SBM to Present ‘Tips and Tools’ seminar on in Lansing on Nov. 4
The State Bar of Michigan will present “Tips and Tools for a Successful Practice” from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at the State Bar’s Michael Franck Building in downtown Lansing.
The semi-annual seminar features presentations on how to maintain mutually beneficial client relationships, draft effective fee agreements, manage lawyer trust accounts, analyze ethical issues, and use innovative techniques, resources and technology for law office management. The seminar presents an excellent opportunity for solo practitioners and new lawyers to obtain practical information from colleagues who have effectively implemented law office management techniques and utilized economically-priced technology to improve the quality and efficiency of their law practices.
Registration costs $100 for lawyers who have been in practice for less than five years, and $125 for those who have practiced law for five years or more. The registration fee includes seminar materials, a continental breakfast and buffet lunch. Payment and the registration form, which can be downloaded from the SBM website at Tips and Tools Registration, must be received by Friday, Oct. 31. No walk-in registrations will be accepted. Participants can register online, fax the registration form to SBM at (517) 372-5921, or mail it with a check or credit card payment to: Tips and Tools for a Successful Practice Seminar, State Bar of Michigan, ATTN: Finance Department, Michael Franck Building, 306 Townsend Street, Lansing, MI 48933-2012.
For more information contact Karen Spohn with the State Bar of Michigan Professional Standards Division at kspohn@mail.michbar.org or (517) 346-6309.
Presiding judge issues age restriction on viewers at murder trial
KALAMAZOO (AP) — A judge presiding over a murder trial in Kalamazoo has ordered that spectators under the age of 19 can’t enter his courtroom.
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports sheriff’s deputies asked for identification from anyone who entered the courtroom as testimony began Wednesday.
Twenty-four-year-old Octavius Snell, 18-year-old Rashad Perez and a 16-year-old are charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and felony use of a firearm in the May shooting death of 13-year-old Michael Day in the city’s Edison neighborhood.
Judge Alexander Lipsey says he put the age restriction in place after he and other court officials learned that area middle school and high school students had a high interest in the case. Lipsey says he has instated an age restriction only one other time in his seven years on the bench.
Labor movement documentary to debut at Wayne Law Oct. 16
“Brothers on the Line,” an award-winning labor movement documentary about the Reuther brothers – Walter, Roy and Victor – will have its Detroit debut Thursday, Oct. 16, at Wayne State University Law School. The free event, which includes a reception at 4:30 p.m., screening of the 80-minute film at 5:30 p.m. and a panel discussion at 7 p.m., will follow the 22nd annual Bernard Gottfried Memorial Labor Law Symposium. Presented by Wayne Law and Labor@Wayne, and sponsored by HAP, the documentary event will be in the Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium at the law school, 471 W. Palmer St. Parking will be available for $7 (credit and debit cards only) in Structure No. 1 across West Palmer Street from Wayne Law.
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