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Staying ahead of key developments across the broad and rapidly evolving legal, regulatory, and political landscape of U.S. energy law can be a challenging task. This 60-minute seminar will provide discuss the basics of the energy law practice and give an update on several significant legislative, regulatory, and judicial actions and demonstrate effective methods to stay up-to-date as events and issues unfold.

After completing this course, you will be able to

Identify fundamental principles of U.S. energy law and practice that relates to recent events.
Recognize noteworthy aspects of specific energy-related legislation in Congress, developments at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Environmental Protection Agency, and selected cases.
Employ varied types of resources to learn more and stay up-to-date with key changes in the energy practice area.

Title:
Trends to Watch in Energy Law
Webinar Date+Time:
September 5, 2025
12:45pm - 2:00pm Eastern Time
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Speaker:
Aaron Eberle, Esq.
Credit:
1 credit hour in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. If you don't see your state listed in the registration form, contact cle@lexisnexis.com.
By:
LexisNexis

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

September 4: Mastering Microsoft Word: Time-Saving Tips for Legal Professionals

MS Word training designed by a legal professional for legal professionals If MS Word has ever mysteriously shifted your formatting, ruined your footnotes, or messed up your numbering, you’re not alone.
With all its quirks, Word often feels like it’s working against you—especially with legal formatting.
In this free CLE-eligible* webinar, Barron Henley, partner at Affinity Consulting, draws on nearly 30 years of experience helping law firms master MS Word. He’ll share practical fixes for the formatting issues lawyers run into most.
You’ll learn:

How to access Word’s most useful features that don’t have ribbon buttons
Why formatting randomly shifts while you’re editing and how to prevent it
Tips for solving persistent formatting issues by controlling Word’s styles feature.

Title:
Mastering Microsoft Word: Time-Saving Tips for Legal Professionals
Date+Time:
Thursday, September 4, 2025,
12:00 PM ET | 11:00 AM CT | 10:00 AM MT | 9:00 AM PT
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Credit:
Clio has partnered with the ABA to seek eligibility for CLE and CPD credits to lawyers with licenses to practice in the United States and Canada who join the live session of this webinar. States typically decide whether a program qualifies for MCLE credit in their jurisdiction 4-8 weeks after the program application is submitted. For many live events, credit approval is not received prior to the program.
Speakers:

Barron K. Henley, Esq. is one of the founding partners of Affinity Consulting Group, a legal technology consulting firm focused on automating and streamlining law firms and legal departments. He earned his B.S./B.A. (marketing and economics) and J.D. from The Ohio State University and is a member of the American, Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations, and the Worthington Estate Planning Council. He is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Technology and the Courts, and a member of both the ABA Law Practice Management and the Real Property Trust and Estate Law (“RPTE”) Sections and is Vice Chair of the Joint Law Practice Management Group. He’s also a former member of RPTE Futures Task Force, a former Board Member for the ABA TECHSHOW, and the former Chair of the Ohio State Bar Association Law Office Automation & Technology Committee. Mr. Henley heads Affinity’s document assembly/automation and software training departments. Barron is also an expert in launching new law firms, overhauling existing firms, and documenting and re-engineering law firm processes. Finally, Barron teaches continuing legal education (CLE) classes throughout the U.S. and Canada covering a wide variety of topics related to law practice management, technology and ethics.
Joe Kaczrowski, Manager of Legal Content Clio Draft, is an attorney admitted to practice law in the state of Minnesota. Joe is on the legal content team at Clio Draft, and works with legal practitioners to improve their workflows and processes. Joe has spent the past decade in Legal Tech, focusing on technologies including document automation.

Sponsor:
Clio

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September 4: Brief Relief: Using AI to Streamline Summary Judgment Practice

Description: This program explores how attorneys can partner with AI to draft and defend summary judgment motions more effectively and efficiently. Rather than replacing the lawyer, generative AI serves as a powerful research and writing assistant — helping identify key facts, craft persuasive arguments, anticipate defenses, and accelerate drafting.

