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Midyear Meeting CLE Programs A CLE Breakfast Event:
Reintroducing Casemaker – Simpler, Faster & Better Jim Corbett 7:00 to 8:15 a.m. 1 NHMCLE Credit Come early for a CLE breakfast event - "Reintroducing Casemaker – Simpler, Faster and Better." Jim Corbett, Director of Business Development for the Casemaker Web Library and a former law librarian, will demonstrate the new interface for Casemaker and discuss several value-added options that provide editorial guidance for your legal research. This program will qualify for 1.0 NHMCLE credit. NOTE: Separate ticket required -- not included in the full day purchase. Professionalism Day: Ambassadors of the Profession Professionalism: The Skill to Know, the Courage to Do Michael Tigar 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. 3 NHMCLE Ethics/Professionalism Credits Michael Tigar is a noted criminal defense and international civil liberties lawyer, author, law professor and national CLE speaker. For the first time, he will appear in NH to present this program. His “Nine Principles” are drawn from a lifetime of experiences, keen observation, and research. Tigar is a master storyteller, a true champion of the rule of law, and a legendary figure in our profession. His presentation, drawn from dramatic courtroom confrontations, sublime artistic renderings, and life as we know it, is an inspiring guide to what it means to be a lawyer – a guardian of justice – in the 21st century. Expect deep inspiration. Your expectation will be fulfilled. About the Presenter
Tigar has written extensively about litigation, aspects of trial practice, criminal law, the death penalty, and the role of the criminal defense lawyer. His books include Fighting Injustice (ABA, 2002); Federal Appeals: Jurisdiction and Practice; and Examining Witnesses. In addition, he has written several plays about famous trials. The discounted CLE tuition for Professionalism Day programming at the Midyear Meeting is made possible by a subsidy from the NH Supreme Court's Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board. Practicing in Public: Advocacy, Media Relations and Public Speaking Mark Curriden 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 2 NHMCLE Ethics/Professionalism Credits Lawyers have various responsibilities as officers of the court and members of the bar. One of the most important, according to the ABA and its Model Rules of Professional Conduct, is the lawyers' duty to "further the public understanding of and confidence in the rule of law and the justice system." The ability to communicate to the public is an essential part of maintaining public participation and support in the legal system. The broadest and most effective way to communicate to the public at large is via the news media. But lawyers can give speeches to community groups, write letters to the editor and Op-Eds, develop their own websites, and create their own blogs. This CLE will examine help lawyers better understand the ethics, legalities and practicalities of dealing with the news media and communicating to the public through various venues. The program will examine New Hampshire RPC 3.6 and 7.1 and 7.2, as well as specific court cases that cover lawyers talking publicly about client-related matters. But the CLE also will provide insight into how they can be more effective in promoting the administration of justice, the client’s factual and legal defenses, and, indeed, the expertise and qualifications of the lawyer.
Educated and trained as a lawyer, Mark Curriden clerked for a federal judge but never practiced law. He wrote on legal affairs for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Dallas Morning News, and then served as communications director for the global law firm Vinson & Elkins. Today, Curriden writes for the ABA Journal, and is a professional CLE speaker. He returns to the NH Bar Association after last year's successful program, "Contempt of Court," a CLE program that weaved lessons about advocacy and professionalism into a riveting historical account from his book of the same name, about a case directly tried by the United States Supreme Court. |
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