Forever Virtual: Positive and Ethical Virtual Changes to Your Practice During and After the Pandemic
| Live Event Date: 1/21/2021 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
| Web Seminar | 90 min. | Yes |
COVID-19 forced everyone to “go virtual” in one way or another, but when the dust clears, what will law practices look like post-pandemic? In this basic/intermediate session, the panelists will discuss best practices for maintaining client confidentiality, maintaining files, and using tech tools in the future, even after COVID-19. What changes will need to be made to your practice? Will we be living in a hybrid tech world, and how will that change your practice?
Featured Topics:
- What Meeting Software Is Safe to Maintain Client Confidentiality?
- ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 477: Security Measures Needed for Electronic Communication
- Ethical Considerations When Using Tech in Your Office
- Best Practices on E-Signatures and Related USCIS Memoranda
- Interpretation Technologies That Can Defy Language Barriers
- Keeping Your Documents in the Cloud Forever: Advantages and Concerns
- Essential Paragraphs to Add to Your Legal Agreement for Virtual Functions
- Disaster Preparedness
AILA Membership Benefit – Access to Free Seminar Recordings (CLE Credit Available for $35)
Enjoy access to free seminar recordings (from October 2020–present) as an AILA Member. AILA encourages live attendance for those wishing to ask the speaker questions. CLE credit is included with purchase for live participants.
Recordings will be available approximately two weeks after the live event date. AILA members can access these seminars, with no CLE credit, for free. Recordings are CLE eligible in most jurisdictions and an administration fee is required to obtain CLE credit.
Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a web seminar recording.
Reid F. Trautz, AILA Senior Director, Washington, DC
Reid F. Trautz is a lawyer, author, and practice management advisor who serves as Senior Director of AILA’s Practice & Professionalism Center which, provides members with guidance and resources on the issues of practice technology, legal ethics, firm management, professional regulation, and attorney-client communications. He is an elected Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and in 2012 was honored in the sophomore class of the Fastcase 50, recognizing innovators in legal technology.
Adonia Simpson, Pro Bono Committee Chair, Miami, FL
Adonia Simpson is the Director of the Family Defense Program at Americans for Immigrant Justice in Miami, Florida. The Family Defense Program provides community education, legal screening, and direct representation on family and humanitarian cases. Ms. Simpson has worked in immigration for over a decade, in both private practice and legal services, and frequently lectures, writes and speaks on immigration topics. Ms. Simpson is licensed in Massachusetts and the United States Supreme Court.
Audrey Lustgarten, Petoskey, MI
Audrey Lustgarten is the founder of Lustgarten Global PLC, a boutique global immigration law firm that provides businesses with a single source for comprehensive global (non-US) immigration representation in more than 50 countries. Audrey is licensed to practice law in Georgia and Michigan, is a Senior Advisor to the ABA Section of International Law Immigration & Naturalization Committee and a Past Chair of the AILA Global Migration Section Steering Committee.
Eligible participants can receive up to 1.8 CLE credit hours. AILA will administer CLE credit only to individuals who register and log into the web seminar. AILA cannot verify your attendance and participation in this program unless you register directly for the web seminar and use your name to log in to participate in the program. Therefore, persons who log in or listen in on the web seminar as part of a group will not be able to obtain CLE credit.
Please note that your jurisdiction may limit the amount of distance learning credit you can earn. To view details on your jurisdiction's credit restrictions and CLE requirements, visit the CLE Center.
AILA has filed for CLE and specialized credit in all jurisdictions with mandatory CLE requirements. For details about specific approvals, contact us at cle@aila.org.
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- The OnDemand Recording format does not qualify for CLE credit in the following jurisdictions: MO and PR. Please note that your jurisdiction may limit OnDemand credit based on the date of the original presentation. View the OnDemand Downloadable Expiration Chart for more details.
To receive CLE credit for the live event, attorneys must record web seminar attendance and the CLE code provided within one week of the web seminar date via webCLE.
Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a seminar recording.