Join Magistrate Jennifer Kuyrkendall Griffin, Solo & Small Firm Section Chair, for a free Zoom webinar to learn about free apps and software that can make your practice run more efficiently and productively. Solo & Small Firm Section members only. CLE credit pending approval. Register online.

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Keep your practice up to date in eight key areas of Florida law. Original program:  Thursday, June 27 during The Florida Bar Annual Convention. The 2019 Florida Law Update is a full day of programming on the latest statutory updates in Business Litigation, Criminal Trial Law, Elder Law, Labor and Employment Law, Marital and Family Law, Real Estate and Wills, Trusts and Estates. 8.0 CLE credits. 1.0 certification credit in each practice area.

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When it comes to innovation, the legal industry likes what it sees but struggles to make the change. Why? Because innovation involves change, and change involves risk. In this presentation, Kristin Tyler of LAWCLERK™ will lay the framework for the tech tools today’s modern lawyer needs to build a virtual law firm model.  Plus, she will review the key ethics rules attorneys need to be mindful of along the way. REGISTER

Free CLE for Solo & Small Firm Section members via Zoom. Live audio webcast. Do you know that less than 7 percent of The Florida Bar’s lawyers are board certified? Have you thought about how to become board certified, but just don’t know where to start? How can board certification help your career? What can Avvo do for you? Do you have your Martindale Hubbell rating? Do you want it? Why you should get it. Jamie Moses, an appellate specialist at Holland & Knight, will show you how to start the process of applying for board certification. She also will discuss other recognitions that might help enhance your name and reputation. Registration will be confirmed when section membership is verified.

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One-hour live audio webcast presented by Cathleen Scott, B.C.S., Immediate Past Chair of The Florida Bar Labor & Employment Law Section. Small firms often make decisions about employment practices based on their business needs and prior experience. But what you don’t know can hurt you and cost you money. Are your employees properly classified for overtime? Are you violating wage and hour laws based on your lunch break rules? How about your commission or paid time off policies, are they a source of liability? Are those non-competes enforceable? This CLE will explore from a small business aspect how what you don’t know can hurt you. Section members register for only $65. Course No. 3405.

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Aug. 28 Zoom Webinar, 12-1 p.m. Free CLE. Join the Solo & Small Firm Section for “Trust Accounting Procedures and Steps to Protect Your Clients’ Funds,” a live audio webcast by Florida Bar Chief Branch Discipline Counsel Sheila Tuma. This presentation will address the trust accounting process and procedures to help participants maintain all required records and be in full compliance with the rules. Solo & Small Firm Section members only. Registration will be approved when section membership is confirmed. 1.0 General CLE. Course No. 3636.

Join us on Sept. 17 from noon to 1 p.m. for a live audio webcast on malpractice pitfalls. Statistics show that solo and small firm attorneys generate more malpractice claims than their counterparts in larger firms, so awareness of the pitfalls and prevention are crucial. William E. Loucks, President of Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, will share info on tips that solo and smaller firms can build into their practices to avoid malpractice claims. Course 3406. 1.0 General CLE credit. Solo & Small Firm Section member discounted registration is only $65. REGISTER

Bill Loucks is currently serving as President of Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, as well as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.  Mr. Loucks was engaged in the private practice of law from 1961 through 2007.  He graduated from the College of Law, University of Florida, and received a Bachelor of Arts from Earlham College.