Legal Assistants/Paralegals of Southern West Virginia

What: Executive Committee Meeting
When: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Jackson Kelly PLLC, Laidley Tower, 500 Lee St., Ste. 1600, Charleston, WV

Executive Committee meetings are open to the general membership.  If you are a member of LAPSWV, you may attend Executive Committee meetings.

*Dates and locations are subject to change due to unforeseen conflicts.  Please contact any Executive Committee member to confirm date/time and location of the meeting you plan to attend.

Who: Jill McIntyre, Esquire - Jackson Kelly PLLC
What: Data Mapping (identifying where client data is located)
When: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 12:00 Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Jackson Kelly PLLC, 500 Lee Street, E., Suite 1600, Charleston, WV

Lunch will be provided.  Please R.S.V.P. to Patricia Schoolcraft at firstvicepresident@lapswv.org by 12:00 Noon on Monday, January 23, 2012 if you plan to attend.                                    

This meeting qualifies for 1.0 continuing legal education credits. 

What: Executive Committee Meeting
When: Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Jackson Kelly PLLC, Laidley Tower, 500 Lee St., Ste. 1600, Charleston, WV

Executive Committee meetings are open to the general membership.  If you are a member of LAPSWV, you may attend Executive Committee meetings.

*Dates and locations are subject to change due to unforeseen conflicts.  Please contact any Executive Committee member to confirm date/time and location of the meeting you plan to attend.

Who: Stephen Gregory, Esquire and Susan Pauley, Esquire
What: The Role of Title Insurance in Real Estate Transactions
When: Friday, February 24, 2012, 12:00 Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Chase Center - 1000 Fifth Avenue, Suite 250, Huntington, WV 25701

Lunch will be provided.  Please R.S.V.P. to Patricia Schoolcraft at firstvicepresident@lapswv.org by 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 if you plan to attend.                                    

This meeting qualifies for 1.0 continuing legal education credits. 

Who: Stephen Gregory, Esquire and Susan Pauley, Esquire
What: The Role of Title Insurance in Real Estate Transactions
When: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 12:00 Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Chase Tower - 707 Virginia Street, East, 8th Floor, Charleston, WV 25301

Lunch will be provided.  Please R.S.V.P. to Patricia Schoolcraft at firstvicepresident@lapswv.org by 12:00 Noon on Monday, February 27, 2012 if you plan to attend.                                    

This meeting qualifies for 1.0 continuing legal education credits. 

What: Executive Committee Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Jackson Kelly PLLC, Laidley Tower, 500 Lee St., Ste. 1600, Charleston, WV

Executive Committee meetings are open to the general membership.  If you are a member of LAPSWV, you may attend Executive Committee meetings.

*Dates and locations are subject to change due to unforeseen conflicts.  Please contact any Executive Committee member to confirm date/time and location of the meeting you plan to attend.

Who: Deborah Bogan - Director of the Access to Justice Commission with the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
What: Access to Justice
When: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Where: Kanawha Valley Community & Technical College, Room 112, Cole Complex, Institute, WV

Dinner served at 6:00 p.m.  For more information, contact Patricia Schoolcraft, CLA at firstvicepresident@lapswv.org

This meeting qualifies for 1.0 continuing legal education credits.

What: Executive Committee Meeting
When: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Jackson Kelly PLLC, Laidley Tower, 500 Lee St., Ste. 1600, Charleston, WV

Executive Committee meetings are open to the general membership.  If you are a member of LAPSWV, you may attend Executive Committee meetings.

*Dates and locations are subject to change due to unforeseen conflicts.  Please contact any Executive Committee member to confirm date/time and location of the meeting you plan to attend.

Who: Mountwest Community & Technical College (MCTC) Legal Assistants Program
What: Meet & Greet
When: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 5:00 p.m.
Where: MCTC Cooking & Culinary Institute, 917 3rd Avenue (across from Pullman Plaza), Huntington, WV

Mark your calendars for April 18th for a Meet & Greet at the Mountwest Culinary Institute on Third Avenue across from Pullman Plaza in Huntington, West Virginia.  The Meet & Greet will start at 5:00 p.m.  Please come and meet the legal assistant students of MCTC, share your paralegal experiences and enjoy the food and company.  For more information contact Karen Nichols, ACP at president@lapswv.org.

Who: Jessica Alsop, Esquire, Felicia Phipps, Esquire, and Kevin Waldo, Esquire - Jackson Kelly PLLC
What: Due Diligence
When: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 12:00 Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Jackson Kelly PLLC, 16th Floor, Laidley Tower, 500 Lee St., Charleston, WV

Lunch will be provided.  RSVP to Patricia Schoolcraft, CLA at firstvicepresident@lapswv.org by noon on Tuesday, April 24, 2012.

This meeting qualifies for 1.0 continuing legal education credits.

What: Executive Committee Meeting
When: Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Jackson Kelly PLLC, Laidley Tower, 500 Lee St., Ste. 1600, Charleston, WV

Executive Committee meetings are open to the general membership.  If you are a member of LAPSWV, you may attend Executive Committee meetings.

*Dates and locations are subject to change due to unforeseen conflicts.  Please contact any Executive Committee member to confirm date/time and location of the meeting you plan to attend.

Who: Kenneth O. Kreis, J.D. - former Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, and former Assistant District Attorney, 47th Judicial District, State of Texas. Mr. Kreis has engaged in the private practice of law in Idaho for more than 30 years, and has been General Manager of Technology 4 Attorneys, LLC, for the past 10 years.
What: Social Media Evidence Issues: Admissibility, Foundational Concerns & Expert Testimony; Social Media Pitfalls for Lawyers & Staff; Additional Metadata & Social Media Case Law Update; How to Lose Your Case: Avoid Drafting Metadata Related Discovery Requests; How to Lose Your Case: Avoid Drafting Smartphone Discovery Requests; More Social Media & Metadata Ethics Issues;
When: Friday, June 01, 2012, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Registration opens at 7:45 a.m. - Opening Remarks at 8:15 a.m.)
Where: Pullman Plaza Hotel, 1001 Third Avenue, Huntington, WV

COURSE SYNOPSIS:

This course focuses upon social media and metadata topics of critical importance including some of the issues pertaining to the admissibility of social media related evidence; the pitfalls of social media and risks to lawyers & staff; the critical importance to draft smartphone discovery requests to minimize malpractice risks; some of the new case law affecting metadata issues and social media in discovery; the critical need to draft metadata related discovery requests; and additional social media and metadata ethics issues that lawyers must learn to consider to avoid problems in their practice. Social media is taking the world by storm and lawyers and paralegals must get on the train before it leaves them permanently behind. In a social media driven world, we have to know what our clients are doing in order to properly represent them.

HIGHLIGHTS:

* Explore social media evidentiary issues, including admissibility & foundational concerns
* Learn to recognize the pitfalls of social media for lawyers & staff who ignore same
* Recognize the critical need for lawyers to draft appropriate smartphone discovery requests
* Review the latest case law on the impact of metadata and social media issues on discovery issues
* The critical necessity to incorporate some metadata discovery in your requests to opposing counsel
* Consider additional issues regarding social media and metadata's impact on ethics

Seminar Co-Sponsor: Technology 4 Attorneys, LLC

Registration:  2012 Annual Seminar Registration

  *Approved for 6.25 CLE credits (1.0 Ethics) by NALA
**Approved for 6.0 CLE Hrs (2.1 Hrs Off Mgmt / Ethics) by the West Virginia State Bar