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<td style="padding-left:10px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px; padding-right:15px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><strong>Welcome to Bar Briefs, your quick weekly collection of practice tips,<br />
membership benefits, upcoming events, new products, and more!
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<h2 style="color: #045394;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/Scary_conversations.jpg" alt="" width="185" height="147" align="left"/>10 Tips to Conquer Scary Conversations in the Workplace</h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Personal hygiene. Inappropriate work attire. Perpetual lateness. Vulgar language. Flirtatious conduct. The list goes on for the types of workplace behaviors that can lead to conversations <a href="
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/06/ghosts-continue-torturing-mlb-players-at-milwaukee-hotel">more terrifying than being a professional baseball player staying at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee</a>.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">If you've ever supervised other employees, you've probably had at least one scary conversation at work – it’s an inescapable part of managing people. So how do you approach these conversations? How should you prepare? What do you say and how do you say it so that your relationship stays intact and you get the desired results?</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">Here are some tips to help you prepare for and succeed in these scary conversations.</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><li>How much time did you spend replying to that other client’s email?
</li><li>How long were you on the phone with your child’s teacher?
</li><li>Were you pinning your favorite recipes on Pinterest for five minutes or 15 minutes?
</li><li>How many times did you watch that <a href="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLt5rBfNucc">video</a> of the cat wearing a shark costume while riding a robotic vacuum?</li></ul>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">Now in its second year, Ready.Set.Practice. matches a lawyer having six or more years of experience with new lawyers practicing for five or fewer years. Participants in this year-long program receive training and then go on to complete at least 10 activities together as outlined in the program’s handbook. For example, you and your mentor/mentee partner might choose to:</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><li>Tour the local courthouse and meet judges and court personnel</li>
<li>Have a discussion about ethics and malpractice insurance
</li><li>Review how to recognize conflicts of interest and share tips for maintaining strong client relations</li></ul>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">Experience the many benefits of being a mentor or mentee. The application deadline to participate in Ready.Set.Practice. for 2017 is November 15. To apply, contact Megan Zurbriggen at <a href="
mailto:mzurbriggen@wisbar.org">mzurbriggen@wisbar.org</a>.</p>
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<div align="center"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/bkofwk_digest-berry.jpg" width="250" height="83" alt=""/><h3>Book of the Week<br />
Ends Friday, October 28</h3></div>
<h3 style="color: #045394;">Wisconsin Attorney’s Desk Reference</h3>
<p><span class="black" style="color: #000"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=AK0003">Print Book</a>:<br />
List:<s> $219 member</s> / <s>$269 nonmember</s><br />
</span><span style="color: #E31B1B"> <span style="color: #E31B1B"><strong>Sale price: $175.20</strong></span><strong> member / $215.20 nonmember </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="black" style="color: #000"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?cat=WISBAR&pid=AE0003">Books UnBound</a>:<br />
List:<s> $159 member</s> / <s>$199 nonmember</s><br />
</span><span style="color: #E31B1B"> <span style="color: #E31B1B"><strong>Sale price: $127.20</strong></span><strong> member / $159.20 nonmember </strong></span></p>
<p>To redeem your discount, enter priority code <strong>B4790BB</strong> when ordering online or mention it when calling Customer Service (800) 728-7788.*</p>
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<div align="center"><img src="
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<h2>$8.4 Billion</h2></div>
The amount that U.S. consumers will spend on Halloween this year. That's an average of $82.93, up from $73.34 last year.<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; "> 1</sup></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 6px;">As a Law Student Associate, you have the opportunity to receive complimentary State Bar Section newsletters. Section newsletters provide updates on specific practice specialties, information on upcoming section activities, and other information of interest. To change your newsletter subscriptions, call (800) 728-7788. </p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/Ethics-Dice_150w.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="103" align="right"/>Need Ethics Advice?</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;">As a State Bar member, you have access to informal guidance and help in resolving questions regarding Wisconsin’s Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys. Contact the State Bar ethics hotline (800) 254-9154, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m – 4:00 p.m. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 10px; color: #045394;"><strong>Section membership is free for first year attorneys!</strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;">All Sections offer at least a year of free membership to newly admitted attorneys. (Elder, Family, and Litigation offer 2 years!)</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;">Section membership offers these great benefits:* </p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<li>Newsletters, e-lists, and blogs that apprise members of key developments in their practice areas
</li><li>Educational programs involving distinguished speakers
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<li>Opportunities to join sub-committees that address concerns relating to the shared interests of the Section
</li><li>Ability to make a difference in Wisconsin communities by working with the State Bar's government relations team
</li><li>Social and networking opportunities</li></ul>
<h6 style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;">*Section activities vary. </h6>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;"><sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; "> 1</sup> <a href="
https://nrf.com/media/press-releases/halloween-spending-reach-84-billion-highest-survey-history">https://nrf.com/media/press-releases/halloween-spending-reach-84-billion-highest-survey-history</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;"> *This offer is not available with any other discount and expires October 28, 2016. Discount cannot be applied to previous purchases, or used for renewals of subscriptions, auto-supplementation subscriptions, or Books UnBound full library subscriptions.</span></p>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;">MKT422E </span>
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