Fifty-five attorneys and judges attend Clarion University's 17th Annual Continuing Legal Education conference at the Holiday Inn in Clarion.
The topics and speakers were: Family Law Update by Joanne Ross Wilder, Esq.; Worker's Compensation Update by Judge David Cicola; Estate and Inheritance Tax Update by Dan Johnson, Esq.; and Stress Management for Lawyers by Kenneth Hagreen, Director Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. The judges' panel will feature Judge John Foradora as moderator for a panel included Judges James Arner, Richard Masson, James J. Panchik and William White. Pennsylvania State Senator Mary Jo White will provide a legislative update and Leo Hitt, Esq., will provide a federal and state income tax update.
Dr. Jeffrey Eicher, Esq., Clarion University Center for Legal Education, provided the introduction and opening remarks. Lunch was provided by the Clarion University Foundation Inc. and the Clarion Hospital Foundation.
The Clarion University Center for Legal Education was created primarily to fulfill the local need of attorneys to complete a mandatory annual requirement of continuing legal education, established in 1992 by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The initial thrust was specifically on ethics, but the requirements have evolved to include more substantive information.
The entire conference is videotaped and offered again in April at Clarion University's Venango Campus in Oil City. The conference draws its major attendance from Jefferson, Venango, Clarion, and Butler counties, but has had lawyers attend from Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forrest, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Warren and Westmoreland counties.
The conference qualifies for six hours of continuing legal education, four substantive hours and two hours of professionalism and/or ethics.
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