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Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010
Register for the MBA Annual Conference 2010
Register on or before Friday, Jan. 29 to receive $50 off a Full Conference Pass
Annual Conference 2010
Thursday, March 11 -
Friday, March 12
Westin Copley Place, 10
Huntington Ave., Boston
"Achieving a Competitive Advantage in Changing Times" is the
theme of the Massachusetts Bar Association's spring Annual
Conference. MBA AC10 will take place on Thursday, March 11 and
Friday, March 12 at the Westin Copley Place in Boston.
Annual Conference 2010 will feature two concurrent CLE tracks,
the MBA Gala Dinner on Thursday, March 11 and the Access to Justice
Awards Luncheon on Friday, March 12. CLE programming includes:
Thursday,
March 11
- Noon: Registration
- 1-2:30 p.m.: President's Welcome and Plenary
Session
Social Media for Lawyers: How to Boost Your Practice and Avoid
Pitfalls
- 2:35-3:30 p.m.: CLE Breakout Sessions
(Concurrent sessions)
1. Recent Developments in Bankruptcy Law
2. Law Practice Management: Building Business in the Post-Crash
Economy Part I
- 3:35-4:30 p.m.: CLE Breakout Session
(Concurrent sessions)
1. Recent Developments in Real Estate
Law
2. Law Practice Management: Building Business in the Post-Crash
Economy Part II
- 4:35-5:30 p.m.: CLE Breakout Sessions
(Concurrent sessions)
1. Recent Developments in Employment Law
2. Law Practice Management: Building Business in the Post-Crash
Economy Part III
- 5:30 p.m.: Cocktail Reception
- 6:15 p.m.: Gala Dinner
Friday, March
12
- 7:30 a.m.: Registration and breakfast
- 8:30-9 a.m.: President's Welcome and Plenary
Session
Recent Developments in the Law Opening Remarks
Significant Legislative Developments in Massachusetts
- 9-9:50 a.m.: CLE Breakout Sessions
(Concurrent sessions)
1. Recent Developments in Juvenile Law
2. Law Practice Management: Avoiding Lawyer Meltdown
- 9:55-10:45 a.m.: CLE Breakout Sessions
(Concurrent sessions)
1. Recent Developments in Family Law
2. Law Practice Management: Alternatives to the Billable Hour
- 10:45-11:15 a.m.: Break featuring prize
giveaways
- 11:15-12:10 p.m.: CLE Breakout Sessions
(Concurrent sessions)
1. Recent Developments in Probate Law
2. Law Practice Management: From Paper to Pixels: The Paper LESS
Office Works, Paperless Doesn't
- 12:15-2:15 p.m.: Access to Justice Awards
Luncheon
- 2:15-3:10 p.m.: CLE Breakout Sessions
(Concurrent sessions)
1. Recent Developments in Personal Injury & Insurance
Law
2. Law Practice Management: Improving Your Efficiency with
$1,000
- 3:15-4:10 p.m.: CLE Breakout Sessions
(Concurrent sessions)
Recent Developments in Criminal Law
Law Practice Management: 60 Sites in 60 Minutes
- 4:15- 5:15 p.m.: Plenary Session
Building a Solid Foundation: Managing Law Practice Risk
Register on or before Friday,
Jan. 29 and take $50 off a Full Conference Pass. Click here
to register.
The Full Conference Pass
grants access to Thursday and
Friday CLE programming and includes a ticket to both
the Access to Justice Awards Luncheon and Gala
Dinner.
**Massachusetts lawyers who are MBA members can earn up to a 7.5
percent premium credit on Massachusetts professional liability
insurance offered by CNA through the MBA Insurance Agency. You can
earn a 5 percent premium credit by attending the Building a Solid
Foundation: Managing Law Practice Risk session plus one other
Recent Developments in the Law session. If more than one-third of
your firm's attorneys attend, you can earn up to a 7.5 percent
premium credit. This offer is valid for new and renewed lawyers'
professional liability insurance policies with an effective date of
Aug. 1, 2010 to July 31, 2011. This offer may not be combined with
any other malpractice prevention/CLE premium credits.
Registration:
Click here to register for the MBA's 2010
conference online. For a printable PDF outlining sponsorship
opportunities and table reservation information, click here. For additional information call
(617) 338-0530.
The MBA has a limited room block available at the Westin. Click here to reserve a room. Room rates are
$249 per night through Feb. 10, 2010.