Facebook for Lawyers (non-CLE)
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Salon 2
Dennis Kennedy and Allison Shields

If Facebook were a country, its population would be more than double that of the United States. Despite the presence of parents, children, grandchildren, friends, neighbors and clients on Facebook, lawyers have been wary of entering the Facebook world. Lawyers need both good judgment and a solid understanding of what Facebook is and how it works to navigate Facebook successfully. In this program, you will take a big step toward getting that solid understanding so that you can decide how to use your good judgment.

You will learn how to incorporate Facebook into your professional and personal life. This practical program will give you strategies, lessons and tips for using Facebook to connect and communicate and to establish a Facebook presence that works for you and your practice.

Learning Objectives

Understand the many ways lawyers are using Facebook and find the way(s) that work best for you.
Design and optimize your Facebook profile and usage to create a strong professional social media presence.
Learn approaches to separate your personal and professional lives on Facebook.
Find out how to put a human face on your professional profile to improve connections.
Develop focused, strategic approaches to networking with others and distributing information on Facebook.
Use powerful advanced features of Facebook in that many users are not even aware of.
Boost your professional presence and establish your niche among the 800 million members of the Facebook community.

60 Finance Tips for Lawyers (CLE)
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Salon 2
Ed Poll, Laura Calloway, Jan Alexander
Materials (17 pages)
PowerPoint

Our panel of experts will discuss trust accounting tips, invoices that your clients can better understand, alternative fee arrangements and how to calculate them and ethical considerations in law firm finances. Today, there are many software applications that can assist you in dealing with the financial aspects of practicing law, helping you to better serve your clients and making your practice more efficient. Bring your questions!

Moving Your Law Practice to the Cloud, Safely and Ethically (Ethics CLE)
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Salon 2
Dan Siegel and John Simek
Materials (161 pages)

Recent technological advances have dramatically changed how attorneys store, retrieve and access client data. Perhaps no area has seen greater changes than "cloud computing," which refers to software and other services that store information on a computer or server that is not located at a lawyer's physical office. As a result, cloud computing – which includes SmartPhones, web-based e-mail such as Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail and AOL Mail, and products like Google Docs, Microsoft Office 365 and Dropbox – provides an opportunity to reduce costs, improve efficiency and offer better client service. But cloud computing also raises practical and ethical concerns, including the central question of how and under what circumstances an attorney may ethically store confidential client material in "the cloud." This program will provide an overview of recent developments in cloud computing, including:

Ethical considerations and recent ethical guidance opinions
Questions to ask cloud providers about their data security
Typical cloud terms and conditions that present ethical problems
The ABA Ethics Commission 20/20 recommendations
Latest technological advances
Tips for securing client and other data in the cloud

Locked Down: Information Security for Law Firms (Ethics CLE)
2:45 p.m.- 3:45 p.m.
Salon 2
Dave Ries, Sharon Nelson, John Simek
Materials (26 pages)

Lawyers have an ethical duty to be competent and to keep their client data confidential. All too often, information security is not prioritized by law firms. Security firm Mandiant has estimated that there were more than 80 law firm data breaches in 2011. The FBI has even met with the top 200 law firms in New York to warn them of the dangers. This session will help you understand how law firm data breaches occur and how to prevent them using a combination of technology, policies and training. The stories of real-life law firm data breaches our presenters will share will no doubt cause you to reassess the security of your law firm's data.

Time Management for Lawyers: Is it 5 p.m. Already? Where Did the Day Go? (CLE)
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Salon 2
Paul Unger and Debbie Foster
Materials (22 pages)

Nothing is more precious to a lawyer than time. But where does it go? You get to the end of the day and wonder where the hours went. Interruptions and distractions of all shapes and sizes eat up the day. The truth is you can't manage time. In this session we will share some tips and tricks to help you better manage your activities to get more done by taking advantage of technology and other clever management tactics. You will learn how to really harness your day and get the most out of the time you spend both in and out of the office. We will discuss setting realistic goals as well as work/life balance and share with you some of our best time tracking tips.

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Friday, May 4, 2012