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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;">Travel Tips for the Itinerant Lawyer</h2>
<p style="margin-bottom: 10px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/Travel_Globe-Man_175w.jpg" alt="" width="150" align="right"/>When you’re not in the office but still need to stay connected to your work, these tips and tools can help you stay on the ball – whether you travel regularly or only get away around the holidays.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong>Travel timesavers.</strong> Keeping track of travel information is easy with apps like <a href="
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204003">Apple Wallet</a>, <a href="
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flighttrack-5/id716913565?mt=8">FlightTrack</a>, and <a href="
https://www.tripit.com/uhp/mobile">TripIt</a>. Flying? Try <a href="
https://www.tsa.gov/precheck">TSA PreCheck</a> to make getting through lines at the airport a faster and smoother experience.<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">1</sup></p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong>Surf safely.</strong> Protect the information you send over unsecured internet connections, like public Wi-Fi hotspots and hotel Ethernet, by using a virtual private network (VPN) connection. A VPN like <a href="
https://www.getcloak.com/">Cloak</a> secures your computer's internet connection, encrypting and securing all data that you send and receive. Check out this
<em>Wisconsin Lawyer</em><sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">TM</sup> <a href="
http://www.wisbar.org/newspublications/wisconsinlawyer/pages/article.aspx?volume=89&issue=9&articleid=25129">article</a> for more. </p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong>Apps for the mobile lawyer.</strong> When it’s time to touch base with the team or download a document, <a href="
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/evernote-stay-organized/id281796108?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4">Evernote</a>, <a href="
https://slack.com/">Slack</a>, and <a href="
https://www.dropbox.com/">Dropbox</a> can help. Many top legal services also offer apps so you can easily access them on the road, including <a href="
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/westlaw/id380675076?mt=8">Westlaw</a>, <a href="
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fastcase/id352470511?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=4">Fastcase</a>, and <a href="
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lexis-advance/id409136268?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo=4">Lexis Advance</a>.<sup
style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">2</sup></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong>Remain accessible to clients.</strong> Make sure your clients can reach you by phone wherever you may be. Consider a portable phone number (such as <a href="
https://www.google.com/voice/?setup=1#setup/">Google Voice</a>) that can ring one or more phones. This is especially helpful if you work from home, various office locations, or on the road.<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">3</sup></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><strong>Take care of yourself.</strong> Besides getting a flu shot and packing hand sanitizer, you can also keep your distance from folks who are obviously sick, wear your socks through the airport security line, and buy bottled water instead of drinking from unfamiliar taps.<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">4</sup></p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/SnoFlake_150w.jpg" alt="" width="125" align="right"/>Support the Wisconsin Law Foundation with an End of Year Gift</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Like snowflakes, each nonprofit foundation is different. Give to the one that makes an impact in the legal profession – the Wisconsin Law Foundation! </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0px;">Your support will empower the Foundation to:</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 7px; margin-bottom: 7px;"><li>Bring our court system to life for over 1,000 high school students across Wisconsin with the <em><a href="
http://www.wisbar.org/forpublic/foreducators/pages/mock-trial.aspx">High School Mock Trial</a></em> program. </li><li>Connect law students and new lawyers with life and employment opportunities in rural Wisconsin.
</li><li>Support critically needed teen courts across our state.
</li><li>Invest in the development and mentoring of the next generation of leaders in our profession.
</li><li>Seed new initiatives that enhance and support diversity in our profession.
