Thursday CLE Programs
May 6, 2010
Bultman Financial
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
Fastcase
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
Metadata and Redaction
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
Social Media Policies
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
Thursday Morning Spotlight CLE Program: Retired
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. William E. Connors, State Bar of Wisconsin, Madison
A Program Coordinated by the Professionalism
Committee, Appellate Practice Section and the Senior Lawyers
Division
Politization of Judicial Elections
1:15 p.m. - 2:05 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
A Program Coordinated by the Professionalism
Committee, the Appellate Practice Section, and the Senior Lawyers
Division
1:15 - Panel Will Include Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra
Day O'Connor
Break
2:05 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
Alternative Dispute Resolution Section/ Family
Law Section
2:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Kathleen M. Baird, Kathleen M Baird Attorney at Law,
Wauwatosa
- Atty. Ellen M. Frantz, Johns, Flaherty & Collins SC, La Crosse
2:15 - The Application of Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution
in Family Law Cases
3:15 - Break
3:45 - Program Continues
Criminal Law Section
2:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Deborah S. Vishny, State Public Defender Milwaukee Trial
Office, Milwaukee
2:15 - Courtroom Drama Without Trauma, Evidence 2010
3:15 - Break
3:45 - Program Continues
Environmental Law Section
2:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Carl A. Sinderbrand, Axley Brynelson LLP, Madison
Challenges and Opportunities in New Energy
Alternatives
2:15 - Legal/Regulatory Framework for Electricity Generation and
Distribution in Wisconsin
Background to greenhouse gas/climate change requirements, CA
and CPCN processes (including applicability of local regulations),
Energy Priorities Law, Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), Cap and
trade
3:15 - Break
3:45 - Issues Associated with Renewable Resources and Demand Side
Management (DSM)
Environmental benefits and impacts of RPS alternatives:
biomass, wind, hydro, etc., Unique issues associated with Wind Power,
Small capacity wind turbines, Wind on the water, Local regulation of
wind turbine siting (legislation, rule making), Cost of constructing
excess capacity to meet RPS: impacts on rates
Ensuring greenhouse gas reductions through MISO dispatch.
Focus on Energy (a/k/a "public benefits"), Alternative strategies
available to business and residential end users: investments and
savings
Indian Law Section
2:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Michael Patrick Murphy, Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek SC,
Madison
2:15 - Finance and Economic Development Initiatives in Indian
Country
3:15 - Break
3:45 - Indian Child Welfare Act Codification in Wisconsin:
Perspectives & Update and Federal Indian Law and Legislative Update
Labor & Employment Law Section
2:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Steven B. Rynecki, von Briesen & Roper SC, Milwaukee
2:15 - The Ins and Outs of Summary Judgment Motions in Employment
Cases
3:15 - Break
3:45 - Program Continues
Professionalism Committee/Appellate Practice
Section/Senior Lawyers Division
2:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Bruce F. Ehlke, Ehlke, Gartzke, Bero-Lehmann & Lounsbury SC,
Madison
- Atty. Anne Berleman Kearney, Appellate Consulting Group,
Milwaukee
- Atty. Joseph A. Melli, Melli Law, SC, Madison
- Atty. Randall L. Nash, O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, De Jong SC,
Milwaukee
2:15 - Judicial Recusal Issues
3:15 - Break
3:45 - Senior Lawyers, Legal Services, and Access to Justice and
"Issue" Advertising by Non-Candidates in Judicial Elections
Break
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Room TBA
Young Lawyers Division
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Monona Terrace - Room TBA
- Program Chair(s) :
- Atty. Deanne M. Koll, Bakke Norman SC, Menomonie
3:45 - Bridging the Gap - Making the Most of Senior and Young Lawyer
Partnerships
