CBA-CLE’s Inaugural Solo-Small Firm INSTITUTE: #COSSF
Wednesday, June 12 - Friday, June 14, 2019
Co-Sponsored by the Colorado Bar Association Solo-Small Firm Section, the El Paso County Bar, and the Colorado Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division, the planners of this unique event have put together an innovative format, a high-quality faculty, and a schedule with both curriculum and social options to self-style learning and value.
The premier 2019 INSTITUTE, featuring innovative and leading keynote speakers, the CBA President’s Reception and awards, fun social opportunities for families and individuals, and interactive learning, will run concurrently with the Bar Association’s Board of Governors Meeting, and most importantly, is designed to foster and encourage success for you, the solo and small firm practitioner in Colorado.
- SIX Innovative and Leading Plenary Sessions
- A choice of EIGHTEEN Interactive Break-Out Discussions
- SUCCESSFUL & DIVERSE Faculty Members
- A FUN Social Track
- Opportunities for One-on-One FEEDBACK and EVALUATION from Faculty Members
- PRACTICAL & USEFUL Time with Your Solo-Small Firm Colleagues and Friends
PLENARY PRESENTATIONS:
- 60 Legal Tech Tips, Gadgets, Apps, and Websites
- Best Practices in Litigation
- Client-Centered Pricing: Profitable Alternatives to the Billable Hour
- Think Like a Client Lawyer
- What Makes Us Successful as a Solo and Small Firm Practitioners?
- What Solo-Small Firm Success Looks Like, Now and Over the Next 8 Years
Featured Presentations:
Sam Glover, Founder of Lawyerist.com
Sam is the founder of Lawyerist.com, the place for lawyers to learn how to start, manage, and grow a modern law practice, and home to the community of innovative lawyers building the future of law. Sam’s site has built a plethora of resources to help you grow your firm, and to support the Lawyerist “tribe” of small-firm lawyers who are building sustainable law practices for the next 20 years and beyond.
Alli Gerkman, Senior Director at IAALS!
Alli oversees IAALS’ programmatic objectives and strategy, with expertise in legal education, the legal profession, and delivery of legal services. Under her leadership, IAALS launched Foundations for Practice to identify the foundations new lawyers need for success; to develop models of legal education that support those foundations; and to advance a culture of legal hiring that results in a better fit for the employee, the employer, and the client. She was recently selected as a “40 Under 40” by the Denver Business Journal!
Located at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort!
Cheyenne Mountain Resort
3225 Broadmoor Valley Rd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
Rooms are being held for guests of the Solo-Small Firm Conference until May 20, 2019, or until the room block sells out—book your room now!
To Reserve Your Room:
- Please call 1-800-588-0250 and mention the “Colorado Bar Association-CLE” or “2019 Solo Small Firm INSTITUTE” or
- Visit: https://book.passkey.com/e/49797221
Room Rates:
Single/Double Occupancy Rate: $189 plus applicable taxes
- Rates above will be extended to guests wishing to extend their stay for 3 days before and 3 days after guest room block, based on availability.
- All reservations must be accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card. The balance is due upon arrival.
Resort Fee:
A resort fee of $24 per room per night will be assessed. The resort service charge includes daily self and valet parking, complimentary wireless internet, use of the fitness center, tennis courts, pool and more!
CANCELLATIONS/SUBSTITUTIONS: If you are unable to attend, please notify CBA-CLE by June 5, 2019 and we will gladly refund your tuition in full, or you may send someone in your place. Cancellations after June 5, 2019 will be refunded less a $100 cancellation fee.
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR INSITUTE SPONSORS!
Platinum
Indexed I/O
Thomson Reuters
Gold
J.S. Held
Lawbank
ARAG
Silver
Discovery Genie
JAMS
L Squared Insurance Agency
Pearl Insurance
Bronze
ABA Retirement Funds Program
Bloomberg Law
Casemaker
Eide Bailly LLP
LawPay
MDD Forensic Accountants
Sponsorship opportunities are still available! Please contact Melissa Higham, mhigham@cobar.org for more information.