NYC Pro Bono Center

Why You Should Attend
Every year, litigators look to PLI's Current Developments in Federal Civil Practice program for a comprehensive update on federal civil practice. For the 2010 program, a distinguished faculty of highly experienced litigators and judges will once again analyze all the significant recent developments in federal civil practice and the implications of these developments for your practice and trial strategy.

What You Will Learn
• Amendments to the time computation provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, effective on December 1, 2009
• Pleading standards and strategy; the impact of Ashcroft v. Iqbal for both plaintiffs and defendants
• New developments in attorney-client privilege and work product protection , including Federal Rule of Evidence 502, recent court decisions, and practical guidance
• Discovery update: current developments, international issues, and proposed amendments
• Ethical issues in federal practice

PLEASE NOTE:
PLI is also offering a Live Webcast of the Program. This means that you can view this program from your office or even at home on your computer. We can also set up a Group Cast which would enable a number of attorneys from your office to view the program at once.

Full and partial scholarships to attend PLI's programs or view a webcast are available to legal aid and government attorneys, law professors, judges, judicial clerks, law students and employees of nonprofit organizations. Scholarship applications must be submitted at least four weeks prior to the program you wish to attend.

Please contact Leonard McKenzie at 212-824-5826 for additional information.