Presenters David Woodin and Amber Wright will share practical workflows and real-world examples showing how AI enhances, rather than automates, the lawyer’s craft.
Title:
Brief Relief: Using AI to Streamline Summary Judgment Practice
Date And Time:
Thursday, September 4, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
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Speakers:
David Woodin
Amber Wright, Esq.
Credit:
New York: 1 Skills Credit. Other Jurisdictions: Check with your credit-granting authority; you may be able to self-apply for credit.
By:
New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers.

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September 4: Why Agents Need To Know How Mortgages Are Made

Continuing Educational Services provides seminars geared towards the economy and real estate with a special focus on mortgage lending.
Title:
Why Agents Need To Know How Mortgages Are Made
Date+Time of Webinar:
September 4, 2025
8:00 AM EST
7:00 AM CST
6:00 AM MST
5:00 AM PST
4:00 AM AKST
(2 Hours)
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Speaker:
Khash Saghafi, a nationally renowned speaker in regards to the banking & mortgage lending industry, is He is an approved instructor by the Department of Commerce, Division of Real Estate in Ohio, Florida and California. Khash Saghafi is also an approved instructor by the Ohio Supreme Court in regards to his expertise in the banking and mortgage industry.
By:
Continuing Educational Services
Credit:
Ohio: 2 Hours. You may be able to self-apply in other states.
Cost:
Free
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025

September 16: Rule 33 Conferences, a Panel Discussion from Differing Perspectives

This training features a panel discussion with Rule 33 Conference Experts from The Veterans Consortium, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) - Central Legal Staff, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Office of General Counsel.
This is a unique opportunity to learn about the Rule 33 Conference firsthand from CAVC mediators that conduct and mediate the conferences, Office of General Counsel that advocates on behalf of the VA, and the Volunteer attorneys that represent the client on a pro bono basis.
Panelists will dive into:

Best Practices in Rule 33 Conference
Different Methods Used by CAVC Mediators
Maintaining Professionalism Throughout the Process.

In-Person Attendees will get the opportunity to:

Participate in a live Q&A with the panelists
Meet and greet with Rule 33 Conference Experts
Network with Gibson Dunn's Pro Bono Team
Enjoy light refreshments after the training.

Title:
Rule 33 Conferences, a Panel Discussion from Differing Perspectives Hybrid Training:
When:

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EST

Where:

In-Person:
Gibson Dunn | 1700 M Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20036
In-Person attendance is encouraged for residents of the DC, MD, and VA area

Also available on-line
Register Now!

Rule 33 Conference Experts

Gina D'Amico, Esq., Moderator, The Veterans Consortium, Deputy Director of Litigation and Case Evaluation
Anita Koepcke, Esq., Panelist, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Office of General Counsel, Appellate Attorney
Marquan Robertson, Esq., Panelist Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Associate Attorney and Veterans Consortium Volunteer
Amy Roth-Pixton, Esq., Panelist U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims - Central Legal Staff, Staff Attorney

Credit:

The Veterans Consortium will obtain CLE credit for Virginia.
You may submit this CLE request to your state bar for reciprocity.

Sponsored by:
The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program

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Thank You, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, For Showing the World You Support Veterans!

Saturday, August 30, 2025

September 30: Trauma-Informed Trial Advocacy

Title:

Trauma-Informed Trial Advocacy
Legal Lunchbox™ Series
Description:

Trauma impacts individuals differently and is often heightened by our adversarial court systems. This training will guide participants in understanding the causes of trauma, creating trauma-informed environments, and applying these principles in litigation to improve outcomes for clients and the community.

Date+Time:
September 30, 2025
11:55 AM - 1:30 PM PT
Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar - Register Now!
Speakers:

Sara Mooney - Sexual Violence Law Center, Seattle, WA
Riddhi Mukhopadhyay - Sexual Violence Law Center, Seattle, WA

By:
Washington State Bar Association; Sponsored by ALPS

Credits:

Washington State: Credits:1.50 Law & Legal Procedure
Other States: Certificate of attendance provided upon request.

Cost:
Free.

