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<h2 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;"><a href="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/DistractionBingo.pdf"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/DistractionBingo_275w.jpg" alt="" width="275" height="356" align="right"/></a>Stop What You're Doing –<br />
It’s Time to Play Distraction Bingo!</h2>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">If you find yourself shouting "Bingo" too often at work, put that dauber down. Here's how to get back to business.</p>
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<li><strong>Schedule everything!</strong> Are you less productive in the morning? Schedule client calls in the morning and save the later part of the day to write briefs and research. Is someone asking you for 10 minutes of your time? Ask them to schedule it, because right now your calendar says you’re doing billing paperwork. If the 10 minutes is that important, they’ll schedule it. </li><li><strong>Disable long discussions.</strong> Got that annoying colleague who loves to chat at the wrong times and for too long? Remove the extra chairs from your office or put something on them so people can’t sit down. When someone arrives to chat, just stand up. Even better, add a sign outside your office that says, “I don’t have time to talk now unless it’s a pressing work issue.” </li><li><strong>Cut down on social media.</strong> Find better social interactions that won’t distract you all day. Start each day with coffee and a friend who has a healthy outlook. Leave the
personal social media stuff for scheduled times (away from work). </li><li><strong>Give yourself a choice</strong> between two items to work on for 30-minute increments. That’s it. Your only option is to work on those two items. And try this: make one of your options clearing your mind. In the long run, taking the time to clear your mind can be more productive than switching between 4 or 5 projects.</li></ol>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Here are some more ways stay on task and stop playing Distraction Bingo.
</p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><a href="
https://www.inc.com/lolly-daskal/10-smart-tips-to-prevent-distractions-and-sharpen-your-focus.html">10 Smart Tips to Prevent Distractions and Sharpen Your Focus</a><br />
<a href="
https://www.entrepreneur.com/video/240176">11 Ways to Avoid Distractions and Stay Focused</a></p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/BuzDevelop_150w.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="100" align="right"/><a name="joinagroup">Business Development Doesn’t Have to Be a Mystery</a></h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Whether you’re in a small firm or big law, marketing and business development skills are essential to your long-term success. These actions should start on your first day (OK- maybe not your very first day, we realize you need to learn where the coffee is), but remember, marketing and business development are as much about building strong relationships as they are about being recognized, so starting immediately is just smart.
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Over the next month, we’ll cover several activities and actions that will help you establish good marketing behaviors and build those relationships no matter what your practice setting. This first installment covers tips for the new associate in a firm. But you can easily modify these activities if you’re in a small firm or solo practice setting.</p>
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<li><strong>Treat your partners as you would clients.</strong> This means identifying expectations, giving status updates, responding in a timely manner, and following up when the project is completed. </li>
<li><strong>Be active in your firm.</strong> Write for a practice group newsletter or give a presentation about recently attended CLE to your firm. </li>
<li><strong>Get involved with client relations.</strong>Offer to attend events with clients. Join organizations that your clients belong to, such as trade groups, business associations, and charities, and get involved. To build your book of business you need to get outside of the office!</li></ol>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">These steps aren’t complicated or revolutionary, but they will help you build a solid foundation for your business development activities.</p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;"><span style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/WSSCF17_Digest-150w.jpg" alt="" width="100" align="left"/></span>Fly High with Fabulous CLE</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Reach new heights and keep your practice soaring with CLE you won’t find anywhere else at the 2017 <a href="
http://www.wisbar.org/wssfc/2017/Pages/default.aspx"><em>Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference</em></a>. In this issue, we’re spotlighting the <strong>Ethics/Quality of Life Track</strong> – one of four CLE tracks you can choose from to earn as many as 15.5 credits towards your CLE reporting total. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Explore techniques for staying healthy and fit to practice. Plus, you can earn more than enough EPR credits to meet your reporting requirement. Topics in this track include:</p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><li>The Legal Industry of Tomorrow Arrived Yesterday
</li><li>An Ethics “Fee for All”
</li><li>Positive Psychology for Lawyers: Tools for Quality of Life
</li><li>Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Severing the Lawyer-Client Relationship
</li><li>Cyberliability and the Payment Card Industry</li></ul>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Remember, you can also choose sessions from the <strong>Substantive Law, Practice Management</strong>, and <strong>Technology Tracks</strong>. </p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">See the complete CLE schedule and register today at <a href="
http://www.wssfc.org/">www.wssfc.org!</a> </p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;"><img src="
http://images.wisbar.org/Images/DigestEmails/DiversityCounsel_175w.jpg" alt="" width="175" height="116" align="right"/>Join Us for the 2017 Diversity Counsel Program</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Interested in starting a diversity initiative, but don’t know where to start? Need help improving an existing diversity program?
