A brief history of the Legal Professionalism Movement, a reminder that we have a Code of Professionalism and examples of unprofessional behavior.
 

This presentation will address the text and legislative history of temporary custody under Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure article 3945 and will focus on the procedural and substantive issues that have arisen in the jurisprudence applying and interpreting the article. 

What Family Law Attorneys need to know about life insurance and estate planning, including an overview of life insurance (general facts and trends, types); rules governing life insurance (who owns the policy, rights of the owner); community property complications (characterization as separate of community, rights during marriage, rights after termination of marriage); other succession-related issues with life insurance (unworthiness, simultaneous death, capacity, vices of consent)

There is not a correct way or incorrect way to organize and maintain a client file but there are ways that work better than others. The following tips are things that I have found to work well after thirty years of managing files. My hope is that in these items you will find something that
helps you to be better and more efficient in the practice of law.

This CLE will discuss the nuanced differences of the different duties spouses owe one another pre and post -divorce and the application of the Civil Code articles regarding those duties . The talk will also discuss the most recent caselaw relating to same .

A review of recent legislation and jurisprudence addressing various aspects of marriage, divorce, and ownership and partition of community and separate property.

During this session we will cover the history of medical marijuana legislation in Louisiana, which includes three enacting laws passed over the course of thirty-seven years to ultimately get the program started. We will discuss the five years that it took for patients to have access to medical marijuana once the program started and the ongoing evolution of the current medical marijuana law. We will discuss some of the most significant secondary issues that arose once medical marijuana became available in Louisiana, including employment drug policy issues, possession of illegal substances, banking violations, coordination of care, and second amendment concerns. In addition, we will discuss other controlled dangerous substances and legislative attempts to curb abuse in recent years. Finally, we will briefly discuss how legislative oversight of the Department of Children and Family Services escalated due to drug related family events, including child abuse and death.

We will look at divorce, spousal support, child custody and visitation, relocation, child support, paternity, guardianship, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements. 
As a family law judge and now as an appellate judge, I will discuss who has the burden of proof and what proof is needed at the trial court, and then, what is needed to meet the appropriate standard of review at the appellate court.

Back by popular demand to expand upon foundation of proof, authentication of evidence; hardware inventory, social media, ethical and legal evidence gathering and other issues of note that were not covered in last year's Part I.

Presenting a broad perspective view of the practice of family law, this session and its materials will focus on the intersection of substantive, procedural, and evidence law in family law cases. In particular, emphasis is placed on statutory law and jurisprudence that is not usually learned in a classroom or bar review preparation course. Originally presented in 2020, the materials have been updated to reflect legislative and jurisprudential development in these niche areas of law.