6-Hour Program

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Overview

Why You Should Attend

Are you up-to-date on the important developments in federal civil practice and the implications of these developments for your cases? At Current Developments in Federal Civil Practice 2015, a distinguished faculty of trial lawyers and judges will review and offer their insights into significant recent developments in the law.  The program will focus on the application of these developments for best pretrial and trial practices.

What You Will Learn

  • Motion practice update: pleadings, standing, summary judgment motions, best practices
  • Strategies for effective and efficient electronic discovery
  • Recent decisions interpreting and applying the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence
  • Using experts effectively in pretrial motion practice and at trial
  • Ethics in federal civil practice
  • Advice on handling issues that often arise during trial
  • The View from the Bench – insight from federal judges on what they consider to be effective practices in pretrial proceedings and at trial

Who Should Attend

This program will be helpful to the new lawyer who needs to learn nuances of the Federal Rules, as well as the experienced litigator who is interested in an update on current  federal issues and recent  decisions.

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