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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Please join us for a complimentary full day briefing that will provide you with 6.0 hours of CLE credit, including the specialty subjects – implicit bias, competence, and ethics. Our full day program will include topics such as IP issues that keep in-house counsel up at night, implicit bias and microaggressions in the workplace, tips to avoid waiver of attorney-client privilege for in-house counsel, design patents, and other timely topics.

Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances, the MCLE-a-thon will be an online only program. Zoom links to register for each session can be found below.

Schedule and Agenda

Time	Topic	Presenters	MCLE Credit	Registration Link
9:30 am – 10:30 am	Implicit Bias and Microaggressions Fundamentals: Understanding How Bias Compromises the Workplace	Professor Camille Gear Rich USC Gould School of Law	Implicit Bias	Register Here
10:30 am – 11:30 am	Design Patents: Powerful Tools in Your IP Tool Belt	Ben Anger Christy Lea	General	Register Here
11:30 am – 12:30 pm	IP Issues That Keep In-House Counsel Up at Night	Paul Bokota VP & General Counsel, The HydraFacial Company Nicole Townes Corporate Counsel, IP, Amazon Sheila Swaroop (moderator)	General	Register Here
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Tips to Avoid Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege for In-House Counsel	Joshua Stowell Brian Barnes	Ethics	Register Here
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Why IP Due Diligence Should Not be an Afterthought in M&A Deals	Jason Gersting, Ph.D. Maria Stout	General	Register Here
3:10 pm – 4:10 pm	Controlling the Narrative -Setting the Stage for Well-Being and Competence in 2024	Emil Ali Partner, McCabe/Ali	Competence	Register Here

MCLE INFORMATION

This program is approved by the State Bar of California for 6.0 hours of MCLE credit, of which 1.0 credit hour may be applied toward the Implicit Bias requirement, 1.0 credit hour may be applied toward the Competence Issues requirement, 1.0 credit hours may be applied toward the Ethics requirement and 3.0 credit hours may be applied toward the General Practice requirement.

For attendees who are licensed in the states of Washington and New York, please contact MCLE@knobbe.com for details on applying for MCLE credit.

MINIMUM CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CALIFORNIA COMPLIANCE GROUPS:

Attorneys with last names beginning with:

Group 1 (A-G)	Group 2 (H-M)	Group 3 (N-Z)
Attorneys with last names beginning with A-G. Compliance period: 2/1/22−1/31/25 Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2025	Attorneys with last names beginning with H-M. Compliance period: 2/1/21−1/31/24 Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2024	Attorneys with last names beginning with N-Z. Compliance period: 2/1/23−1/31/26 Deadline to report: Feb. 1, 2026

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