"Legal Resources on the Internet for Consumers and Small Business" Nov. 20, 12-2 EDT (11-1 CST) Web-based Workshop w/ Live Online Meeting

[Diane K. Kovacs]

"Legal Resources on the Internet for Consumers and Small Business"
Nov. 20, 12-2 EDT (11-1 CST) Web-based Workshop w/ Live Online  Meeting Agenda

Live Online Lecture:

Legal Resources on the Internet:
€       Legal Meta-Sites
€       Legal Encyclopedias
€       Legal Forms,
€       Law Journals
€       State, Local, Federal & International Codes
€       Court Cases & Other Resources

Web-Based Learning Activities

Part 1. Consumer Legal Resources:
Activity 1. Bankruptcy,  Liability,  & Tenant Laws, etc.
Activity 2. Divorce, Adoption, Custody & Other Family Legal Issues.
Part 2. Legal Resources for  Small  Businesses:
Activity 3. Employment Agreements, Licensing, Leases & Other 
Contracts Legal Issues.
Activity 4. Incorporation, Liability, ADA, etc.
Activity 5. Practical Legal Research on the World Wide Web

Overview

In this hands-on workshop Participants will learn how to use Legal 
research tools on the  World Wide Web.  The emphasis will be on legal 
information for consumers and small businesses rather than for 
lawyers or law school students.

The scope of coverage of resources will be international. 
International and State-wide coverage will be based on the registered 
participant's countries and states of origin.

Students will be required to login and use the online conferencing 
system for ten minutes at least 1 day before connecting to the online 
live class session.  Plan on at least one to one and one half hours 
for each online activity for a total of 4-6 hrs of  hands-on work. 
Lecture, discussion and overview time will vary.  When online live 
time is scheduled it will be 2 hrs.

More information at http://www.kovacs.com/training.html

Audience

This workshop is intended for people  want to learn about using the 
Internet to find legal information for consumer or small business 
use.  No legal research experience is expected.

Participants should know how to use e-mail.  The Instructors will 
assist participants to use Netscape or Internet Explorer 4.5 or 
higher to participate in the real-time class and to interact with the 
Web-based materials.

Schedule

Live online Nov. 20, 12-2 EDT (11-1 CST)

Schedule Arrangements for other small groups (minimum of 3 people) 
may be made on an individual basis
by contacting the instructor.  You may also take this workshop with 
e-mail only discussion with the instructor.

Registration and Tuition

$75

Class size is limited to 15 people in each scheduled date. 
Arrangements for additional online live sessions will be made if 
there are additional registrations.

http://www.kovacs.com/register.html

Includes free access to Evaluating Internet Information

Materials

All materials will be online on interactive Web pages.  Color printed 
packets will be priority mailed to each registered participant.

Mechanisms for Instruction

Participants will interact through e-mail with the instructors before 
and after the workshops.

Participants will meet live online for overview and discussion.

Participants will complete hands-on Web-based activities at
their own pace after  scheduled online live meeting with the guidance
and in consultation with the instructor.

Instructors will provide free training on using the Diversity 
University MOO facility for real-time
communication.   Participants will connect to http://www.du.org:8888 for
real-time instruction.   Logins and passwords will be provided on
request after registration.  Java enabled Netscape or Internet 
Explorer 4.0 or higher are required.

Diane K. Kovacs - Kovacs Consulting Internet & World Wide Web Training
diane at kovacs.com   - http://www.kovacs.com
Live Online Web-based Workshop: Nov. 7, 14, 21
"Designing and Implementing Web-based Training" http://www.kovacs.com