2012 Corporate Paralegal Education Program
May 24 and 25, 2012
Washington DC

Created by Paralegals for Paralegals

Program Brochure

Curriculum

Patent Reform – How the new America Invents Act will affect corporations and what paralegals need to know to comport with the new law

Professional Development – Maintaining a resume, advancing in your current position, social networking

Budgets and Legal Spending Analysis – How to read and analyze budget documents, reporting, and other financial records issues

Compliance and regulatory frameworks – State and federal regulatory compliance and best practices

The DuPont Method – Decreasing costs and increasing efficiency through the savvy use of paralegals

Technology demonstrations including record management systems – Hands-on demonstrations and instruction in relevant and current legal technologies

Ethics – Prevent the unauthorized practice of law

Approval pending for 12 Continuing Legal Education credits, including two hours of ethics and professionalism by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) and National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA).

Conference Location and Lodging

The conference will take place at the beautiful George Washington University Law School at 2020 H Street NW, just three blocks from the Club Quarters Hotel.

Club Quarters is located in a Beaux Arts building overlooking Farragut Square and just two blocks from the White House. In the center of the business district, just minutes from historic Pennsylvania Avenue, the Lincoln and Washington Memorials, Georgetown, Lafayette Square, and key government buildings. Club Quarters in Washington, DC provides easy access to Reagan National Airport, Union Station, and the Smithsonian.

For room reservation code, please contact (703) 248-6011.

Fees and Costs

Conference Registration Fee: $550

Fee covers the cost of the program with breakfast, break refreshments, and lunch.
Dinner and lodging are not included.

Registration Form.

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A Nighttime Monuments Tour will be available on Thursday evening.

For more conference information please contact
Toni Marsh marsht01@gwu.edu or 202.994.2844

Conference Schedule

Schedule.

Thursday, May 24
9:00 – 10:15
   Patent Reform – Cheryl Miller, JD, Director of Technology Policy, Verizon; Professor
   of Intellectual Property, GW – How the new America Invents Act affects corporations
   and what paralegals need to know to comport with the new law
10:15 – 10:30
   Networking and Sharing Best Practices
10:30 – 12:00
   Professional Development – Melissa Feuer, JD, Director of Career Services, GW –
   Maintaining a resume, advancing in your current position, social networking
12:00 – 1:00
   Lunch
1:30 – 2:45
   Budgets and Legal Spending Analysis – Russell Clark, JD, Professor of
   Corporations Law, GW – How to read and analyze budget documents, reporting, and
   other financial records issues
2:45 – 3:00
   Networking and Sharing Best Practices
3:00 – 4:15
   Compliance and regulatory frameworks – Jane Thorpe, JD, Professor of Corporate
   Compliance, GW – State and federal regulatory compliance and best practices

Friday, May 25
9:00 – 10:15
   The DuPont Method – Marybeth Davies, Paralegal Manager, DuPont – Decreasing costs
   and increasing efficiency through the savvy use of paralegals
10:15 – 10:30
   Networking and sharing best practices
10:30 – 12:00
   Technology demonstrations including record management systems – DC area
   technology venders – Hands-on demonstrations and instruction in relevant and current
   legal technologies
12:00 – 1:00
   Lunch
1:00 – 3:00
   Ethics –Arnold Haimann, JD, USAID Deputy General Counsel and Designated
   Agency Ethics Official – Prevent the unauthorized practice of law
3:00 – 4:30
   Wrap up and brainstorming

* Schedule subject to change.