Agenda / Content Covered

9:00 am to 4:30 pm - All times are shown in Pacific time

1. HOW TO DRAFT CIVIL PLEADINGS: SAMPLE DOCUMENTS INCLUDED
   9:00 - 9:45, Karen L. Hanks
   
   1. Overview of Process and Procedures
   2. Pleading Standards
   3. Formatting Requirements
   4. Complaint Dismissal for Insufficient Pleadings
   5. Drafting the Pleading: Complaint vs. Demurrer vs. Answer vs. Cross-Complaint vs. Counter-Claim
      1. Who are the Parties Involved?
      2. Content and Language
      3. Fact Pleadings - How Much Factual Content is Enough to Draw a Reasonable Conclusion About the Alleged Liability?
      4. Proving the Facts
      5. Supportive Research and Case Law
      6. Authoritative Resources (Show Examples)
      7. Sufficiency of the Complaint
      8. Drafting Defensive Pleadings - Demonstrating Plaintiff's Faults
2. DRAFTING DISCOVERY REQUESTS AND RESPONSES
   10:00 - 11:00, Karen L. Hanks
   
   1. Initial Disclosures
   2. Propounding Interrogatories
   3. Requests to Produce
   4. How and When to Use Admissions
   5. Requesting Depositions
   6. Subpoenas
   7. Working with Medical Evidence
   8. Drafting the Motion to Compel Discovery
3. DRAFTING MOTIONS: SAMPLE DOCUMENTS INCLUDED
   11:00 - 12:00, Karen L. Hanks
   
   1. Setting Up the Motion
   2. Drafting Various Motions
      1. Motion to Dismiss
      2. Motion for Summary Judgment
      3. Motion in Limine
   3. Rules of Civil Procedure, Formatting Requirements and Jurisdiction
   4. Structure Variations for Motions in Support vs. Motions in Opposition
   5. Opposition, Affidavits, Memorandums and Orders
   6. Requesting Relief/Stating Legal Demand - Know Your Laws
   7. Summary of Facts - What You Must Include
   8. Case Law
   9. Including Answers
   10. Filing, Servicing and Calendaring Process/Procedures - Include Checklist
4. BRIEF WRITING METHODS: SAMPLE DOCUMENTS INCLUDED
   1:00 - 1:55, Jack P. Burden
   
   1. Differences Between Various Types of Briefs
   2. IRAC, CRAC, and Other Methods of Legal Analysis
   3. Adversarial and Objective Briefs
   4. Trial and Appellate Briefs
   5. Anatomy of a Brief
      1. Creating the Introduction
      2. Summary of Argument
      3. Persuasive Propositions and Sub-Propositions
      4. Argument and Authorities
      5. Writing the Conclusion
      6. Table of Contents and Authorities
5. ETHICS
   1:55 - 2:55, Jack P. Burden
   
   1. Liability Associated with Drafting Legal Documents
   2. Rules of Professional Conduct
   3. Confidential Information of a Client
   4. Scope of Representation
   5. Conflicts of Interest
6. MS WORD AND ADOBE: LEGAL DOCUMENT DRAFTING AND USER TIPS
   3:10 - 4:10, Victoria Tokar
   
   1. Document Production Tips
   2. Creating Templates
   3. Advanced Formatting Tips
   4. Customizing Your Interface: Modifying Toolbars to Eliminate Extra Clicks
   5. Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
   6. Conversions to and from WordPerfect and Other Formats
   7. Document Review and Collaborative Tools
   8. Automating Repetitive Tasks
   9. Restricting Access/Permissions - Customized
   10. Going Paperless with Adobe Acrobat and a Scanner
   11. Creating Editable Forms and Questionnaires with Adobe - Case Study
   12. Creating a Client Intake Questionnaire
   13. Fast, Efficient Legal Document Review in Adobe
   14. Helpful User Tips for Adobe Acrobat (Restricting Access/Permissions, Customizing Menus, Converting Documents from and into PDF Format, Removing Metadata)
7. RULES AND FORMS FOR LITIGATION APPLICATIONS
   4:10 - 4:30, Jack P. Burden
   
   1. Forms for Document Production Scenarios
   2. Forms for Document Review Scenarios
   3. Forms for Electronically Stored Information Discovery
   4. Using Rules to Guide Information Collection and Storage
   5. Using Rules to Guide Information Analysis and Synthesis
   6. Using Rules to Guide Trial Exhibit Preparation
   7. Evidence Chart Development for Plaintiffs
   8. Evidence Chart Development for Defendants

Accreditation Details:

JACK P. BURDEN is a shareholder in the law firm of Backus, Carranza & Burden, and is a litigation attorney with practice emphasis in general liability, product liability, food liability and commercial matters. His clients range from Fortune 200 companies to local business owners in Nevada. Mr. Burden is admitted to the State Bar of Nevada; the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; and the U.S. Supreme Court. He currently serves as an author of State Bar of Nevada Jury Instructions. He is also active in the State Bar of Nevada’s Continuing Education Committee and the Canyon Springs High School Advisory Board. Mr. Burden earned his B.S. degree from the University of Nevada, Reno's Reynolds School of Journalism and his J.D. degree from Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.

KAREN L. HANKS is an attorney with Kim Gilbert Ebron, where she concentrates her practice in the area of commercial litigation. She is a member of the State Bar of Nevada; the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada; and the Clark County Bar Association. Ms. Hanks earned her B.A. degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in Catonsville, Maryland, and her J.D. degree from Syracuse University College of Law in Syracuse, New York.

VICTORIA TOKAR is a research librarian and assistant professor at the Wiener-Rogers Law Library at the University of Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law. She provides research assistance on a range of legal topics and serves as the student services librarian. Ms. Tokar received her B.A. degree from U.C. Berkeley, her M.L.I.S. degree with a concentration in law librarianship from the University of Washington, and her J.D. degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.