Featured Philadelphia Bar Association CLE
CLE - Discovery in a Digital World - Modern Investigative Techniques: Cybersecurity Through Computer Forensics Aug. 17
Happy Hour CLE presented by PRECISE, Inc.

The exponential growth of data creation in modern society continually impacts litigation from cyber exposure risk management to computer forensics best practices. The proliferation of mobile devices, new communication methods, and web-based platforms presents opportunities for hackers to steal data and creates discovery situations best left to computer forensics experts to assist with.
Our featured speakers will examine, in detail, the following issues affecting data discovery:
Cybersecurity Risk Management
- Security audits
- Breaches and attacks
- Ransomware
- Data breach lifecycle
Computer Forensics
The Modern Digital Environment
- Social Media
- Smart Phones
- Cloud-Based Data
- Internet of Things (IoT)
This CLE presentation will explore cybersecurity risk management and cover some of the most interesting areas of electronic data sources that have changed the landscape of investigations and provide interesting stories of how those have had implications on real-world cases.
Discovery in a Digital World - Modern Investigative Techniques: Cybersecurity Through Computer Forensics
2 SUB
4-6:15 p.m. Registration begins at 3:30 p.m.
CLE - Deposition Skills Courtroom Litigators Needs to Know Aug. 18
Presented by Raynes McCarty
Litigators know that the deposition is a crucial opportunity to evaluate an adversary's case, challenge key theories and witnesses, and to seek admissions for use in a potential summary judgment motion or at trial. Whether you are a first-year litigation associate, senior partner or a solo practitioner come learn new skills that will maximize your effectiveness at deposition.
Preparing for and Taking Depositions
- Preparing for deposition in today's electronic world
- Obtain key information effectively from the difficult witness
- Neutralize the "independent" medical exam witness and subsequent treating physician
- Special considerations for third-party witnesses
Preparing Your Witness and Defending the Deposition
- Importance of understanding your case
- Key points to go over with the witness
- Use of documents in witness preparation
- Dealing with non-party witnesses and experts and ethical issues
Strategic Do's & Don'ts For Your Case
- Getting the testimony you need from particular witnesses
- Creating the case narrative
- Properly forming the right type of question
- "Defensive" and "offensive" questioning of witness
Technology for Today's Deposition
- Use of text map and iPad app to streamline use of exhibits and flow of deposition
- Use of smart deps
- Using deposition technology tools in mediation and/or trial
Ethical Issues
- Dealing with the difficult opposing counsel
- Proper Objections
- Instructions Not to Answer
- Limits of Proper Questioning
- Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Protection
Deposition Skills Courtroom Litigators Needs to Know 2 SUB/1 ETH
12 p.m. Lunch and registration begin at 11:30 a.m.
CLE - Avoiding Legal Malpractice Aug. 24, 26, 27 and 30
Thanks to an overwhelming response from our membership, the first FREE CLE date for Philadelphia Bar Association members in good standing, Aug. 24, has been filled.
Second FREE CLE for Philadelphia Bar Association Members in good standing.
This 2-hour ethics CLE will feature Shelly Lawson, vice president at USI Affinity and the head of Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) claims for CNA. Learn why lawyers are being sued for malpractice. What are the areas of practice where suits are most common? Are letters of disengagement really that important? Why shouldn't lawyers handle a real estate settlement for a friend who needs just a little bit of help? Using your cell phone and iPad for communications with clients is certainly convenient but does it expose you to liability? This two-hour ethics program will delve into the who, what, where and why of being sued for malpractice and how best to avoid it.
Avoiding Legal Malpractice
2 ETH
Aug. 26 - VIDEO ENCORE
9 a.m. Continental breakfast and registration begin at 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 27 - VIDEO ENCORE
9 a.m. Continental breakfast and registration begin at 8:30 a.m.
Aug. 30 - VIDEO ENCORE
2 p.m. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m.
CLE - Ethics in Sports & Entertainment at Citizens Bank Park Aug. 31
Join your colleagues for this August compliance grand slam!
After the CLE program, experience a night of the "undead" during Zombie Night at Citizens Bank Park as the Philadelphia Phillies host the Washington Nationals. At this Phillies Theme Night, fans are encouraged to come dressed up in family-friendly Zombie attire and make-up.
This second course in the Philadelphia Bar Association Entertainment Law CLE series adds the fun factor to earning your two required ethics credits.
In the first hour, attendees will examine entertainment fee agreements using a sample hourly rate agreement and a contingent fee agreement. The featured speaker, entertainment lawyer, Bernie Resnick, will discuss the ethical requirements of fee agreements, with a focus on attorney’s fees in the sports and entertainment industry.
In the second hour, Resnick will lead a discussion of ethics issues that attorneys typically encounter in the sports and entertainment industry, highlighting Pennsylvania Disciplinary Rules 1.5, 1.7 and 1.8.
Special Notes&58;
- No walk-in registrations.
- Tuition includes CLE program, course material, buffet and game ticket.
- Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
- Parking is NOT included.
- For questions regarding non-attorney guest ticket, please contact Tara D. Phoenix, Director of Continuing Legal Education at 215-238-6349.
Ethics in Sports & Entertainment at Citizens Bank Park 2 ETH
4 p.m. Registration begins at 3:15 p.m.