To: All Students Attending Law School in Washington State and 2021 Graduates of WA Law Schools
The WSBA will present the 2021 Solo and Small Firm Conference in July in partnership with the WSBA Solo & Small Practice Section. This year’s Conference will be a two-day virtual program offered online as a live webinar July 30-31.
All current first year and second year law school students
attending a law school in Washington State may register for this online program
for free. It’s an excellent opportunity
to become more familiar with challenges and issues you may need to deal with if
you become a solo/small firm practitioner.
Program Details:
The Resilient Law Firm: Adapt, Pivot and Thrive
2021
Solo and Small Firm Conference
Dates:
Friday and Saturday, July 30-31, 2021
Schedule:
Day 1 - Friday, July 30, 2021
8:30 a.m. Webcast Login Opens
8:45 a.m. Webcast Begins
12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
4:15 p.m. Adjourn
4:30 p.m. Trivia and Networking Virtual Event
Day 2 - Saturday, July 31, 2021
8:30 a.m. Webcast Login Opens
8:45 a.m. Webcast Begins
12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
4:00 p.m. Adjourn
The Conference features presentations by five national speakers; Paul Unger, Sam Glover, Sharon Nelson, John Simek, and Stuart Teicher in addition to speakers from Washington State. (Please click on each name for a hyperlink to further information about the speaker).
Program topics include:
- Legal innovation
- Cybersecurity tips for lawyers & cybersecurity for your firm and employees
- The resilient organization: thriving in challenging time
- Reinventing justice
- Ethical issues involved in negative on-line reviews
- Legal tech tips, gadgets, apps and websites
- Perspectives from the Bench on virtual hearings and trials
- Managing your workload
- Marketing
- Lessons from COVID-19
The Conference presentations on Friday will be followed by a Virtual Trivia and Networking Event.
Click here to download a fillable scholarship application by July 23.
