Dauphin County Bar Association
Continuing Legal Education

Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Ninth Annual Black History Month CLE Series Part 1 
Topic:  "Business Formation and Procurement Options for Disadvantaged Businesses," featuring Samuel T. Cooper III and Jacqueline Jackson-DeGarcia.  11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Ninth Annual Black History Month CLE Series Part 2 
Topic:  "Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Claims and Their Impact on Personal Injury Litigation" featuring Norris E. Benns, Jr.  11:30 a.m.

Friday, April 8, 2011
Mandatory CLE Compliance Session
Six 1-hour "Update" Presentations. (5 substantive credits and 1 ethics Credit) 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Location:  Crowne Plaza Hotel

Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  PA ACT 47 and Harrisburg's Financial Distress," presented by Robert W. O'Donnell.  11:30 a.m.

Friday, April 29 through Sunday, May 1, 2011
Biennial Bench/Bar Conference
Intercontinental Harbor Court Baltimore

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Forget Employers:  What Does Health Care Reform Mean to Everyone Else?," featuring David D. Vassilaros, Esquire, Capital Blue Cross.  11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Speak Up!  Introduction of Appellate Advocacy," featuring Terry A. Keating, Deputy Chief Counsel for Litigation, PA Insurance Department.  11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Ethical Considerations in Today's Litigation World," featuring the Honorable Richard A. Lewis.  Start:  11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Real Estate Tax Assessment Appeals - What You Need to Know," featuring Randy L. Varner and Gary E. Heiland II.  11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Common Violations of Intellectual Property," featuring Rebecca Finkenbinder and William P. Smith. 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Motor Vehicle Collision Arbitrations and Rule 1311 Jury Trials in Dauphin County," presented by David L. Lutz.  11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Pennsylvania Right to Know - Open Records Law," featuring Craig J. Staudenmaier and Terry Mutchler.  11:30 a.m.

Friday, August 12, 2011
Mandatory CLE Compliance Session
Six 1-hour "Update" presentations (5 substantive credits, 1 ethics credit), starting at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m.  Location:  Crowne Plaza Hotel, Harrisburg

Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Unauthorized Practice of Law," featuring William F. Hoffmeyer.  11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
CLE Program
Topic:  "Continuing Education for Parenting Coordinators," featuring Dr. Arnold T. Shienvold and the Honorable Jeannine Turgeon.  9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Recent Changes to the Expungement Process and the Forms Implemented by the AOPC," featuring Edward F. Spreha and Dale E. Klein.  11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Year End Tax Planning," featuring James J. McCarthy, Jr.  Start:  11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Immigration U Visas and Victims of Crime, Part II" featuring Angie Eveler and Diana Bieber Locke.  11:30 a.m.


Tuesday, November 22, 2011
DCBA Mediation Program Orientation
Featuring  Nancy Welsh, Michael W. Winfield and Lacy Hayes, Jr.
3 CLE Credits (2 Substantive, 1 Ethics)
9:00 a.m. to 12 noon, followed by lunch

Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Making the Written Record," featuring Gail D. McLucas and Nativa P. Wood.  11:30 a.m.

Friday, December 9, 2011
Mandatory CLE Compliance Session
Six 1-hour "Update Presentations," (5 substantive credits and 1 ethics credit).  9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Location:  Crowne Plaza Hotel

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Social Media from the Practitioners Standpoint/How to use Social Media in Litigation," featuring Lisa Benzie-Woodburn, Scott Cooper and Stephen Geduldig.  Start:  11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "E-Discovery:  Best Practices and Breaking Trends," featuring Dana Chilson and Devin Chwastyk.  Start:  11:30 a.m.

Friday, January 27, 2012
3 Hour CLE Program
Topic:  "Parenting Coordinators:  Vignettes of How to Handle Difficult Personalities."  Featuring:  Dr. Arnold T. Shienvold, Ph.D. and Hon. Jeannine Turgeon.  Start:  9:00 a.m. 

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Lunch & Learn Program
Topic:  "Reform of the Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law:  Filling the Gaps in the Mandatory Reporting Requirements of Suspected Child Abuse," featuring Professor Starla Williams, Julia L. Tilley & Rev. Ronald Tilley.   11:30 a.m.