION C O N F E R E N C E 2015 #LPMTECH Friday, September 18 Columbia Marriott Hotel It s Back in Columbia and Bigger and Better than Ever! 2015 is going to be a great year for one of the Bar s favorite conferences. Formerly known as the Solo & Small Firm Conference & Tech Expo, say hello to LPM-TECH, which is shorthand for the Law Practice Management-Technology Conference, sponsored by the Solo & Small Firm Section. New this year, we welcome the Young Lawyers Division as it co-sponsors the intermediate technology track and postconference networking reception.

6 REGISTRATION FORM SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2015 Name: Bar#: Firm/Court: Address: City State Zip: Phone: Select the program(s) you wish to attend: o Sept. 10 Personal Injury Essentials #15-57, SC Bar Conference Center o $240 ($290 after 8/27) o Sept Probate Bench/Bar #15-36 o $240 ($290 after 8/28) Select a location: o SC Bar Conference Center or Sites: o Anderson o Charleston o Florence o Greenville o Greenwood o Myrtle Beach o Rock Hill o Spartanburg o Sept. 18 o Sept o Sept. LPM and Technology Conference #15-58, Columbia Marriott, Columbia o Solo Section member: $240 ($290 after 9/4) o Young Lawyer Division: $240 ($290 after 9/4) o Non-section member: $290 ($340 after 9/4) o Non-Bar Member $165 ($215 after 9/4) NC/SC Construction Law Conference #15-55, Francis Marion Hotel, Charleston o $325 ($375 after 9/4) Current Issues Facing Law Firm Leaders #15-82, SC Bar Conference Center o $160 ($210 after 9/9) o Sept Hot Tips from the Coolest Domestic Law Practioners #15-37 o $270 ($320 after 9/11) Select a location: o SC Bar Conference Center or Sites: o Aiken o Anderson o Beaufort o Charleston o Florence o Greenville o Greenwood o Myrtle Beach o Rock Hill o Spartanburg o Sept. 29 o Sept. 29 o Sept. 30 LEAPP Trust Acct. School #15-45, SC Bar Conference Center o $160 ($210 after 9/15) LEAPP Advertising School #15-44, SC Bar Conference Center o $140 ($190 after 9/15) HOW TO REGISTER: Scan and to registrar@scbar.org MAIL SC Bar-CLE, P.O. Box 608, Columbia, SC ONLINE click Live Seminars For assistance or to register by phone, call (803) or (800) LEAPP Ethics School (24 attendees ONLY) #15-46, SC Bar Conference Center o $240 ($290 after 9/16) o Oct. 1 LEAPP Law Office Management School #15-59, SC Bar Conference Center o $240 ($290 after 9/17) o Oct. 2 Third Circuit Tips from the Bench #15-31, Sumter County Judicial Center, Sumter o 3rd Circuit County Bar Members: $215 o Non-County Bar Members: $245 o Oct Masters in Equity Bench/Bar #15-41 o $240 ($290 after 9/25) Select a location: o SC Bar Conference Center or Sites: o Anderson o Charleston o Florence o Greenville o Greenwood o Myrtle Beach o Rock Hill o Spartanburg REGISTRATION FORM CONTINUED o Oct. 15 o Oct. 16 Secrets to a Successful Plaintiff s Personal Injury Practice #15-97, SC Bar Conference Center o $240 ($290 (after 10/1) The Lawyer s Swiss Army Knife Part I: Cool Tools for Advising the Small Business Owner or Start-Up #15-35, SC Bar Conference Center, Columbia o $240 ($290 after 10/2) Select a location: o SC Bar Conference Center or Sites: o Charleston o Greenville o Myrtle Beach o Oct. 16 LEAPP Trust Acct. School #15-99, Charleston School of Law o $160 ($210 after 10/2) o Oct. 22 Sporting Clays: Ethics with the Judges #15-93, Broxton Bridge Plantation, Erhardt, SC o $160 ($185 after 10/8) o Oct SCWLA Conference: Back to the Future #15-28, USC School of Law, Columbia o SCWLA Members: $195; Non-SCWLA Members: $295; Law Students: FREE o Oct. Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation: Best Practices for Best Outcomes #15-64 o $240 ($290 after 10/9) Select a location: o SC Bar Conference Center or Sites: o Charleston o Greenville o Myrtle Beach o Oct. -24 NC/SC Labor & Employment Law Conference #15-38, Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms o Both Days: $445 ($495 after 10/9) o Friday Only: $295 ($345 after 10/9) o Saturday Only: $195 ($245 after 10/9) o Oct. 30 Law Practice Management Technology Essentials #15-30, SC Bar Conference Center o $240 ($290 after 10/16) o Oct. 30 Fourteenth Circuit Tips from the Bench #15-69, Beaufort County Courthouse, Beaufort o 14th Circuit County Bar Members: $215 o Non-County Bar Members: $245 PAYMENT (All registrations must be pre-paid) Check amount of $ OR Charge my: o AmEx o Discover o MasterCard o Visa Card #: Exp. Date: Billing Address: Signature: Cancellation & Refund Policy: Refunds, less $25 administrative fee, will be made for cancellations received in writing to the CLE Registrar at registrar@scbar.org by 5 p.m., one week prior to the seminar. Cancellations will not be accepted within one week of seminar date. One-time transfers to seminars of like value or to the live web cast of the seminar (if available) will be accepted for a $25 administrative fee in lieu of cancellations within one week of seminar. Requests to transfer to the live web cast must be received by 1 p.m. the day prior to the program. Designated substitutes may take the place of registrants unable to attend. If you have a disability, please call ahead to let us know how we may accommodate your needs. *Special programs cancellation policies may differ. Please see individual conference web pages for more details.

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