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Registration Required NPBA Members: FreeNot yet NPBA Members: $60.00 (2 CLE Credits)
Summary:
a. Employment at-will
b. Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Agreements
c. Non-Compete/Non-Solicit Agreements
a. Virginia Wage Payment Act b. Minimum Wage c. Overtime d. Misclassification
a. Federal
b. Virginia
c. Virginia Values Act
V. EEOC Charges and OCR Complaints
a. EEOC Chargesb. OCR Complaints
a. Severance/Settlement Agreementsb. Non-Disparagement and Confidentiality Provisions and the potential impact of the McLaren Macomb decisionc. Older Worker Benefits Protection Actiond. Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
22 Person Limit due to capacity
Presenters:
Deborah Yeng Collins, Yeng Collins Law, PLC
Melissa A. Hamann, Yeng Collins Law, PLC
Area of Law: Labor & Employment
Number of CLE hours: 2
Must be present at the start of the CLE program until the end in order to received credit(s).
Additional Details: Please contact bar association staff at (757) 622-3152 or email contact@norfolkportsmouthbar.org if you have any questions. *Application for approval for this course or program is pending with the Virginia Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board.
Registration Required NPBA Members: Free Not yet NPBA Members: $60.00 (2 CLE Credits) Ethics
Chat GPT – Can it help or hurt you? – In this CLE, we will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of attorneys using Chat GPT as a work resource. We will take a deep dive into the history and creation of Chat GPT and how it has impacted case law and several top firms throughout the world. Finally, we will discover how Chat GPT affects rules of civil procedure and model rules of professional conduct. Chat GPT is a new but dynamic tool if used properly – are you ready?
Presenters: Joyvan Malbon, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Co.
Mary Morgan, Infinity Law Group,. PLC
Number of CLE hours: 2 Ethics
Directly following the CLE presentation, there will be a reception sponsored by Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company. All are invited to attend and no additional fee required. Food and beverages will be available.
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October 19, 2023
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Free to NPBA members; $30 non-members
Presenter:
Katherine M. Lennon, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black
Kate is an Associate in the Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice group. She joined the firm in 2022 after over four years of hands-on civil litigation experience at another Norfolk firm, which took her across the Commonwealth in federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate court levels.
Kate graduated summa cum laude from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, where she double majored in Political Science and Legal Studies. She received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from William & Mary Law School. After law school, Kate served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable David W. Lannetti and Michelle J. Atkins in the Norfolk Circuit Court.
In her free time, Kate frequently finds herself looking for new ways to serve her colleagues and the community. She serves as the Treasurer of the Larchmont Edgewater Civic League. Additionally, Kate was recently elected to serve on the Board of The Planning Council. She is also a member of the James Kent American Inn of Court. Last year she served as Young Lawyers Chair of the Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association.
When she is not working or volunteering her time, you might see Kate running in a race around Hampton Roads or just running in her favorite neighborhoods in Norfolk. She also enjoys spending time with her fiancé, Ben, and their three energetic dogs: Murphy, Ellie, and Jack.
October 19, 2023, 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. (Post-Luncheon CLE)
Appellate Law and Court of Appeals Implications – 1 CLE Credit
Presenters: W. Thomas Chappell and F. Nash Bilisoly, Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black
Title: “A Haunted House of Procedural Default: Spooky Ways to Hurt (or Lose) Your Appeal at Trial”
Area of law: Appellate
Registration Required NPBA Members: Free Not yet NPBA Members: $60.00 (2 CLE Credits)
22 People due to room capacity.
Additional Details:
Please contact bar association staff at (757) 622-3152 or email contact@norfolkportsmouthbar.org if you have any questions. *Application for approval for this course or program is approved with the Virginia Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board.
The YLS Mentoring Program will be launched during the YLS Fall Reception! More details coming soon!
Registered attendees will received an email on October 23, 2023 with additional details and the event address.
January 18, 2024
Join us on January 18, 2024, for special guest speaker, Patrick J. McKenna, Esq., of Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking (VCAHT) and Human Trafficking Justice & Freedom International (HTJFI). Did you know that January is human trafficking awareness month? Learn about the important work being done with trafficking survivors, a vision for providing access to justice for this under-served community and how attorneys may volunteer their time and talent to help!
Patrick J. McKenna, Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking (VCAHT) and Human Trafficking Justice & Freedom International (HTJFI)
Patrick J. McKenna, Esq., is one of the co-founders of the Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking, an alliance of service providers, attorneys, survivor-advocates, and community members on a mission to remove barriers preventing survivors from achieving a full and healthy life.
He is also a co-founder and President of Human Trafficking Justice & Freedom International which provides free legal services to human trafficking survivors.
He is also a Co-Founder and former Executive Director of the Virginia Beach Justice Initiative (now "Freekind') a non-profit organization founded in 2011, dedicated to ending human trafficking and restoring those victimized by it throughout southeastern Virginia.
He has lectured extensively and conducted numerous trainings on HT for the general public and varying groups including faith communities, social services, school staff and administrators, and medical and legal professionals; been a panelist at a number of summits & symposiums and, as an expert on human trafficking, been interviewed on radio, TV and in internet and print media; and served as part of a number of state working groups regarding prevention and survivor service efforts including the Victim Support Working Group of the Governor's Virginia Coordinated Response Against Human Trafficking. He helped launch and facilitate the Hampton Roads Coalition Against Trafficking (HRCAT), composed of governmental and nongovernmental agencies, law enforcement and prosecutorial offices, working to end HT in Hampton Roads, VA, and coordinate efforts to identify trafficking victims & facilitate their rescue, restoration & reintegration into society. He oversaw the development and implementation of a Jail Outreach program operating in four jails throughout Hampton Roads to identify and provide services to human trafficking victims and worked collaboratively with varying individuals and entities throughout Virginia and D.C. to facilitate passage of over 40 pieces of human trafficking legislation in Virginia.
He is a licensed attorney with 32 years of proven results because of his desire to grow professionally and make an ever-increasing contribution to the organizations/individuals which he serves.
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