Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Section presents “Zooming Toward Advanced Mediation: A Series of Virtual CLEs”

The Mississippi Bar’s ADR Section presents “Zooming Toward Advanced Mediation: A Series of Virtual CLEs.” The four-part series will be conducted via zoom webinar. All sessions have been approved for credit as mediation training. Sessions pertaining to appellate mediation will satisfy or partially satisfy the requirements for appellate mediation training, depending on whether you have five years of experience as a mediator.

This is Session 3 (of 4 Sessions) and contains 2 chapters: “The Landscape of Mediation: A Judicial Perspective” and “Ethics Matter: A Conversation on Ethics in Mediation”.

This On-Demand CLE video is a recording from the Appellate Practice Section's CLE seminar on January 13, 2021.

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Speaker Philip Gunn

Chapter 2: Leigh Janous, Office of the Secretary of State

Chapter 3: David Maron, Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Reeves

Chapter 4: Senator Tyler McCaughn 

Chapters:

Chapter 1:  Philip Gunn, Speaker of the House

Chapter 2: Leigh Janous, Office of the Secretary of State

Chapter 3: Senator Michael Thompson

Chapter 4: Joseph Sclafani, Office of Governor Tate Reeves

The 1-hour CLE will be presented by Kenneth Farmer with First American Title Insurance Company. Ken will be speaking on title standards as they relate to a descendant's estate.

This session will explore options for businesses, trustees and individuals to maximize the value of unwanted life insurance policies. You will be provided with details as to the sale process and income taxation of policy sale receipts. In addition, examples will be given from hundreds of life settlement transactions the presenters have done over the past seventeen years.

Topics: (1) What to do when—you do not have grounds for divorce, the judge will not rule, and you are not getting paid.  (2) How to handle domestic abuse orders—why you might not want to go there, where and when you should file them, and how to respond to the other party’s attorney’s fees for false allegations; and (3) Understanding Guardian Ad Litems—when you should ask for one, who you should ask for, what your appointment order should include, how to avoid hearsay problems, and how to handle GAL fees.

Topics: (1) Temporary hearing issues—time limits, chancellor vs. special matter, on/off the record, and the scope of what can be heard; (2) Special considerations with irreconcilable differences divorces—what should you include in consents, how to approach discovery dilemmas, and when and how to waive or compel an 8.05); and (3) Less typical, but still important legal issues—surrogacy agreements, same-sex adoptions, and constitutional challenges to the irreconcilable differences divorce statute.

Mississippi’s Certificate of Need laws grant authority to the Department of Health to administer and supervise all state health planning and development responsibilities. This process places restrictions on certain health care activities in order to prevent unnecessary duplication of health resources and provide cost containment. The activities which require a certificate of need (CON) include the offering of certain designated health services, the development or establishment of new health care facilities, or the making of capital expenditures for health care projects in excess of designated limits. Free-market proponents are urging lawmakers to relax, update or remove these laws, claiming they are government barriers to patient care. This seminar will provide an overview of the CON process in Mississippi and differing views on its necessity. Panelists include attorneys Russ Latino, State Director of Americans for Prosperity and Richard Roberson, General Counsel for the Mississippi Hospital Association.

Chapters:

Chapter 1) Medicare Fraud and Abuse Update – Jonell Beeler (Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC)

Chapter 2) Certificate of Need Program Update – Christin Williams (Mississippi State Department of Health) & Barry Cockrell (Baker Donelson) 

Chapter 3) Mississippi Legislative Update – Richard Roberson (Mississippi Hospital Association)

Chapter 4) Employment Law Update – Nakimuli Davis-Primer (Baker Donelson)

Chapter 5) Ethics Hour – Melissa S. Scott (Deputy General Counsel, The Mississippi Bar)

Chapters:

Chapter 1) Mississippi Legislative Update - Richard Roberson, General Counsel (Mississippi Hospital Association)

Chapter 2) Ethics Hour - Adam Kilgore (General Counsel, The Mississippi Bar)

Chapter 3) Medicare Fraud and Abuse Update - Robert G. “Bob” Anderson (Mississippi Department of Human Services)

Chapter 4) Employment Law Update - Jennifer H. Scott (Wise Carter Child & Caraway)

Chapter 5) Certificate of Need Program Update - Christin Williams (Mississippi State Dept. of Health) & Barry Cockrell (Baker Donelson)

Hour 1:

Regulatory Hot Topics in Health Law: 2022 and Beyond - Brant Ryan (Gilchrist Donnell)

 

Hour 2:

Top Privacy Concerns with the Use of Electronic Tracking Devices - Brad Moody (Nelson Mullins) 

MCITy- Introduction to the Facility and the Story of Building a Public/Private Partnership to Grow the Region’s Economy

 Dr. Jeff Holland, MCITy Director and Warren County Supervisor

Session 1- IP 101- Different Types of IP and How Leveraging IP Protection is Helping Build a Successful Startup in Mississippi

 Ben Mitchell, Butler Snow LLP

Andrew Coffman, Phelps Dunbar LLP

 Magen Bynum, CEO and Founder, Magnolia Soap and Bath Co.

