Business Law Section CLE Update

April 2024

Free CLE: How to be a Happier Lawyer

April 24, 2024

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Join us on Zoom on April 24, 2024, as celebrated author, lawyer, business coach Nora Bergman discusses how to be a happier lawyer. Learn about her tips and lessons from her 50 Lessons book series.


Free to BLS Members

Independent Tort Doctrine

May 8, 2024

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Gain practical expertise in Florida's application of the Independent Tort Doctrine. This concise course provides essential insights into the doctrine's fundamentals, its relevance in civil law practice, and its pivotal role in determining legal liability. Through focused examples and practical discussions, learn why mastering the Independent Tort Doctrine is crucial for effective representation in Florida's civil courts and earn valuable Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits for your professional development.


Includes Professionalism as well as Business Litigation Certification credits.

You Have Yourself a Deal—Now Get It in Writing: Strategies for Drafting and Negotiating Contracts

May 16, 2024


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Bankruptcy Case Law Update

May 21, 2024

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Presentation and discussion of recent bankruptcy case law developments from November 2023 through April 2024.  


Presented by

Mariane Dorris, Lauren Stricker,

Reginald Sainvil

Free CLE: Question, Persuade, Refer: Suicide Prevention Training

May 23, 2024

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Join us on Zoom on May 23, 2024, as the National Alliance on Mental Illness helps us recognize the warning signs and risk factors for suicide. This 1 ½ hour program will also explain how to talk to someone who may be thinking about suicide, persuade them to get help, and what life saving resources are available for help. Learn how to intervene and ask tough questions when someone is at risk for suicide. This CLE also provides a Certificate of Completion for the course. 

Unconventional Wisdom in Mediation - Ten Lessons I Am Pretty Sure No One Told You

May 30, 2024

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This seminar in ten lessons is a thought-provoking mixture of theory and practice intended to transform the way attorneys prepare for and conduct mediation. Distilled from hundreds of mediations over 30 years, the ten lessons will benefit experienced trial attorneys, in-house counsel and claims personnel participating in mediation. This program casts light on the dark art of mediation, debunks common misperceptions, promotes counterintuitive ideas, offers useful practice guidelines, unravels contradictory concepts and rules, and offers creative solutions to hard cases. This seminar is unlike any other and will be helpful to new and seasoned litigators including those with a national practice.  

Florida Bar Annual Convention

June 19-22, 2024

Orlando


Business Law Section committees will meet on June 19 and 20. Schedule coming soon!


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Ethical Dilemmas in Bankruptcy

June 26, 2024


Presentation and discussion of recent bankruptcy case law regarding ethical issues arising under Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 2014, 2016, & 2019 and 11 U.S.C. §362(a) & (k).


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The Judge Michael G. Williamson View from the Florida Bankruptcy Bench

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November 7, 2024 in Tampa

November 8, 2024 in Miami

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