Headed to the State Bar Annual Meeting

Posted on June 9, 2010 by D. Todd Smith

I'm heading up to my hometown of Fort Worth to attend the 2010 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting Thursday and Friday.  The Bar has put together an excellent program that should be well worth attending, regardless of one's practice area.

I am particularly excited about what is being billed as the "Legal Innovation Track:  The Adaptable Lawyer," which (according to the promotional materials) will address how lawyers can "adapt and flourish in the face of changes in technology and the business of law."  LexBlog's Kevin O'Keefe and author Richard Susskind (The End of Lawyers?) are two of the featured speakers, with Susskind giving the keynote address.

The State Bar Computer and Technology Section and LexBlog are co-sponsoring a "Tweet and Greet" Thursday afternoon, which I will be attending.  I also hope to do some live-tweeting from the seminar.  For those who are interested in following the conference on Twitter, the hashtag is #sbot10.

As my regular readers know, I am interested in how technology and social media impact legal marketing and practice.  The emphasis on those areas in the conference program may have been why the Bar invited me to attend as its guest.  I consider it an honor.

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Update on In-House/Appellate CLE Program

Posted on June 3, 2010 by D. Todd Smith

The lineup is set for the free CLE seminar the State Bar of Texas Appellate Section is sponsoring on the role of appellate counsel in civil litigation.  An e-brochure with details is available here.

This seminar is specifically geared to in-house lawyers and will cover some very timely topics (for example, appellate attorney's fee structures).   We have lined up an outstanding group of panelists, including several sitting judges.

Please consider distributing the e-brochure to your in-house contacts and encouraging them to come.  Better yet, if you're an appellate lawyer, plan on attending yourself and bringing a client or two with you.  The more educated in-house counsel are about what we do and how we can add value, the better for all our practices.

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