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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>Practice tips,
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<h2 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">Bring Spring to Your Law Office</h2>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Spring. A time of fresh starts and new beginnings. For many of us, it’s also a time to get down and dirty. We reorganize, declutter, and clean out the detritus that has accumulated through the winter. We clean out garages, reorganize closets, plant flowers and beautify our yards. We should be doing the same things with our offices.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>Start with the basics</strong>.</p>
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<li><strong>Emails</strong> – Adopt <a href="
http://blogs.findlaw.com/strategist/2015/12/how-to-fix-your-inbox-for-2016.html">Inbox Zero’s techniques</a><sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">1</sup> for sorting and prioritizing your inbox. The goal should be organization and easy retrieval. At a minimum, you can adopt a flagging system to help you organize your inbox and keep the most important messages highlighted. Then you can delete or “file” less important or completed emails. </li>
<li><strong>Finances </strong>– You’ve just finished filing your taxes, but it’s not too early to start planning for next year. Talk to your accountant to find out whether there are steps to take to save on your taxes next year or if there are record-keeping changes to make that will make filing faster and simpler. </li>
<li><strong>Fee agreements</strong> – Review and revise your fee agreement to reflect the changes you’ve made to your processes, your records retention policies, your communication channels, and your fee structures and payment schedules. It may also be the time to add to your agreement items such as electronic payments, transfers, etc. </li>
<li><strong>Your physical office and building</strong> – What do you see when you pull into the parking lot and walk into the building? If it’s looking tattered and worn to you, it’s probably worse to your clients. People judge your practice by how it presents itself. If you lease, now is the time to review your lease and see what your property manager should be doing. If you own your building, what needs to happen inside and out to make you proud to have clients visit your office?</li>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Spring isn’t just about cleaning out the old and making room for the new. It’s your chance to make the changes needed to your practice and processes to ensure a more smoothly running office. Find additional tips on “Spring Cleaning,” in the following articles:</p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">Clean Up Your Act at AMC 2017</h3>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Ethics are an integral aspect of everything lawyers do. Wisconsin’s Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys detail your ethical duties in day-to-day situations, but with the world changing so quickly, the ethical rules must change as well to stay relevant. In fact, the Wisconsin Supreme Court recently adopted two new major ethics rule petitions.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Learn how to apply both existing and new ethics rules in your daily practice at a special pre-conference CLE session at the 2017 <a href="
http://amc.wisbar.org/index.html">Annual Meeting & Conference</a>. <em>Chutes & Ladders For Lawyers</em> takes place on Wednesday, June 14 from 2:30 – 4:10 p.m.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">This game-like session will prepare you to handle everyday ethical issues competently and confidently.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">To see the full Conference schedule and to register, visit <a href="
http://amc.wisbar.org/index.html">amc.wisbar.org</a>.</p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">Liven Up Your Library with Auto Supplementation</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/PINNACLE_250w.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="56" align="right"/>Does your law library need some freshening up this spring? State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">®</sup> titles are regularly updated through supplements and new editions. If you’re not signed up for our free auto supplementation service, your books could be outdated, and you could get left behind on key legal developments.
</p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Signing up for auto supplementation ensures you always have the most updated versions of your PINNACLE print books. Not a print book person? Digital Books UnBound<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">®</sup> titles are routinely updated with new supplements and editions in our system, so whenever you access a book via Books UnBound, you’ll always be reading the newest version.
</p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>What is auto supplementation?</strong><br />
It’s a free notification service that ensures you receive updates to your print books automatically, as soon as they are published.
</p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>What’s the advantage of auto supplementation over buying new updates without it?</strong><br />
Auto supplementation ensures you receive book updates right away, “hot off the press.” It also saves you money – you automatically receive a minimum of 10 percent off the regular member price of any update.
