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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/DaylightSavings-175w.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="171" align="right"/>Spring Ahead. Fall Back. </h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Daylight Saving time will end for most of the United States at 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 6, so don't forget to set your clocks back 1 hour before going to bed. It's also a great time (pun intended) to get a few things done around your house and office: </p>
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<li><strong>Replace batteries in fire alarms and carbon monoxide alarms</strong> - If you don't do anything else, do this. Go. Now. </li>
<li><strong>Switch the direction of ceiling fan blades</strong> - During cooler months, ceiling fans should be set to spin clockwise, so that the air gets pulled up. </li>
<li><strong>Do routine preventive maintenance on your garage door</strong> - Lubricate the chain as needed, replace the bulb, and check for corroded screws and bolts. Replace the batteries in your key pad and remote. </li>
<li><strong>Take your snow blower in for a tune up</strong> - You'll be sorry if you don't! Enough said. </li>
<li><strong>Review and update your estate plan and beneficiaries</strong> - This should have been done when your last major life change happened, but you were busy. So. Do. It. Now. </li>
<li><strong>Review your website for accuracy, proper trademark usage, branding, and add fresh new content.</strong>
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The State Bar <a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/ConsumerEducatorResources/Pages/All-Consumer-Pamphlets.aspx">Consumer Pamphlets Series</a>, written by lawyers, has done the work of developing exceptional content for you! The pamphlets cover 19 topics in both digital and print formats. From bankruptcy to personal injury, you can select topics that emphasize your firm's key practice areas. With minimal effort and investment, you can license any of the titles for use on your website in either a PDF or html format.
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/LOV_150w.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="142" align="right"/>Film Isn't Just for Football</h3>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Preparing for a deposition, compulsory medical exam (CME), or other legal proceeding can seem scary and overwhelming to even your most competent clients. With so much to remember, clients can easily confuse or forget important information about how to conduct themselves. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">An effective client training program is key to keeping your cases going smoothly. Training that reviews what to expect and how to handle the common questions that may be asked can help your client remain calm and avoid any damaging missteps.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">But what lawyer today has the time to sit down with each client for a one-on-one training session? That's why the State Bar created Law Office Videos. These DVDs were created by lawyers for lawyers to provide easy-to-understand training for clients ahead of important legal proceedings. Law Office Videos: </p>
<ul><li>Show clients what to expect with vivid reenactments
</li><li>Dramatize proper techniques using realistic situations
</li><li>Present time-tested, consistent messages
</li><li>Point out the dos and don'ts in each situation</li></ul>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">Learn more at <a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/ClientEducationStaffTraining/Pages/default.aspx">www.wisbar.org/lawofficevideos</a>. <strong>Order by November 16, 2016 and get 20% off any title</strong>.** To redeem your discount, enter priority code V832 when ordering online .</p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/WisDOCS-estate-planning-150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" align="right"/>Free Demos of WisDocs Document Assembly Program Coming Up!</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=DA0001">WisDocs Estate Planning</a> is the State Bar of Wisconsin's newly released document assembly system. Compiled from nearly 100 forms and sample-language provisions from the award-winning<em> Eckhardt's Workbook for Wisconsin Estate Planners</em>, it's a powerful, user-friendly, mobile system accessible wherever you have an internet connection. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">To learn more about WisDocs Estate Planning, attend one of our upcoming online product demonstrations. You'll learn the features and benefits you can experience when you subscribe to the WisDocs Estate Planning document assembly system. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">Upcoming dates are <strong>November 16, 2016</strong> and <strong>January 18, 2017</strong>.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/7753226410991004930">Register here for a demonstration</a>.</p>
<hr /> <h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/SecDiv_Connect_175w.jpg" alt="" width="137" height="113" align="right"/>Division and Section Connection</h3>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10px; color: #045394;"><strong>Mentors and Mentees Needed for 2017 Program </strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">The State Bar's new mentoring program, Ready.Set.Practice, is now accepting new applicants for its second year. Both new lawyers and those who wish to mentor them should apply by November 15.</p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/Jellybean_Birthday_125w.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="149" align="right"/>Cowabunga! Is November Your Birthday Month?</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">If it is, Happy Birthday from the State Bar of Wisconsin! In recognition of your special day, the State Bar is pleased to offer you a special 20% discount toward the purchase of State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">®</sup> products through November 30, 2016. </p>
<p>This discount can be used on the purchase of any (or all) of the following PINNACLE products:</p>
<ul><li>Print books
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<li>Books UnBound<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">®</sup>
</li><li>Forms libraries (individual new subscriptions only)
</li><li>Consumer pamphlets (print or electronic versions)
</li><li>Consumer Handbooks
</li><li>Client Education DVDs and Booklets
</li><li>Staff Training DVDs and Booklets
</li><li>Seminars Materials and CDs</li></ul>
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<div align="center"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/bkofwk_digest-green.jpg" width="250" height="83" alt=""/><h3>Book of the Week<br />
Ends Friday, November 4</h3></div>
<h3 style="color: #045394;">Wisconsin Civil Procedure Before Trial</h3>
<p><span class="black" style="color: #000"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=AK0166">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=AE0166">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>B4791BB</strong> when ordering online or mention it when calling Customer Service (800) 728-7788.*</p>
<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 6px;">Why Videos Are So Effective for Client Training</h3>
<ul><li>Viewers retain 95% of a message when they watch it in a video compared to 10% when reading it in text.<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">1</sup>
</li><li>90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual.<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">2</sup>
</li><li>Visuals are processed 60,000 times faster in the brain than text.<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">3</sup>
</li><li>59% of executives would rather watch a video than read text.<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">4</sup></li></ul>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 6px;">Need Help? Find It on WisBar! </h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;">Your State Bar of Wisconsin Student Associate status will put you in touch with the latest news, trends, and issues facing Wisconsin lawyers. As an associate, you'll have access to the State Bar's website – <a href="
http://www.wisbar.org">WisBar</a><sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">®</sup>, including select member-only areas. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;">Travel to the world's renowned law libraries, browse state and federal agency decisions, order your CLE books, register for upcoming seminars, and discuss legal issues with your colleagues 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You gain the competitive edge without leaving your chair.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;">WisBar provides you with the latest Wisconsin local court rules; searchable indexes of recent cases; a wide array of legal forms; a full list of legal vendors and products; back issues of Wisconsin Lawyer; legislative coverage; and the latest State Bar products, seminars, calendars, and news.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;"><strong>Brain Teaser Answer: </strong>William Howard Taft. He was president from 1909 to 1913, and later served as Chief Justice from 1921 to 1930.<br />
Trivia source:<em> The Use of Trivia as a Tool to Enhance the Teaching of Legal Research</em> by Mark W. Podvia. Mark W. Podvia is Associate Law Librarian and Archivist Emeritus at The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University in Carlisle, Pa.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;"> *This offer is not available with any other discount and expires November 4, 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>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;"> **Not valid on previous purchases or with other offers.</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;">MKT423E </span></p>
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