Program Calendar

2010 - 2011 Continuing Legal Education Program Schedule

2010 Festival of Legal Learning

February 5 & 6, 2010 (Friday-Saturday)
The William & Ida Friday Continuing Education Center (UNC)
CLE credit: 12 hours (general, ethics and substance abuse/mental health available)

The Festival of Legal Learning is a convenient, affordable and enjoyable way to satisfy your CLE requirements. Offering over 90 courses during an intensive two-day period, the Festival of Legal Learning is designed to build basics, sharpen skills, provide perspectives and highlight new developments in the field of law. The time-intensive format offers you 12 hours of CLE credit, including professional responsibility, substance abuse and mental health courses, within a concise time frame. This diverse program also lets you customize your learning and choose the courses most beneficial to your needs. The quality of the courses you select is assured. Your instructors are recognized experts in their fields and will include professors from the UNC School of Law, as well as distinguished guest faculty.

The website for this program will be available in mid-December. If you have questions regarding this program, please contact sszatkow@email.unc.edu.

Online Registration starts December 1, 2009.

The 2010 Banking Institute

March 25-26, 2010 (Thursday-Friday)
The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, NC
CLE credit: TBA

The Banking Institute is sponsored by the School of Law's Center for Banking and Finance. The highly regarded Institute serves North Carolina's vibrant banking industry, especially its legal sector, by providing the highest quality continuing education for bank lawyers and bankers on cutting edge issues related to banking law. A highlight of each year's Institute is the Thursday evening reception and dinner which provides an opportunity to mix and mingle with important players in the banking industry, including member's of the Center's Board of Advisors which includes the general counsels of the state's largest banks and prominent bank lawyers from throughout the state and nation.

There will be panel presentations on the latest hot topics. In addition, important industry participants will be invited to deliver remarks. Mark this program on your calendar today and plan to join the more than 200 folks who regularly attend the Banking Institute and rank it as one of the best continuing education program for bankers and their lawyers.

An agenda will be available in early February. If you have questions regarding this program, please contact lbroome@email.unc.edu.

The 2010 J. Nelson Young Tax Institute

April 29 & 30, 2010 (Thursday-Friday)
The Carolina Club in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center (UNC)
CLE credit & CPE credit: TBA

The J. Nelson Young Tax Institute is an annual professional program covering current federal tax problems and issues at the post-graduate level of knowledge. The program is designed for the practitioner who must frequently handle federal tax matters. Emphasis is placed on subjects that are new and current, including in-depth coverage of recent developments and problems that often prove difficult in planning clients' affairs and transactions. The speakers are tax practitioners and scholars from throughout the country who have been selected for their technical expertise and speaking ability. The program will feature discussions on current issues in individual and business income taxation, and in estate planning.

An agenda will be available in printed form in early March. If you have questions regarding this program, please contact plbryan@email.unc.edu.