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Friday, August 29, 2025

October 29: Medical Device Regulation: Going from Bad to Worse . . . or Better? with George Horvath

Innovations in medical device technology hold the potential to improve health outcomes across the populace. But these same innovations can inflict widespread harm; by some estimates, medical devices caused 1.7 million injuries and 83,000 deaths between 2008 and 2017. Hence, we need for a regulatory system that ensures safety while simultaneously permitting—or ideally, fostering—innovation. Over the past half-century, Congress and the FDA have created a unique and complex regulatory system that seeks to achieve these goals. But according to many critics, this system is far too lax, allowing devices to reach the market without an adequate assessment of safety; others maintain that FDA regulation is stifling innovation and depriving patients of valuable technology.
This talk will focus on some of the perennial shortcomings of medical device regulation, on how the regulatory framework might be altered to achieve its goals, and, in an era of changing administrative priorities and limited agency resources, on how we might begin to move forward.
Title:
Medical Device Regulation: Going from Bad to Worse . . . or Better? with George Horvath
The Elena and Miles Zaremski Law Medicine Forum
Webinar Date+Time:
Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time
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(In-Person for Students; Virtual for Non-Students)
Speaker:

George Horvath
George Horvath joined the UC Law SF faculty as an Associate Professor of Law in 2024. His scholarship combines his background as a practicing physician and medical scholar with empirical and doctrinal legal analysis to study the fraught intersections of law and health care. His work examines the ways in which statutory, regulatory, and implementation choices about the FDA’s role in regulating medical devices and drugs has impacted safety and innovation. Prior to joining the UC Law SF faculty, Professor Horvath was an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Akron School of Law. He was a postdoctoral Fellow in Public Law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. He clerked for Judge John T. Noonan, Jr. on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Professor Horvath earned his J.D. at Berkeley Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the California Law Review. Prior to his legal career, Professor Horvath earned his M.D. at Temple University Medical School and practiced as a cardiologist specializing in the study and treatment of heart rhythm disorders.
By:
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Credit:

Ohio: 1 hour of online CLE credit, pending approval
Other Jurisdictions: You may be able to self-apply to your credit-granting authority.

Cost:
Free and open to the public.

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

September 2: Breached! Cybersecurity 101

With data security incidents and data breaches happening daily, it’s important for attorneys to turn towards one reality—it’s NOT IF a breach or incident will occur—it’s WHEN.

These incidents are forcing government agencies, companies, law firms, etc. to address, define, and handle these challenges. As cloud technology and big-data analytics have become the norm, cybersecurity risks have increased and it is more important than ever to have both an avoidance and a response plan in place.

During this 60-minute CLE session, we will cover

(1) the latest security threats in the news and what’s being done to address/remedy them,

(2) current data breach laws,

(3) the roles and responsibilities of government agencies, and

(4) how to prepare a data breach avoidance plan as well as a data breach response plan.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Identify the latest cybersecurity threats facing the United States
Understand the roles and responsibilities of various government agencies
Describe the legal framework surrounding data breaches
Analyze how cyber breaches have impacted both government entities and companies worldwide
Develop both a “data breach avoidance plan” and a “data breach response plan”

Title:
Breached! Cybersecurity 101
Webinar Date+Time:
September 2, 2025
4:15pm - 5:30pm Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Register Now for this Free Continuing Legal Education Webinar!
Speaker:
Danielle Wayland
Credit:
1 credit hour in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. If you don't see your state listed in the registration form, contact cle@lexisnexis.com.

By:
LexisNexis

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

August 28: The Straight Truth: Exploring the Science and Litigation Behind Hair Relaxer Claims

Title:

The Straight Truth: Exploring the Science and Litigation Behind Hair Relaxer Claims

Date+Time:
August 28, 2025 1:00-2:00 PM ET

Moderator: Mark Eveland, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Verus LLC
Tope Leyimu, Esq., Motley Rice LLC
Alexandra Pecora, Esq., Goldberg Segalla

CLE Credit:

Complimentary registration comes with CLE credit in one state and will be available in California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

By:

Perrin Conferences.

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