Meetings & Events

Study Committee on the Future of Law Practice

Thu, September 07, 2017

VSB offices, Board Room, Richmond
10:00 am

AGENDA

I.     Approval of June 6, 2017 Minutes

II.     Introduction of New FY 2018 Committee Members

• Graham Bryant
• Darius Davenport
• Jamie Martin
• David Neumeyer

• Len Heath, Jr.
• Mary Zinsner
• Cynthia Hudson

   III.                Assign New Members to Subcommittees

IV.                11:30 p.m. Speaker:  James Coyle

V.                 Recap of VSB Showcase CLE at the Annual Meeting

VI.                Upcoming CLE for VSB YLC October 6, 2017

• Offer other CLEs?

VII.              Committee input for VSB TECHSHOW on April 23

VIII.             Review of Committee’s History Mission

IX.                CJ’s Lawyer Well-Being Report (and VSB’s Response)
                      Karen Gould

X.                 Oregon Futures Report (Discussion)

XI.                FY 2018 Committee Goals

• Continuing Follow-up with Subcommittee Work
• Regulatory Objectives (Karen Gould)
  • Colorado ROs
  • ABA’s ROs/November 2015
• Report of the Committee to be Published in June
  • Blockchain
  • Regulatory Objectives
  • Others?

    Style Smackdown (See Oregon Futures Report)

• Cover Sheet w/ Photo
• Side Banner
• Quotes
• Colored Banner Headers
• Summary Conclusions Upfront
• More White Space
• Readability
• Charts/Graphics
• Call-outs

• Other?

XII.             Suggested Speakers for Upcoming Meetings:

• Brian Kuhn (co-founder of IBM Watson Legal)
• Bob Craig (CIO at Baker Hostetler, who announced the formation of the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium at ILTACON)
• Others?

XIII.             Recent Developments 

• The New NIST Rules on Passwords (carried over from 6.6.17 meeting)
• The DLA Piper Breach – the rise of attacks to destroy data
• Update on States Taking on AVVO (Jim McCauley)
• BakerHostetler 2017 Data Security Incident Response Report
• Global Legal Blockchain Consortium
• Law Firms Stockpiling Bitcoins to Pay Ransoms
• U.S, Supreme Court – e-filing begins Nov. 13^th
• Wells Fargo Breach – lawyer not competent?
• Border Searches of Lawyers’ Phones/Laptops
• ACC Guidelines for Outside Counsel Data Security

XIV.             Adjournment

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