Use ADR to Speed Up Your Case

August 17 Ethics CLE:  Using Arbitration/Mediation to Accelerate Your Case: Keys to Progress

August 17, 12 – 1 PM live GoToWebinar presented by Christina Magee and Glenn Waldman, and moderated by Jake Schickel.

Looking for a way to speed up your case even as post-COVID court dockets present obstacles to resolution?  Is your case bogged down as court dockets are too big to advance? Are your motions and litigation strategies delayed or ineffective due to competition for the court’s time with unprecedented and unresolved civil matters and hearings in only virtual formats? The Alternative Dispute Resolution and Solo & Small Firm Sections invite you to spend an hour to learn from an expert-moderated panel including a mediator and arbitrator about inventive ways arbitration and mediation are being used to move cases forward even in post-pandemic times.

Course number 5227. Approved for 1.0 General CLE credit, 0.5 of which may be applied toward Ethics. Section members register for only $45.

How to Get Organized

5 Organizational Skills for Lawyers

When you think of organizational skills for lawyers, you probably think first of the physical things: an uncluttered office, pristine case files and the ability to find exactly what you’re looking for exactly when you need it. But critical organizational skills also include time management, strategic planning, the ability to set priorities, and self-care. Here are five things hyper-productive people do every day to maximize their results and build successful law practices.

Karen Lapekas

August 25 FREE CLE:  How Lawyers Can Find Happiness Against the Odds

August 25, 12 – 1 PM, free Wednesday Wisdom Zoom webinar for Solo & Small Firm Section members.* Presented by Karen Lapekas, Principal, Lapekas Law. Course number 5386. Approved for1.0 General; 1.0 Mental Health CLE credit.

The practice of law can be stressful, especially when balancing life, family and the events of this past year. Join Karen Lapekas to hear about strategies for fighting depression and how using these techniques helps her to find happiness as a busy tax lawyer.

*Registration will be approved when section membership is confirmed.

New Video Series ‘At The Mic With Mike’ Features President Tanner Interviewing Leaders in the Legal Community 

Florida Bar President Mike Tanner launched a new video series called “At The Mic With Mike,” where he’ll periodically interview Florida Bar leaders, judges and members of the legal community about a variety of topics.

In the first episode, Tanner interviews Voluntary Bar Liaison Committee Chair Kimberly Lopez.

The series is posted on The Florida Bar’s website, YouTube channel, and featured on the Bar’s social media platforms.

Insert a Signature in Microsoft Word

How to Insert a Signature Image into a Microsoft Word Document

Old School: Print, sign and scan a document that needs your signature.

New School (you’ll need a scanned-in or otherwise digital image of your signature saved onto your computer):

  • Open the Word document, put your cursor on the line/space where the signature should be dropped, and then select Insert from the ribbon up top.
  • Click on Pictures then navigate to and select the signature image.
  • You may need to manipulate the exact placement of the image by using the Picture Format ribbon and tinkering with the Position and Text Wrap options (be sure to select the image to activate the Picture Format ribbon).
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Direct Access to Lots of GREAT CLE

  • Visit our calendar page to register for upcoming monthly live audio webcasts and free Wednesday Wisdom Zoom webinars.
  • Join our section’s members-only Facebook group to access a video library of previously recorded Wednesday Wisdom webinars.
  • Purchase previously recorded section CLE through The Florida Bar, available 24/7 as on-demand seminars and podcasts.
  • Purchase previously recorded section CLE through The Florida Bar in CD or DVD format.

If you are interested in getting involved on the Continuing Legal Education Committee or presenting a CLE seminar, please contact CLE Committee Chair Linda Calvert-Hanson.

Thank you to our 2021-22 section sponsors.