</p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>How do I sign up for auto supplementation?</strong><br />
When you order a new book via the web, phone, or mail, you can choose to be added to the auto supplementation list for that title. If you decide you want auto supplementation after you’ve already purchased the book, simply call State Bar Customer Service at (800) 728-7788.</p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">Last Chance: 2016-17 <em>Wisconsin Lawyer Directory</em></h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/WLRD-2016-17-200.png" alt="" width="160" height="193" align="right"/>The <a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=GW0024">2016-2017 <em>Wisconsin Lawyer Directory</em></a> is our popular print compilation of Wisconsin-licensed attorneys, court information, and court personnel. No law office is complete without this handy resource. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">The <em>Directory</em> is filled with helpful information such as:</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><li>An alphabetical roster of the more than 25,000 Wisconsin-licensed lawyers, including business affiliations, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and email addresses
</li><li>An alphabetical roster of Wisconsin law firms
</li><li>A geographical roster, with in-state attorneys listed by county and city, and nonresident members listed by state and city
</li><li>A listing of Wisconsin courts and court personnel by district and county; also includes federal and Native American courts
</li><li>A listing of state executive officers and selected state offices
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>Order yours now</strong><br />
<a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=GW0024">Order online</a> or contact Customer Service at (800) 728-7788.<br />
<strong>Product Number:</strong> GW0024<br />
<strong>Price:</strong> $25 members / $30 nonmembers</p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">Did Someone Say Free Leadership Event?</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">If you’re thinking about joining a local or specialty bar association or taking on a leadership role, you don’t want to miss the Bar Leaders Conference on May 5. This free event at the State Bar Center in Madison provides the chance to build leadership skills, discover a support system, grow your network, and elevate your profile among your peers. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">You’ll learn how to make the most of a local or specialty bar association membership, ways to make a difference in your community, and how the State Bar provides resources to assist your efforts. You’ll also hear from the Honorable Richard S. Brown, retired Chief Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, as he shares some wisdom learned during his 37 years on the bench. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>Reminder: Labor and Employment Law CLE Luncheon is in Milwaukee on April 20 and in Madison on April 21</strong> </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">This month’s presentation is<em> Labor and Employment Mediation: The Nuts and Bolts of Presenting an Effective Case</em>. Lunch will be provided for those registrations received by Monday, April 17. The Milwaukee event will also available via live webcast. For more information or to register, <a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/pages/eventproductsearch.aspx?k=lelapril&ActiveTab=2">click here</a>.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 10px;">UW-Madison students are invited to attend a panel presentation and dinner hosted by the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin. Panelists include lawyers in real estate, estate planning, trust officer, trust, and estate litigation practice areas. They will discuss these diverse practice areas as well as employment opportunities.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">Thursday, April 20<br />
5:40 pm – 7:00 pm<br />
Godfrey & Kahn Hall, Room 2260<br />
University of Wisconsin Law School</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">Dinner will be provided. Please sign up for this event via Simplicity by April 18 or send an email to: <a href="
mailto:howard.erlanger@wisc.edu">howard.erlanger@wisc.edu</a>.</p>
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<h3 align="center" style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">April 14, 1865<br />
Assassination of President Lincoln
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln while he was watching a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Former Wisconsin governor <a href="
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963788&dsRecordDetails=R:BA985">Leonard Farwell</a> was also in the audience. After the shooting, Farwell rushed to warn Vice President Andrew Johnson<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">2</sup>. </p>
<h3 align="center" style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">April 15, 1912<br />Sinking of the Titanic
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">The RMS Titanic went down in the North Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 passengers and crew lost their lives. Survivors and the families of those killed <a href="
http://www.jrlawfirm.com/blog/titanic-lawsuits/">filed $13-$16 million in claims</a> against the White Star Line after the tragedy. The claims were contested based on a clause in the passenger tickets absolving the shipping company of liability. In the end, they settled all the claims for a total of $664,000<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">3</sup>. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">To put it approximately in today’s dollars: <br />
Claims: $313,550,000 - $385,900,000<br />
Settlement: $16,000,000</p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">Know an Innovator? Are You One? </h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/Innovaton_150w.jpg" alt="" width="110" height="195" align="right"/>If you - or someone you know - have never let the phrase “But we’ve always done it this way” stop you, then check out the Wisconsin Legal Innovator awards. Help us recognize the next wave of legal pioneers improving the delivery of legal services for clients, lawyers, and the profession. Find award details, nomination requirements, and past recipients <a href="
http://www.wisbar.org/newspublications/wisconsinlawyer/innovation/pages/about.aspx">here</a>. The deadline for nominations is <strong>June 30</strong>. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;">1 <a href="
http://blogs.findlaw.com/strategist/2015/12/how-to-fix-your-inbox-for-2016.html">http://blogs.findlaw.com/strategist/2015/12/how-to-fix-your-inbox-for-2016.html</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;">2 Wisconsin Historical Society. Wisconsin Local History & Biography Articles; Wisconsin State Journal; Madison, WI; 12/2/1923; viewed online at
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org on 4/7/17. </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;">3 <a href="
http://www.jrlawfirm.com/blog/titanic-lawsuits/ ">http://www.jrlawfirm.com/blog/titanic-lawsuits/ </a></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 5px; 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 April 14, 2017. 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;">MKT449E </span></p>
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