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11/14/2019 9:25:00 AM
Plenary Track:
Domestic Relations Caselaw and Statutory Update with Analysis
Hon. Janice K. Cunningham returns with her expert analysis of recent court decisions and legislative enactments.
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11/14/2019 11:00:00 AM
Core Concepts Track:
Evidence Under Fire: Strategies and Rules Refreshers for Winning in the Hot Seat
Get tips for handling the hot evidentiary topics that commonly surface in divorce and custody trials, witness demonstrations of hearsay, privilege, and HIPPA objections. Learn how to introduce school and other records and take home sample motions and language to start using in your practice. Immediately and dramatically increase your confidence at motion and trial practice.
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11/14/2019 11:00:00 AM
Intermediate/Advanced Track:
Discovery in the Electronic Age: Part One
Discovery in the electronic age can be thorny. There is a plethora of new ways that a lawyer can gather information to benefit their client. Learn about sending subpoenas to online financial institutions, phone companies, Amazon, and more unique sources. Gather tips on how and where to send the subpoena, what to include, and how to understand the information you are receiving.
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11/14/2019 11:00:00 AM
Bench and Bar Track:
Learn to Love Limited Scope Representation
Limited scope representation leads to happy clients, fewer collections, and more efficiency for the courts. Embrace a different way to practice and tap a completely new market of clients. Gain experienced insight and practical materials to help you design your limited scope practice to set the right expectations for the client, opposing counsel, and the courts while following the Michigan Court Rules and Rules of Professional Conduct.
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11/14/2019 1:05:00 PM
Core Concepts Track:
Divorce on a Shoestring Budget
Are you tired of turning away clients who cannot afford your retainer? Learn how to help clients cut costs without sacrificing quality. Identify where pro se pleadings will please the court, and where limited scope services are necessary for success. Receive a handy toolkit with tried-and-true cost-saving resources.
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11/14/2019 1:05:00 PM
Intermediate/Advanced Track:
Discovery in the Electronic Age: Part Two
Take discovery in the electronic age to the next level. Valuable information can be gleaned from the latest technology in security systems, doorbells, and Nest Cams. Discover how to gather and use complex electronic data efficiently. Plus, protect your clients from unauthorized access to these electronic systems and help keep your clients out of hot water should they want to attempt some self-discovery.
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11/14/2019 1:05:00 PM
Bench and Bar Track:
Civility: Advocating in the Midst of Bad Behavior
Based on a nationwide research study, 10 standards of civility have emerged. Via real-world examples and group discussion, glean tips for dealing with difficult clients, opposing counsel, and even judges to maintain demeanor, protocol, and civility inside and outside the courtroom.
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11/14/2019 2:05:00 PM
Core Concepts Track:
Deposition Skills: Preparing Your Client and Yourself for a Deposition
Stop wondering and worrying about depositions. Whether preparing to take or defend, master the basic preparations that lead to better outcomes and fewer problems. Plan and prepare your purpose and strategy, your client and your message, your outline and objections, your frame of mind, and your exhibits. Invest mere minutes and leave with new tips, tactics, and techniques you will use for a lifetime.
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11/14/2019 2:05:00 PM
Intermediate/Advanced Track:
Child Support Arrears
When you file a motion for relief on arrears, do you cite legal authority? Do you know there is a bar to retroactive modification? Do you know about the different payment plans offered by statute? Explore arrears forgiveness, available remedies, how to defend a show cause, defenses and limitations on bond, and much more.
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11/14/2019 2:05:00 PM
Bench and Bar Track:
Wait ‘Til the Judge Hears This!
Modern-day evidence can be tricky and judges must weigh many factors when deciding whether to admit audio, video, photos, and social media posts. Explore a variety of scenarios and hear a statewide panel of judges weigh in on how they perceive multimedia evidence. Gain insights into how to use social media as an appropriate part of your case including what and what not to attach to your next motion.