Session 2- a Panel- How Startups and Small Businesses Can Work with ERDC and Mississippi Universities

Alissa Armstrong, ERDC Chief Counsel

Paul Sumrall, Director of ERDCWERX

Jeremy Clay, Mississippi State University Center Office of Technology Management

Session 3- Mississippi Development Authority and InnovateMS Support and Resources for Small Businesses and the Knowledge Economy

Joe Donovan, Director of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Tony Jeff, CEO of InnovateMS

Jim Harper, Regional Director, SBDC Mississippi

Legislative Developments for Small Businesses

W. Briggs Hopson III, Mississippi Senator

Brittney Davis, Policy Advisor, Office of Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann

Hawley Robertson, Policy Advisor, Office of Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann     

The Labor and Employment Law Section of The Mississippi Bar held its annual seminar on Thursday, June 17, 2021 virtually on Zoom. The 1.0 hour CLE credit was an ethics hour provided by Judge Keith Ball and Judge Taylor McNeel. The seminar featured topics ranging from thoughts and stories from the past year; any Local Civil Rules Committee news; and attorney practice in federal court with respect to settlement conferences, discovery, and motions. Please purchase this package to view a recording of the event.

Expungement Basics & Gun Rights

The 2019 amendment to the expungement statute has given Mississippi perhaps the most progressive expungement law in the nation. This seminar will guide you through the many nuances that you might encounter with this new law. Time will also be spent discussing restoration of gun rights via certificates of rehabilitation.

Introduction of New MWCC staff, ALJs
Judge Jennifer Nicaud
New 2022 Fee Schedule Overview
Jeff Skelton
Commission Filings, start to end, including overview of Forms
Megan Garrett, Esq.
Tami Bullock, Tabor Law Firm
Prehearing Statements and Settlement Petitions – Best Practices
Lakeshae Garrett
Commissioner Beth Harkins

The Child Advocacy Committee of The Mississippi Bar, The University of Mississippi Judicial College, The University of Mississippi School of Law and Mississippi College School of Law have produced a series of on-demand videos for purposes of certifying more guardians ad litem (GALs) to increase the number of available certified GALs and provide an affordable means for certification for solo practitioners and attorneys whose firms will not pay for the cost of certification.

Attorneys who view the GAL videos may utilize the training for both certification and CLE purposes. Attorneys may receive CLE credit only once for viewing the videos. Attorneys may, however, become re-certified for one additional year by viewing the videos a second time, but they will not receive any additional CLE credit for doing so.

For those attorneys who watched the previous version of the videos, you can receive certification and CLE credit for viewing the newly updated videos.

To obtain continuing legal education (CLE) credit and to become a certified GAL, you will need to download the Affidavit and CLE Form and print your Certificate of Completion after you submit credit for the course. Complete and mail both forms and the Certificate of Completion, along with $25 to The Mississippi Bar, Attn: Daniel Reed, P.O. Box 2168, Jackson, Mississippi 39225-2168. For additional information, please contact Daniel at dreed@msbar.org.

NOTE: You must watch all six videos to receive a Certificate of Completion.

The Child Advocacy Committee of The Mississippi Bar, The University of Mississippi Judicial College, The University of Mississippi School of Law and Mississippi College School of Law have produced a series of on-demand videos for purposes of certifying more guardians ad litem (GALs) to increase the number of available certified GALs and provide an affordable means for certification for solo practitioners and attorneys whose firms will not pay for the cost of certification.

Attorneys who view the GAL videos may utilize the training for both certification and CLE purposes. Attorneys may receive CLE credit only once for viewing the videos. Attorneys may, however, become re-certified for one additional year by viewing the videos a second time, but they will not receive any additional CLE credit for doing so.

For those attorneys who watched the previous version of the videos, you can receive certification and CLE credit for viewing the newly updated videos.

To obtain continuing legal education (CLE) credit and to become a certified GAL, you will need to download the Affidavit and CLE Form and print your Certificate of Completion after you submit credit for the course. Complete and mail both forms and the Certificate of Completion, along with $25 to The Mississippi Bar, Attn: Daniel Reed, P.O. Box 2168, Jackson, Mississippi 39225-2168. For additional information, please contact Daniel at dreed@msbar.org.

NOTE: You must watch all six videos to receive a Certificate of Completion.

In 2021 and 2022, the Young Lawyers Division hosted a series of CLEs providing education and best practices on a variety of topics for solo practitioners across the state. This course is a recording of the second session, "Youth Court Practice: Current Issues and Recent Developments” by David L. Calder, Director of the Child Advocacy Clinic at the University of Mississippi School of Law.

In 2021 and 2022, the Young Lawyers Division hosted a series of CLEs providing education and best practices on a variety of topics for solo practitioners across the state. This course is a recording of the second session, "How to Start a Real Estate Practice and Tips for When Real Estate Intersects with Other Practice Areas” by Amarette Speights.