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  • Press Release
    June 23, 1998

    News Release June 1998: 700 Wisconsin attorneys and judges expected to attend legal convention this week

    For Immediate Release
      CONTACT: Tom Watson
    State Bar of Wisconsin
    (608) 250-6180
    or at the convention site
    (414) 248-8811.
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    700 Wisconsin attorneys and judges expected to attend legal convention this week

    Madison, June 23, 1998 - The State Bar of Wisconsin's Annual Summer Convention is scheduled for this week in Lake Geneva at the Grand Geneva Resort. Convention activities are scheduled Wednesday, June 24 through Friday, June 26.

    The convention will include the following programs and events:

    Wednesday, June 24

    Gavel Awards Luncheon

    • Awards given to television, radio and newspaper journalists for law-related stories during 1997.

    Thursday, June 25

    Technology Expo

    • Gives convention attendees hands-on experience with legal research on the internet and state-of-the-art technology tools.

    Balancing Life and Practice Seminars

    • Attorneys can participate in a program dealing with balancing the pressures of everyday practice and a healthy, satisfying personal life.

    Management of a Law Office

    • Reviewing goals, existing marketing tools, using technology and innovative legal marketing for lawyers

    Guest Speaker: Linda Sedloff Orton, Intelligent Marketing Services, Inc., New York City

    President's Luncheon

    • Madison Attorney Susan Steingass will be sworn in as the State Bar's 43rd President. Speakers include Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson.

    • State Bar Lifetime Jurist Achievement Award presented to Hon. John A. Decker of Milwaukee.

    Civil Litigation

    • Guest Speaker: Jonathan Harr, author of the best-selling novel A Civil Action, a true story chronicling the efforts of several mothers and their lawyers to hold industrial polluters responsible for the cancer deaths of their children. Made into a soon-to-be-released movie starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall.

    Labor and Employment Law

    Legal Issues Associated With Wisconsin's "W-2" program

    Speaker - Howard Bernstein, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

    Pro Bono Awards

    • Legal Action of Wisconsin presenting five public service awards

    Friday, June 26

    "The Holocaust: Its Relevance for Today"

    • Presented by New Richmond attorney Timothy J. Scott. Discussion of the Holocaust and the detrimental effects of racism in today's society.

    Stress Management for Lawyers

    Speaker - Don Jones, Director of the Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program.

    Confidentiality of School Records as Affected by the Juvenile Justice Code Parental Rights, School Discipline, Home Schooling

    For more information, contact Tom Watson at (608) 250-6180 or at the convention site (414) 248-8811.



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