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  • August 01, 2008

    Inside the Bar August 2008: Coming in October - Conference focuses on real-life practice issues for smaller firms

    The Third Annual Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference, Oct. 23 - 25, at the Kalahari Resort & Conference Center in Wisconsin Dells, offers 32 education and training sessions on four different tracks, plus three plenary sessions, covering substantive law, practice management, technology, and ethics/quality of life topics.

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    Register by Sept. 23 to receive early-bird discount

    Coming in October - Conference focuses on real-life practice issues for smaller firms

    The Third Annual Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference, Oct. 23 - 25, at the Kalahari Resort & Conference Center in Wisconsin Dells, offers 32 education and training sessions on four different tracks, plus three plenary sessions, covering substantive law, practice management, technology, and ethics/quality of life topics. Regional and national speakers will offer useful tips about the latest technology and valuable ways to manage your practice, avoid malpractice, build client relationships, and more. The conference is presented by the Milwaukee Bar Association and the State Bar of Wisconsin.

    "This year's conference will be bigger and better than ever. We have moved to a new family-friendly location and have developed sessions that will directly affect your practice," says State Bar Practice Management Advisor Nerino Petro.

    "There's more to being a successful lawyer than being good in the courtroom or with clients; there is the business side of the practice as well as having a solid work-life balance," says Petro. "This year's planning committee, chaired by attorney Sarah Blackwell, has created a conference packed with a wealth of information on topics that Wisconsin solo and small-firm attorneys requested."

    Keynote speakers. Thursday afternoon speaker, Kevin O'Keefe, is a successful entrepreneur and former Wisconsin trial lawyer. He has built two prosperous Internet companies. His presentation, "To Blog or Not to Blog, That is the Question," will give you the tools to establish an effective Web practice and compete with large, big-city firms - all at a budget you can afford.

    Friday morning speaker, Laurel Bellows, current chair of the ABA House of Delegates, will lead a discussion on involvement and leadership for the solo practitioner or small-firm associate in her presentation, "A Small Firm is Not a Barrier to Leadership."

    The Saturday morning speaker is Connie Kilmark. Dubbed "the Dr. Ruth of money," Kilmark has developed an original approach to personal money management that balances emotional and psychological aspects with financial facts. She is a regular on Wisconsin Public Radio. Learn all about it at her presentation, "Your Financial Personality at Home and at Work."

    Register by Sept. 23 and save $25. The discounted tuition is $250 for State Bar and Wisconsin Association of Legal Administrators members, $350 for nonmembers, and $125 for law students (discount does not apply to students). Nonlawyer staff registering with a lawyer from the same firm can receive the member rate. Tuition includes conference materials in an electronic format. Print copies of conference materials can be purchased for $50.

    A limited number of rooms are available at the Kalahari at a discounted rate of $139 per room (a savings of up to $125). Each room receives up to four waterpark passes (a $160 value). Attendees are encouraged to bring their friends and families for a mini-vacation. Mention you are with the conference to receive the discount.

    Program sponsors include Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, Professional Insurance Programs Inc., Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, Bultman Financial, and the American Bar Association.

    The program will be submitted for Wisconsin CLE and EPR credits. Visit Wisconsin Solo & Small Firm Conference to register, or call the State Bar at (800) 728-7788 or (608) 257-3838.


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