Faculty:

Carole Levitt |  Mark Rosch

Duration:

1:00

Format:

Audio and Video

Short Description:

Casemaker4 is an online legal research system that lawyers in many states (such as Maine, New Hampshire and others) can access for free through their bar association memberships. Casemaker updated its entire platform and re-launched it as Casemaker4 on June 5, 2019. Casemaker4 includes a variety of legal research resources: Cases, statutes, session laws, codes, court rules, rules, and regu

Faculty:

Robert Musante, Esq.

Duration:

2 Hours 2 Minutes

Format:

Audio and Video

Short Description:

Taking high-quality adverse depositions is the most important teachable litigation skill. Taking a high-quality adverse deposition requires the conscientious application of an integrated set of logical cross-examination rules, the very set of rules that law schools should have offered to their students in a full-semester course, and litigation law firms should have taught their newbies (and their

Faculty:

Carol Schiro Greenwald, PhD

Duration:

59 Minutes

Format:

Audio and Video

Short Description:

Videoconferencing is supposed to be the pandemic equivalent to in-person meetings, from meeting with a client to appearing before a judge. It is equivalent, in the sense that you can still  meet or network “in-person,” but the person is encapsulated in a tiny square. It isn’t equivalent when you realize that most participants are sitting at home in the corner of their ...

Author:

Judy K. Davis, Esq |  Carole Levitt

Publication Date:

May 26, 2020

Short Description:

Internet Legal Research on a Budget directs lawyers to useful and reliable free (and low-cost) resources and explains how to use them effectively. This edition has updated information about resources discussed in the first edition, new resources, and expanded chapters on Casemaker and Fastcase.

Faculty:

Philip Bogdanoff, Esq.

Duration:

2 Hours 1 Minutes

Format:

Audio and Video

Short Description:

Where the Crawdads Sing is a novel that has sold over 15 million copies and has been created into a best-selling movie.  In this murder mystery Catherine "Kya" Clark is accused of murdering Chase Andrews after their relationship ended.   We will examine the trial by reviewing clips of this movie and discussing the trial tactics by the prosecutor and defense.  

Faculty:

Alan Blumenfeld |  Katherine James |  Act of Communications |  Anna Marie Thatcher

Duration:

2:15

Format:

Audio and Video

Short Description:

How many times have you thought you prepared a witness perfectly only to have that witness fail – either just a little, or completely and disastrously? Do your problem witnesses keep you awake at night?  Do some witnesses affect YOUR performance? You are not alone. Every attorney knows exactly what a “star witness” looks like, acts like, and performs like. A star witness is...

Faculty:

John Federico, Esq.

Duration:

1:05

Format:

Audio and Video

Short Description:

Microsoft Word includes powerful tools to create the highly formatted documents attorneys must create. Microsoft Word combines font and paragraph formatting into something called Styles.  Styles are applied to all text whether you want them or not; and there is no way to turn off the feature.

Faculty:

Steven L. Taylor, Esq.

Duration:

1 Hour 13 Minutes

Format:

Audio and Video

Short Description:

The implications of speedy trial can be dramatic and severe, since the case gets dismissed when a speedy-trial violation has occurred.  This presentation will discuss the sources of “speedy trial” protection, both constitutional and statutory, and how they operate, and will address key pitfalls for the prosecutor to avoid. Presentation will cover these areas: Constitutional Sp

Faculty:

Philip Bogdanoff, Esq.

Duration:

1 Hour

Format:

Audio and Video

Short Description:

Winning the lottery means nothing if you lose the winning ticket before you get to the lottery agent. Similarly, obtaining a guilty verdict after a long and exhausting trial is worthless if your appellate brief cannot persuade an appellate court to affirm the jury’s verdict. You do not want to try a case a second time after having a case reversed on appeal.

Faculty:

Katy Goshtasbi, Esq. |  Janice Walshok

Duration:

1:00

Format:

Audio and Video

Short Description:

Everyone has biases. It’s natural. While me might recognize our own explicit biases, the unconscious nature of implicit bias makes them easier to ignore. Unfortunately, ignoring our implicit biases impacts not only our practice success, but our entire life and reputation.   When we are able to recognize our own biases, and those of others, we can be in control of changing systematic biases within our workplace and society...

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