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Legal Ethics is No Laughing Matter What Lawyer Jokes Say About Our Ethical Foibles Approved for 1.0 hour of E&P in Kansas
In this one-of-a-kind ethics presentation, Mr. Carter explores the topic of lawyer jokes, whether they have any basis in fact and what they say about our adherence to the rules of professional conduct. He does so through the use of video clips dramatizing these jokes. He also will use audience polling and questions from attendees to spread the "laughter." $40 for TBA Members $60 for Non Members
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Program: Keep It Classy (and Ethical)- How not to market legal services
With current technology, legal marketing has never been easier or less expensive. Anyone with a cell phone can shoot and distribute a commercial online in a matter of minutes. Moreover, lawyers can make their presence known on social media, blogs, law firm websites and lawyer referral sites. It's never been easier for a lawyer to get the word out. Nor has it ever been easier for lawyers to run afoul of the ethical rules regulating legal marketing. In this fun multimedia presentation, legal humorist Sean Carter will show examples of lawyers who cross the boundaries of legal ethics (or just good taste).
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$40 for TBA Members
$60 for Non-Members
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The human brain is wired to recognize patterns and make generalizations, even those based on faulty or incomplete information. And contrary to popular opinion, lawyers are human as well and therefore, we are just as susceptible to forming biases and acting upon them. And it does not require that we harbor ill will or animus towards other people. In fact, most often, our biases are not even our own, but rather those that have been taught to us. In this eye-opening presentation, the presenter will use videos to show lawyers just how easy it is to form these biases, how they manifest themselves in the way we treat clients, colleagues and opposing parties, and most importantly, how we can reduce the effect of these biases by recognizing and compensating for them. $40 For TBA Members $60 For Non Members CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the other social media tools have become ubiquitous in our high-tech society. And while social media can undoubtedly help lawyers to enhance their networks of colleagues, clients and prospective clients, it can also ensnare the unwary in a web of ethical violations.
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Those members who are at least 70 years of age and practicing or no longer practicing meet for a monthly informal gathering.
Committee works for the improvement of the legal and judicial systems through cooperation with the judiciary.
Committee works for the improvement of the criminal legal community.
CLE WEBINAR
Objections for Practitioners Friday, June 25 Noon-1:00 PM Approved for 1.0 hour of CLE credit in Kansas & Missouri. Sponsored by the TBA Criminal Law Committee Pending CLE Credit in Kansas, Approved for 1.0 hour in Missouri.
Objections for Practitioners will cover best practices in making and arguing objections for both persuasive impact and preserving the record for appeal.
Presented by: Laura A. Rose, University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law Professor Rose teaches Evidence and Trial Techniques at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law, as well as serving as the Head Coach for the school's National Trial Team. She was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators as the Region 12 representative. In this role she represents the interests and concerns of advocacy professors in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Prior to joining academia, Rose worked for the Florida Office of the Attorney General as an Assistant Statewide Prosecutor with the majority of her practice dedicated to the prosecution of multi-circuit white collar crime. Rose serves as an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, the Trial Advocacy Consulting and Training group, and believes in the power of learning by doing to synthesize the practical and doctrinal knowledge attorneys need for success. Her article "Advocacy in Action: Teaching Evidence to Interleave the Doctrinal and Practical" was selected as the inaugural winner of Stetson University College of Law's Advocacy Writing Competition in March of 2021. This article focuses on Rose's evidence course, and how she is using lessons learned from educational psychology to enhance the learning of evidence for bar passage and practice ready attorney work.
FREE for TBA Members $20 For Non TBA Members
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TBA YLD LUNCH
The TBA Young Lawyers Division will be hosting a Fun Social event on Tuesday, July 13, at Noon at the Pennant.
This is a free event, but please RSVP so we can have a good food estimate.
For questions please reach out to to the TBA at tba@topekabar.com
August Bar Luncheon Friday, August 6, 2021 Noon-1:00 p.m. * Select to attend in-person OR attend the Webinar Online
CLE Presented by the TBA Lawyers' Assistance Committee Presenters: Jeb Benfer and Bryan Smith
In-Person Attendees: Lunch provided Location: Jayhawk Towers Florentine Room 700 SW Jackson St., Topeka, KS 66603 Webinar Attendees: Zoom Webinar Link will be sent with registration confirmation
James E. Benfer, III, “Jeb” was admitted to practice in May of 1982. His first work was in the City Attorney’s Office in Topeka, Kansas for two years followed by two years of practice at the firm of Benfer & Farrell. He is currently a shareholder at McCullough Wareheim & LaBunker, P.A. where he has practiced since October of 1986. His areas of practice include personal injury, workers compensation and family law matters. He also handles selected insurance law, and employment law issues. He is licensed to practice in Kansas, Missouri, the U.S. District Court for the Districts of Kansas and Missouri; the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Jeb is in involved in committee work for the Kansas and Topeka Bar Associations and he is a member of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association. He also serves as a volunteer and Board member of the Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program. He is the current chair of the Lawyers Assistance Committee of the TBA.
Bryan W. Smith is the managing member of Smith Law Firm. Mr. Smith focuses his practice primarily on complex business litigation and personal injury cases. Bryan graduated from Washburn Law School in 1992 cum laude where he was a member of the Washburn Law Journal and Moot Court. Bryan is licensed in both Kansas and Missouri. Bryan has litigated and tried cases throughout both states and has argued cases on appeal before the Kansas Supreme Court and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Since 2008, Bryan has worked as a volunteer with the Kansas Lawyers Assistance Program (KLAP) helping attorneys and law students who have developed problems with drugs and alcohol. His primary focus has been one on one work with individuals to help them face their problem and enter the treatment process.
TBA Office will be closed in observance of Veteran's Day.
