Includes FREE Fastcase Training Sessions! Click here for more information.
Join your colleagues at the Solo & Small-Firm Conference with programs
designed exclusively for the solo and small-firm attorney.
Successfully practicing law requires more than legal knowledge - it’s also
about being an entrepreneur and running your practice like a business. This
one-day Solo & Small-Firm Conference offers exclusive programming for
the solo practitioner and small-firm attorney to help you get practical advice,
answers to specific questions and important tips on how to grow and energize a
successful practice.
| Program Agenda: (click here for complete agenda) |
| 8:00 |
Marketing and Technology Boot Camp |
| 9:00 |
Opening Remarks from the Chair |
| 9:15 |
Session 1 (Choose from 3)
• Should I Specialize? What’s Hot and What’s Not
• The Use and Abuse of ADR in Litigation
• Representing Juveniles in the Justice System |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:45 |
Session 2 (Choose from 3)
• The Paperless Office-The Future of Technology and the Practice of Law
• Dealing with a Grievance/Dealing with a Fee Dispute (Fee Arbitration) - One Segment-Two Important and Related Topics
• Buying and Selling a Small Business |
| 12:00 |
Luncheon |
| 1:20 |
Session 3 (Choose from 3)
• Real Estate Issues for Attorneys and Their Clients (Leasing of Space,
the New HUD Form, Residential & Commercial Closings, Top 10 Things
Attorneys Miss While Doing a Closing)
• Personnel Issues in Your Law Practice -
The Nuts and Bolts of Hiring, Managing and Firing
• Family Law/Alimony Reform Update
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| 2:35 |
Break |
| 2:45 |
Session 4: Ethics (Choose from 3)
• Legal Malpractice Update & Retainer Agreements
• Trust Accounting Issues and the Random Audit
• Ethical Practices in NY & PA for NJ Attorneys |
| 4:00 |
Adjourn Conference |
| Includes the Presentation of the Solo & Small-Firm Practitioner of the Year Award. |
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FREE Legal Research with Fastcase...
....the day before the Solo & Small-Firm Conference
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FREE Fastcase Training - Fri., Feb. 27
• Session 1: 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
• Session 2: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
FREE Fastcase Training - Fri., March 6
• Session 1: 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
• Session 2: 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
• Session 3: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Click here to register for the Solo and Small-Firm Conference & Fastcase training.
Click here for more information on Fastcase.
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NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 6.0 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.5 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism.
| Tuition Discounts |
| Enter your "Special Code" for your discount. |
NJSBA Members
(Special Code: NJBSOLO) |
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| Credits |
| NJ CLE: This program has been approved for 6.0 credits (50 minute hour), including 1.5 ethics/professionalism credits |
| PA CLE: 3.5 substantive and 1.0 ethics credits pending ($20 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program) |
| NY CLE (t&n/t): 4.5 professional practice and 1.5 ethics credits |
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Please Note: General Tuition registration includes one full year of both NJSBA membership & NJSBA Solo and Small-Firm Section membership.
Door Registration:
NJSBA Members: $145
Non-members: $275