Private Docket to Host Free Continuing Legal Education Credit About Using Social Media in Practice, and Oregon State Bar Ethics

Private Docket will present a new one-hour continuing legal education (CLE) titled, “Far and Wide: A Primer on Social Media and State Bar Ethics,” designed to provide attorneys guidance on a variety of topics from effective use of social media in practice to Oregon State Bar requirements. The CLE will be held in Portland, OR on May 2, 2013.

Portland, OR, April 12, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Private Docket, one of the nation’s leading law practice accelerators providing consultancy and business strategy development for small law firms, announced today that it is hosting a new one-hour continuing legal education (CLE) titled, “Far and Wide: A Primer on Social Media and State Bar Ethics,” designed to provide attorneys guidance on a variety of topics from effective use of social media in practice to Oregon State Bar requirements.

To register for the event, please visit http://privatedocket.com/?p=659 or call 1-800-558-7058.

The free course is scheduled for May 2, 2013, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Tonkon Torp, LLP, 1600 Pioneer Tower, 888 S.W. Fifth Ave., Portland, OR 97204. RSVPs are required and seating is limited.

The CLE course also contains business development strategies for expanding client acquisition and developing communication strategies in a connected world, including the social media and the web in the practice setting.

Following the course, Private Docket’s president, Kristine Burr, and Sandra Morris, CEO of CafeGive, will lead a discussion showing how to successfully use social media tools to attract and engage clients. This discussion will also focus on how to implement successful social media strategies in a busy law firm.

Private Docket leverages the expertise of its legal, business and technology, web and media consultants to create innovative business and operational strategies for small law practices so they can grow within their markets and expand their business’ footprints.

Private Docket provides law firms with strategies for growing their practices, as well as provides business guidance to new and established practices that are seeking ways to create operational efficiencies, those that need to implement technology to improve business procedures or those that need to establish themselves as legal experts in the communities in which they serve.

Kristine Burr, who has practiced law for nearly two decades, has written and developed business software to assist practices streamline their internal business operations and has led marketing and creative initiatives to improve brand awareness for practices and clients.

CafeGive specializes in connecting business with consumers in a meaningful way that builds brand loyalty and effects social change. CafeGive's suite of social media applications use the power of social networks like Facebook and Twitter for companies and nonprofits of all sizes to engage in effective cause marketing that is proven to improve brand loyalty, preference and to increase sales.

CafeGive CEO Sandra Morris has a proven track record of spearheading large strategic e-commerce marketing programs, from marketing and engineering to operations and product areas. She has held key executive positions with the likes of Kodak, Intel and RCA, and she is an expert is developing marketing strategies that drive social change.

To register for the event, visit http://privatedocket.com/?p=659or call 1-800-558-7058

About Private Docket
Private Docket is the nation’s premiere law practice accelerator that works with attorneys to position their practices as leaders in their respective communities. Private Docket leverages the expertise of legal, business, technology, media and Internet professionals to help develop and implement cutting-edge business strategies to small law firms throughout the United States. The company works with attorneys and small practices to better manage their practices, increase their influence, expand their markets and grow their bottom lines. For more information, visit http://privatedocket.com.

About CafeGive
CafeGive is the only company in the U.S. that combines social media marketing with meaningful, action-oriented cause marketing applications. Through its product, CafeGive Social, CafeGive has helped companies, agencies and nonprofits of all sizes connect with customers to build their brands, enhance reputations, raises awareness and effect social change. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, CafeGive is a privately held company. For more information, visit www.CafeGive.com.

About Tonkon Torp, LLP
Tonkon Torp, LLP, a leading Portland law firm, is recognized in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report Best Law Firms Report. For more information, visit http://www.Tonkon.com.
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