</p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">The 2017 Diversity Counsel Program gives you guidance for making your practice, your firm, and even your community a more welcoming, all-encompassing place. Hear practical, straightforward advice from judges and lawyers as they share their strategies for becoming more diverse and inclusive.
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>DETAILS</strong><br />
Monday, December 11, 2017<br />
Italian Community Center<br />
631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI<br />
8:00 a.m. – 1:35 p.m.
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>TUITION</strong><br />
State Bar Member: $35<br />
Ultimate Pass Subscriber: $25<br />
Non Member: $50<br />
Student: $15
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Documents/Events/SA7063_Diversity.pdf">Full schedule</a><br />
<a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/eventDetails.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=SA7063">Learn more and register</a></p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">What’s That Word Again?</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Can you identify the legal terms from the following definitions?</p>
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<li>A legal action brought by one party without the participation or presence of the opposing party.
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<li>The relationship of a spouse to the other spouse's blood relatives.
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<li>A threatening clause that may be used in a last will and testament designed to prevent a challenge to the will by a beneficiary.
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<li>Doctrine where the preferred interpretation of ambiguous language in a contract should work against the party who provided it.</li></ol>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">See the answers below.</p>
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<div align="center"><img src="
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Ends Friday, October 6</h3></div>
<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 6px;">A Guide to Wisconsin Employment Discrimination Law</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;"><span class="black" style="color: #000"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=AK0208">Print Book</a>:<br />
List: <s>$89 member</s> / <s>$109 nonmember</s><br />
</span><span style="color: #E31B1B"> <span style="color: #E31B1B"><strong>Sale price: $71.20</strong></span><strong> member / $87.20 nonmember </strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;"><span class="black" style="color: #000"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Product.aspx?cat=WISBAR&pid=AE0208">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 style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6px;">To claim your discount, use priority code <strong>B5022BB</strong> when ordering online or mention it when calling (800) 728-7788.*</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>Annual Bankruptcy Update</strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">A bankruptcy can be a complex and stressful situation for an individual or business. Be the bankruptcy guru your clients turn to with direction from the <a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/pages/EventSearch.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=CA2667W&k=Bankeastwest"><em>Annual Bankruptcy Update 2017</em></a>. </p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">The best and brightest Wisconsin bankruptcy all-stars have boiled down the biggest changes into a clear, concise overview of the key concepts you need to know. Plus, experience the highlight of the <em>Update</em> as U.S. Bankruptcy Court judges from Wisconsin’s Eastern and Western Districts reveal the logic behind the year’s most important rulings. </p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Equip yourself to guide people through these challenging proceedings at the <em>Annual Bankruptcy Update 2017</em>. Members of the Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Creditors' Rights Section
are especially encouraged to attend. <a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/pages/EventSearch.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=CA2667W&k=Bankeastwest">Register now!</a></p>
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-bottom: 7px;">Pitchers & Public Interest Networking Event</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Join the Public Interest Law Section at their annual Pitchers & Public Interest networking events. Come for drinks, appetizers, and a chance to connect with public interest attorneys. Registration is not required.
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>Milwaukee Event</strong><br />
Wednesday, October 11<br />
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.<br />
Ale Asylum<br />
1110 N Old World 3rd St. Milwaukee, WI 53203</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;"><strong>Madison Event</strong><br />
Thursday, October 12<br />
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.<br />
Brocach Irish Pub<br />
7 W. Main Street<br />
Madison, WI 53703
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<h3 style="color: #045394; margin-top: 7px; margin-bottom: 7px;">Look Inside the New Milwaukee Bucks Arena</h3>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Go behind the scenes of one of Wisconsin’s hottest construction projects. Join the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Construction and Public Contract Law Section at <a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/eventDetails.aspx?category=&cat=&pid=CA2564L"><em>Building the Future: An Inside Look at Milwaukee Bucks Related Construction Projects</em></a>. It’s your chance to meet a variety of construction industry professionals and construction law practitioners. </p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">Wednesday, October 11<br />
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. (networking reception to follow)<br />
Country Springs Hotel<br />Pewaukee</p></blockquote>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 7px;">It’s FREE to law students, but pre-registration is required.</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 October 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<strong> 20% discount</strong> toward the purchase of State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE<sup style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; ">®</sup> products through October 31, 2017. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="
http://marketplace.wisbar.org/Pages/Birthday.aspx">Get started here.
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<p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 6px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:8pt;"><strong>Answers to Legal Trivia Brain Strain:</strong> 1.Ex parte, 2. Direct affinity, 3. In terrorem, 4. Contra proferentem</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 10px; 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 October 6, 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;">MKT481E </span></p>
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