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Attacks of violence to courts and judicial officers has risen steadily over the past few years impacting our democratic process. Using personal stories from distinguished panelists this webinar will explore their personal threats, warning signs, and actions taken. Expert analysis will be provided on understanding and mitigating these work-related life-safety risks.

Join two sitting Third Circuit judges (Chief Judge Michael A. Chagares and Judge L. Felipe Restrepo) and two appellate lawyers (Ilana Eisenstein and moderator Karl Myers) for a discussion of best practices for litigating in the Third Circuit. Topics will include local rules, the mediation program, and recommendations for briefing and oral argument.

Panelists, comprised of a litigator and an expert witness, will discuss the attorney-expert witness relationship from both perspectives.

The Department of Justice is rewriting its rules under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Panelists will discuss this reform effort, as well as recent FARA trends

This panel discussion brings together judges, court administrators, and legal technology experts. The panelists will discuss both the financial and human costs of delayed justice and share their real-world solutions to this multifaceted problem.

A major bipartisan trend has been an expansion of whistleblower protection under federal and state laws. This course will explain the basics of whistleblowing law, as well as federal and state protections.

Are you interested in starting your own firm after law school or are you ready to leave your current position to go solo? Concerned about going it alone? 

Any planner that assists veterans, and specifically those attorneys in estate, elder, and guardianship/conservatorship, should be familiar with how the VA Fiduciaries get involved, what the VA Fiduciary role is, and how the VA Fiduciary works alongside a state court-appointed guardian or conservator.

Panelists; comprised of a former DEA Diversion Investigator, an Assistant United States Attorney and a Clinic Director of an Opiate treatment Program; will discuss the investigations involving the illicit distribution of pharmaceutical controlled substances, the regulatory landscape for prescribing and dispensing controlled substances, and treatment interventions to reduce many of the consequences brought on by the opioid epidemic.