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11/14/2019 3:10:00 PM
Core Concepts Track:
Deposition Skills: Conducting Winning Depositions After Discovery Reform
Achieve all of your goals at deposition. Handle exhibits effectively, navigate medical privilege and Fifth Amendment issues, respond to objections, control the angry deponent, and use depositions in motions in limine or trial. Take home 35 killer interrogatories to use in light of discovery reform.
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11/14/2019 3:10:00 PM
Intermediate/Advanced Track:
Child Support Deviation Factors
Master important considerations in high and low income deviations. Make sure your Uniform Child Support Order is not rejected by the court. Understand how your client can access their case online, how to calculate child support using CALC, and new ways to pay child support. Plus, grasp what possible changes may come in the new MCSF.
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11/14/2019 3:10:00 PM
Bench and Bar Track:
Appellate Rules and Advocacy
Know your audience and advocate effectively in the trial courts and on appeal. Gain trial advocacy tips to help appeal-proof your family law case. Grasp how to effectively use the new final order rule and motions to remand.
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11/14/2019 4:10:00 PM
Core Concepts Track:
What I Wish I Knew Then: Five Practice Lessons to Live By
An experienced practitioner shares the five biggest takeaways learned in over 40 years of practice. What are the most useful habits for an efficient and high quality practice? What are the biggest pitfalls and hardest lessons? Find out in 50 minutes what it took this veteran lawyer more than four decades to figure out.
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11/14/2019 4:10:00 PM
Intermediate/Advanced Track:
Using Excel in Your Family Law Practice
Bring your laptop and walk step by step through hands-on exercises. Master Excel to create marital balance sheets to allocate separate and marital property. Use Excel’s present value functions to structure settlements, evaluate proposals, and prepay alimony at various interest/discount rates. Set up a spreadsheet for client budgeting of weekly, monthly, and annual expenses. Bring your questions to this interactive session.
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11/14/2019 4:10:00 PM
Bench and Bar Track:
Working with Traumatized Clients
Too often lawyers think domestic violence is for the criminal court to handle. Recognizing the signs and issues that surround a family when there is domestic violence is critical in divorce and custody cases. Learn how to identify these issues when they occur, what lawyers can ask the court to do, and how the family court can assist victims of domestic violence and help prevent batterers from obtaining an upper hand in custody cases.
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11/14/2019 5:00:00 PM
Plenary Track:
Closing Keynote: Family Law Town Hall
Select faculty members lead an interactive discussion of new developments, statewide and local trends, and up-to-the-minute practice strategies in this freewheeling session. Get in on the discussion and get your questions answered.
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11/15/2019 8:30:00 AM
Plenary Track:
Courts and Addiction: The Science and Solutions of Legal Drugs' Impact on the Family
National speaker, courtroom expert and family lawyer Jodi Switalski provides an evidence-based, hard-hitting presentation you won't want to miss. Understand the shifting paradigm of substance use disorder, its etiology, and impact on the individual and family systems. Gain detailed solutions proven to create positive therapeutic outcomes for families while ending discriminatory practices in the courtroom.
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11/15/2019 10:00:00 AM
Substance Use and Abuse Track:
Up in Smoke? How Medical and Recreational Marijuana Laws Impact Family Law MP3 download available to all registrants after the seminar
Review the new laws and regulations for recreational marijuana and the latest developments with medical marijuana laws. Hear what matters to an experienced judge when marijuana becomes an issue in her cases. Grasp the impact on child custody and parenting time and address driving/transporting concerns. Advise clients who smoke marijuana how to stay in compliance with the law and advise clients who do not smoke how to still protect their children.
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11/15/2019 10:00:00 AM
Intersections Track:
Family Law’s Intersection with PPOs and Child Protection Actions MP3 download available to all registrants after the seminar
When allegations of domestic violence or child abuse are made in a family law case, it’s important to understand how to keep parties and children safe. Understand the basics of petitioning for or defending against a personal protection order. Learn how a PPO may affect custody proceedings and existing custody orders. Understand the authority of CPS when it investigates allegations of abuse or neglect, strategies for responding, and how allegations or a petition affects your family law case.
