Session I – Mastering Billable Hours: Essential skills for new attorneys

As attorneys, we provide services for our clients. We do good and we work hard. If you work in the private sector, however, you must also track the time you spend doing the work that you do in a way that can be captured and translated to revenue for your firm. This is an essential part of growing as a lawyer.

Key topics to be discussed:

• How to track your time
• How to estimate your time
• How to manage your time to maximize output

Session II – Ethical Consideration for New Attorneys

As lawyers, it is essential we understand the ethical considerations of our practice, communication, and relationship with our clients. In this session, we will focus on: Beginning and ending representation of clients, communicating with clients, client confidentiality and privilege, conflicts of interest, fee arrangements and marketing to prospective clients.

Key topics to be discussed:

• Beginning and ending representation of clients
• Communicating with clients
• Client confidentiality and privilege
• Conflicts of interest
• Fee arrangements
• Marketing to prospective clients

Date / Time: September 30, 2024

• 10:00 am – 12:10 pm Eastern
• 9:00 am – 11:10 am Central
• 8:00 am – 10:10 am Mountain
• 7:00 am – 9:10 am Pacific

Closed-captioning available