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.

Agenda:

Session 1: Speaker Philip Gunn

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

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

Session 4: Senator Tyler McCaughn 

Agenda:

Session 1:  Philip Gunn, Speaker of the House

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

Session 3: Senator Michael Thompson

Session 4: Joseph Sclafani, Office of Governor Tate Reeves

Navigating Life Settlements

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; 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.

This On Demand CLE video is a recording from the Health Law Section's CLE seminar on April 9, 2021. Please see more information for the event below.

Healthcare Law Update: Keeping Stride with Legal and Regulatory Changes

Chapters:

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

2) Certificate of Need Program Update – Christin Williams (Director of the Officer of Health Policy and Planning, Mississippi State Department of Health) and Barry Cockrell (Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC) 

3) Mississippi Legislative Update – Richard Roberson (General Counsel, Mississippi Hospital Association)

4) Employment Law Update – Nakimuli Davis-Primer (Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC)

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

Agenda:

1) Mississippi Legislative Update 

Richard Roberson, General Counsel (Mississippi Hospital Association)

2) Ethics Hour

Adam Kilgore (General Counsel, The Mississippi Bar)

3) Medicare Fraud and Abuse Update

Robert G. “Bob” Anderson (Mississippi Department of Human Services)

4) Employment Law Update 

Jennifer H. Scott (Wise Carter Child & Caraway)

5) Certificate of Need Program Update 

Christin Williams (Mississippi State Dept. of Health)

Barry Cockrell (Baker Donelson)

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.

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.