SEMINAR AGENDA
LAW OFFICE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR SERIES:
Course XIII
Social Media Evidence Issues: Admissibility, Foundational Concerns & Expert
Testimony; Social Media Pitfalls for Lawyers & Staff;
Additional
Metadata & Social Media Case Law Update;
How to Lose Your Case: Avoid Drafting Metadata
Related Discovery Requests;
How to Lose Your Case: Avoid Drafting Smartphone Discovery Requests; More
Social Media & Metadata Ethics Issues;
Seminar
Sponsor:
Technology 4 Attorneys, LLC
Approvals:
*Approved
for 5.0 Hrs CLE credit by MCLE Board of Illinois & ISCCP (including 1.0
Hr Professional Responsibility)
*Approved for 6.0 Hrs CLE credit by Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners (including
1.0 Hr Ethics)
*Approved for 6.0 Hrs CLE credit by West Virginia State Bar (including 2.1 Hrs
Office Mgmt / Ethics)
FACULTY
Kenneth
O. Kreis, J.D., a former Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, and
a former Assistant District Attorney, 47th Judicial District, State of Texas,
has engaged in the private practice of law in Idaho for more than 30 years,
and has been General Manager of Technology 4 Attorneys, LLC, for the past 10
years. In addition, he has undertaken specific training and research into
web page design issues, html coding, computer hardware, and software issues.
He has lectured at over 300 approved CLE seminars in 15 different states during
that time period on law related technology topics. Some of these programs have
been co-sponsored by three state bar associations and two regional law schools
on multiple occasions during the prior 10 years. He teaches this program in
an understandable and non technical manner limiting the use of tech terminology
as appropriate.
AGENDA TIMELINE: 5.0
CLE CREDIT HOURS (1.0 Hour of Ethics)
(based upon 60 minute hours)
8:30 am - 9:00 am REGISTRATION
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Section I: Social Media Evidence Issues: Admissibility, Foundational Concerns,
& Expert Testimony
A. Issues regarding the admissibility of social media evidence
B. Laying the foundation for the introduction of social media evidence
C. Expert testimony & social media evidence
9:45
am - 10:30 am
Section
II: Social Media Pitfalls for Lawyers & Staff
A. Lawyer advertising and other use of social media
B. Counseling clients on using Facebook & Twitter
10:30
am - 10:45 am MORNING BREAK
10:45 am - 11:45 am
Section III: Additional Metadata
& Social Media Case Law Update
A. Numerous recent cases involving the impact of metadata & social media issues in actual practice
11:45 pm - 1:00
pm LUNCH BREAK
1:00
pm - 1:45 pm
Section
IV: How to Lose Your Case: Avoid Drafting Metadata Related Discovery Requests
A.
Ignoring metadata discovery: what your missing
B. Searching for metadata information: some places to look
C. Some questions to ask in metadata discovery requests
1:45
am - 2:30 pm
Section
V: How to Lose Your Case: Avoid Drafting Smartphone Discovery Requests
A. Ignoring smartphone discovery: what your missing
B. Searching for smartphone information: some places to look
C. Some questions to ask in smartphone discovery requests
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm AFTERNOON BREAK
2:45
pm - 3:45 pm
Section VI: More Social Media & Metadata Ethics Issues
A. Considering some ethical decisions regarding the use and abuse of social
media
B. Considering some ethical decisions regarding the use and abuse of metadata