D.C. Bar Courses

15th Annual Hispanic Law Conference: What is at Stake in the 2012 Elections?: Law Conference
How to Build a Successful Immigration Law Practice: Brown Bag
Pro Bono event: Small Business Legal Issues: A Training for Attorney's: A training session to expand the pool of lawyers prepared to provide pro bono assistance to aspiring and existing entrepreneurs through the Small Business Brief Advice Legal Clinics.
Section event: Establishing Paternity in D.C.: The Family Law Section invites you to attend "Establishing Paternity in D.C." Magistrate Judge Noel Johnson and experienced practitioners will explain all you need to know about this important and surprisingly complicated issue.
Section event: FATCA Proposed Regulations and Related Developments: Representatives from the private sector as well as Treasury and the IRS will discuss the recently proposed regulations under sections 1471-74 and the related developments implementing the FATCA information reporting and withholding rules.
Section event: Globalization of Accounting and Auditing Standards: Will U.S. Investors Benefit?: Representatives from the SEC and private sector accounting and auditing standard setters will participate in a panel discussion debating whether the benefits to U.S. investors of replacing U.S. standards with international standards would exceed the costs
Section event: Health Plan Most Favored Nations Provisions with Providers in Metropolitan Areas: A USDOJ and Michigan AG action challenges Most Favored Nations provisions in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan provider contracts. Our program discusses the antitrust effects of MFNs when used by health plans and most hospitals in metropolitan markets.
Section event: NEW DATE: New Position Limits for Commodity Traders under the Dodd-Frank Act and CFTC Rules: Please join us for a discussion of the recently released final rules regarding position limits for commodity traders under the Dodd-Frank Act.
Section event: Part 4 of 6: The State and Federal Digital Landscape - The Burden of Taxing 0's and 1's: Discussing the state tax policy developments surrounding the imposition of transaction taxes on the sale of digital goods and digital services. Also discussing the federal Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act and its impact on states/businesses.
Section event: The Business of Law: Successfully Transitioning From a Big Law Firm to a Solo or Small Firm Practice: Key considerations for leaving a big law firm to start your own practice, to include: attracting and retaining clients, flexibility on pricing, business development, marketing and branding, administrative management, and operating expenses.
Section event: Update on Passive Activity Loss Guidance, Including Definition of "Limited Partner": The Passthroughs and Real Estate committee's panel — Dianna Miosi (PWC), Michala Irons (IRS: PandSI), and Michael Grace (Milbank) -- will update us on the latest passive activity loss guidance.
CLE event: Fee Agreements in the District of Columbia: Ethics and Practice Guide: Attend this class to receive prac¬tical advice about developing fee agreements in the District of Columbia and the ethical issues involved.
CLE event: How to Get What You Want: A Litigator's Guide to Negotiations: To hone your skills, this dynamic course will focus on the use of negotiation in the litigation context.
CLE event: New D.C. Nonprofit Law: What's Changed and What Does it Mean?: Attend this class to learn what has changed and what nonprofits must do to meet the requirements under the new law.
CLE event: Part 1 Only: ABCs of NLRB Series: Practice and Procedure Before the NLRB: This session will take you through practice and procedure before the NLRB, including board structure, jurisdiction, certification proceedings, unfair labor practice proceedings, remedies, and appeals.
CLE event: Part 4 Only: Essential Trial Skills Series-Cross-Examination: This session will teach you how to use cross-examination to tell your story, to control the witness, and to impeach the witness.
CLE event: Privacy in The Workplace: Where It Is and Where it Isn't: This class will help you to understand the laws that affect workplace privacy better.
CLE event: SERIES: ABCs of the National Labor Relations Board Series-Includes all (3) Parts: March 6, 12 and 19: This series provides an overview of basic federal labor law, from practice and procedures before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to unfair labor practices and union organizing.
CLE event: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Customs and Customs Law 2012: This course provides a basic understanding of the legal, substantive, procedural, and operational issues involved in importing merchandise into the United States.