</li><li>Fund individual grants to innovative programs that improve our justice system.</li></ul>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">How Streamlined is Your Practice?</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/Streamlined_150w.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="99" hspace="15" align="right"/>When you consider everything you have to do in a day – calendaring, billing, client communication, research, drafting – it can feel overwhelming. Before you let out that primal scream of frustration, here are some quick recommendations for taking your practice from “Eek!” to “Sleek”. </p>
<ul style="margin-top: 7px; margin-bottom: 7px;"><li><strong>Reduce the paperwork</strong> – Ask yourself: Is this process essential to my practice? Can I do the same work electronically instead? This will not only help you identify and cut out unnecessary tasks, it will save file storage space as well. </li><li><strong>Empower your support staff</strong> – Ask employees to document their daily workflow and create systems for getting things done. Evaluate the results to make sure highly skilled staff are focusing on high-skill projects, and not being bogged down by menial tasks. </li><li><strong>Automate repetitive jobs</strong> – Use fillable forms for documents you need on a regular basis. Create email templates for regular client communications and updates. </li><li><strong>Consolidate your software</strong> – When you’re using one program for contacts, one for timekeeping, one for accounting, and another for electronic storage, it requires learning all those systems and
often times entering data from one system to another. Investing in an integrated software platform keeps everything all in one place, and only requires training on one system.</li></ul>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">As a State Bar of Wisconsin member, you have a whole host of resources available to help streamline your practice and boost efficiency.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>Practice411</strong> – The State Bar of Wisconsin's Law Office Management Assistance Program offers resources to help you manage the business aspects of your practice, including the use of technology; business and financial planning; and personnel, facilities, and operations management. <a href="
http://www.wisbar.org/forMembers/PracticeManagement/Pages/Practice411-LOMAP.aspx">Get started here</a>.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>Web-based Practice Management</strong> – Get discounts on top practice management programs as a benefit of State Bar membership! You can even try them out free before making a commitment. <a href="
http://www.wisbar.org/formembers/membershipandbenefits/Pages/clio.aspx">Learn more here</a>. </p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>Clio</strong>: Cloud-based legal practice management platform that keeps your all-important matters, contacts, and documents available anywhere. Features time-tracking, comprehensive calendaring, and billing. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>MyCase:</strong> Easy-to-use practice management software that helps you manage cases, track time, do billing, and communicate with your clients. Work anywhere, anytime from any device.</p>
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<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>Labor and Employment Law Section CLE Luncheons Now Available as Live Webcasts. </strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;">In addition to live programs in Madison and Milwaukee, Labor and Employment Law practitioners can now view monthly CLE programs from their home or office as live webcasts. The live programs not only offer a lunch, but also the opportunity to network. But if you can’t make it to the live program, the live webcast offers a convenient way to earn 1.0 CLE and hear from leading labor and employment professionals. </p>
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<div align="center"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/bkofwk_digest-purple.jpg" width="250" height="83" alt=""/><h3>Book of the Week<br />
Ends Friday, December 2</h3></div>
<h3 style="color: #045394;">Family Law Casenotes and Quotes</h3>
<p><span class="black" style="color: #000"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=AK0056">Print Book</a>:<br />
List:<s> $149 member</s> / <s>$189 nonmember</s><br />
</span><span style="color: #E31B1B"> <span style="color: #E31B1B"><strong>Sale price: $119.20</strong></span><strong> member / $151.20 nonmember </strong></span></p>
<p><span class="black" style="color: #000"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?cat=WISBAR&pid=AE0056">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>B4795BB</strong> when ordering online or mention it when calling Customer Service (800) 728-7788.*</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;"><strong>Webcast Replays - In Case You Missed Them:</strong></p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">Books UnBound Available for Law Students</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">As a law student associate, you can enjoy complimentary access to <a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/BooksAndBooksUnBound/Pages/Books-UnBound.aspx">Books UnBound</a>™, a subscription-based online library of PINNACLE Books, featuring links to primary law through Fastcase™ legal research service. Books UnBound is accessible through the State Bar of Wisconsin website, and can be launched from the home page or through <em>my</em>StateBar.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">After registering as a law student associate, students will receive a confirmation for their Books UnBound subscription via email. Please note that the Law Student Associate Program requires annual "academic year" activation.</p>
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<ol>
<li><em>Short Round v. Lao Che Air Freight</em> </li>
<li><em>Sedgewick Hotel v. Venkman, Stantz & Spengler, et. al</em> </li><li><em>Alabama Bar Association v. Vincent Gambini</em> </li><li><em>Baron Bomburst v. Caractacus Potts</em> </li><li><em>Malcolm v. International Genetics Corp.
</em></li>
<li><em>Holly McClane v. Nakatomi Corp.</em> </li><li><em>Dursley v. Zoological Society of London</em> </li></ol>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3px;">Answers below.</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 December 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 December 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>
<p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 6px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;"><strong>Brain Strain answers:</strong> 1. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 2. Ghostbusters, 3. My Cousin Vinny, 4. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 5. Jurassic Park, 6. Die Hard, 7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone</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 December 2, 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;">MKT427E </span></p>
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