Well, NFPA has it! Hundreds of paralegals are expected to gather in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this July (July 19-20, 2007 at the Omni William Penn Hotel) to attend the inaugural Tech Institute hosted by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc. (NFPA). As one of the co-chairs of the planning committee, I can tell you that NFPA has garnered some terrific speakers to talk on hot technology topics.
Our keynote speaker is Monica Bay, the Editor-In-Chief of Law Technology News, is slotted to speak on Friday. I'm really excited to hear her presentation, and to talk to her -- she has her own blog called The Common Scold, which is terrific!
Some of the topics at the NFPA Tech Institute include: E-discovery Project Management; Computer 
Forensics; Integrating the IT and Legal Personnel Team; Technology Affects on the Federal Rules; and a roundtable discussion on Comparison of Software. These are but a few of the topics available. Of course, I will be attending the topic on A Legal Professionals Primer on Metadata (and not only because I need those ethics credits) and Tom Goldman and William Mulkeen's presentation on "What You Need to Know about Technology." And, I'd be silly if I didn't plug my own topic - "Trial Presentation Programs."
The Honorable Joy Flowers Conti, United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Division, will be presenting her topic on "Courtroom Technology" and I will be very interested to hear her speak, and hopefully she's give us some great tips to consider when preparing for our federal court trials - and what our federal judges want from our trial teams.
Be sure to check out NFPA's Tech Institute website for more detailed information: www.paralegals.org/techinstitute. The schedule, registration and accommodation information, and of course, more specific information about topics and speakers can be found there. Check it out!
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