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11/15/2019 10:00:00 AM
Finance Track:
The Impact of Tax Law Changes on Family Law One Year Out MP3 download available to all registrants after the seminar
After more than a year of digesting the new tax law and new alimony rules, family law professionals are grasping the impacts on their cases. Dig into key aspects of the TCJA, alimony alternative options, how experts are dealing with business valuation issues, and other tips and tricks. Build your awareness of key tax law changes that arise for divorcing parties and expert witnesses and be armed with knowledge to get the best outcomes for your clients in negotiation, settlement, and trial.
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11/15/2019 11:00:00 AM
Substance Use and Abuse Track:
Parenting Issues with Addiction MP3 download available to all registrants after the seminar
Secure the peace, safety, and well-being of children and parents during parenting time when one parent faces addiction. Learn how to recognize addiction - specific concerns for treatment, monitoring, and sobriety. Assess family impact and reunification needs and address trust-building. Get best practice tips and resources for representing either parent during all phases of re-establishing parenting time. Recognize and measure success and set realistic expectations going forward.
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11/15/2019 11:00:00 AM
Intersections Track:
Family Law’s Intersection with Criminal Law/Immigration MP3 download available to all registrants after the seminar
Develop your competence in basic criminal defense matters, including DUI, CSC, and domestic violence, and know when to refer a matter out to a criminal defense lawyer. Grasp basic types of citizenship and immigration status, including immigration benefits for survivors of domestic violence and other serious crimes. Better understand how immigration status may be a factor in a family law case (but never a dispositive factor) and how to assess different immigration dynamics. Susan E. Reed, Michigan Poverty Law Program/Michigan Immigrant Rights Center, Kalamazoo
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11/15/2019 11:00:00 AM
Finance Track:
Financial Advice for Clients During and After Divorce MP3 download available to all registrants after the seminar
Master important financial issues through this case study that begins with negotiating a settlement and continues through the long-term financial impact of settlements. Get tips and techniques for dividing retirement assets, selling the marital home, determining the tax basis of certain assets, allocating tax deductions and credits, and understanding how these issues impact the income and net worth of parties long-term.
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11/15/2019 11:55:00 AM
Substance Use and Abuse Track:
It’s Not Just Chemicals: Addictions to Gaming, Gambling, Internet, Sex, and More MP3 download available to all registrants after the seminar
Addictions can be associated with many different behaviors, but how do you know when a behavior becomes an addiction? Gain insight into identifying addiction and assessing allegations that the addiction negatively impacts one’s ability to parent. Discuss how to incorporate accountability, compliance with treatment plans, and safe parenting time schedules into court orders. AJ Kitchen, Oakland County Friend of the Court Office, Pontiac
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11/15/2019 11:55:00 AM
Intersections Track:
For Richer or for Poorer: When Divorce and Bankruptcy Law Collide MP3 download available to all registrants after the seminar
The filing of a bankruptcy can change the course of a property settlement, alter obligations under a division of debts, and cause a delay in the family law process. Limited exceptions to the automatic stay imposed by the filing of a bankruptcy apply in certain circumstances. Understand the exceptions to the automatic stay, learn how different debts are treated, and be able to anticipate the filing of a bankruptcy to best position your clients when divorce and bankruptcy collide.
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11/15/2019 11:55:00 AM
Finance Track:
Litigating Prenups and Postnups: Beyond the Basics MP3 download available to all registrants after the seminar
From partial disclosure of assets to sloppy draftsmanship to asserting privilege and other evidentiary obstacles, there are more litigation strategies than you may realize with a nuptial agreement. Apply a top-to-bottom analysis of issues to consider when defending or attacking a nuptial agreement. Sharpen your skills when drafting the agreements and learn the latest attacks under Allard.
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