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1. Free Legal Research and Government Resources
2. Finding Information about Opposing Parties and Potential Witnesses
3. Protecting Yourself and Your Firm
4. Finding Information on Corporate Entities
5. Ethics in the Digital Age
6. Using Online Evidence in Litigation
7. Advanced Search Efficiency Tips

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1. Free Legal Research and Government Resources
   9:00 - 10:00, Timothy C. Sansone
1. Portals
2. Web Feeds
3. State and Federal Statutes
4. Case Law
5. Court Rules and Dockets
6. Sample Forms, Contracts, Legal Briefs, Complaints, etc.
7. Government Agencies
2. Finding Information about Opposing Parties and Potential Witnesses
   10:00 - 10:45, Michelle M. Funkenbusch
1. Planning the Search
2. Personal Background Information
1. Demographics, Contact Information and Family History
2. Criminal and Civil Litigation History
3. Assets and Liabilities/Negative Events
4. Attitudes, Biases – Blogs, Forum Comments, Social Networking Sites, etc.
3. Experts
1. Expert Directories, Professional Licenses and Affiliations
2. Current/Previous Employment and Published Works
3. Previous Experience as a Witness
4. Verifying the Authenticity of Obtained Data for Court Use
4. Other Legally Significant Information
5. Information Through Subpoena/Discover
3. Protecting Yourself and Your Firm
   11:00 - 11:45, Aris Lee Woodham
1. Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus Packages
2. Phishing and Pharming Schemes
3. File Sharing and Working from Home
4. How Safe are Wireless Networks?
5. Privileged Communications over Portable Electronic Devices
4. Finding Information on Corporate Entities
   12:45 - 1:45, Timothy C. Sansone
1. State Corporate Records, Registered Agents, and Fictitious Business Names
2. News and Information About Companies, Products, and Executives
3. Information From Government Agencies Regulating Companies
4. Directories for Private, Public, and Foreign Companies
5. Company Websites
6. Stock Quotes -- Current and Historical
7. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Filings
5. Ethics in the Digital Age
   1:45 - 2:45, Michelle M. Funkenbusch
1. Current and Upcoming Online Privacy Laws and Their Effect on Legal Practice
2. Using the Metadata Opposing Side Accidentally Shared Through Electronic Communication
3. Pitfalls of Interactive Websites
4. What Can Attorneys Say in Chat Rooms and Weblogs?
6. Using Online Evidence in Litigation
   3:00 - 3:45, Michelle M. Funkenbusch
1. E-Mail Recovery
2. Citing Online Research
3. Recent Case Law Involving Online Content as Evidence
4. Social Networking Sites
5. YouTube Content in the Courtroom
7. Advanced Search Efficiency Tips
   3:45 - 4:30, Aris lee Woodham
1. Boolean Logic in Search Engines
2. Narrowing the Search Scope
3. Searching the Deep Web
4. Useful Shortcuts
5. Navigation within Websites – Common Site Mapping Formats
6. Recommended Reference Resources

MICHELLE M. FUNKENBUSCH is a trial lawyer with more than a decade of experience in catastrophic personal injury, automobile/bicycle/truck accidents, workers' compensation, and business disputes. She is a managing partner in her law firm, Featherston & Funkenbusch, LLC.  An active triathlete, she is an advocate for the rights and safety of cyclists. She is the president of a local 501(c)(3) restorative justice program called PayBack, Inc., which helps juveniles who have committed crimes learn accountability and pay back their victims. Ms. Funkenbusch graduated from St. Louis University School of Law with the American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Research and Writing.

TIMOTHY C. SANSONE is an attorney at the law firm of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C., in St. Louis, where he practices in the areas of products liability, business litigation, appellate work, class actions, and insurance coverage. Mr. Sansone is admitted to practice law in Missouri and Illinois. He served as a law clerk for Judge Paul J. Simon of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. Mr. Sansone is a member of The Missouri Bar, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the Appellate Lawyers Association. He earned his B.A. degree with college honors at Washington University in St. Louis, and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Saint Louis University School of Law.

ARIS LEE WOODHAM is the director of web services and a lecturer in law at Washington University Law School in St. Louis Ms. Woodham has taught continuing legal education seminars to attorneys, students, law librarians and general librarians on legal research in electronic media, with a focus on Internet-based and DVD-based resources. She has written several publications, including Issues in Database Presentation for the Law Library, 15 Trends in Law Library Management and Technology 1-5, (2004). Ms. Woodham earned her B.S. degree, cum laude, from Northern Arizona University, J.D. degree from Baylor University School of Law and M.L.I.S. degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (former member, Internet Committee) and the American Bar Association.

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