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• KPA Lunch-N-Learn: Copyright – Can I use it? Am I stealing it? Isn’t everyone?

  • When
    July 30, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
    87

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  The Kansas Paralegal Association is hosting a CLE Lunch-N-Learn through Zoom on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, from 12:00pm to 1:00pm CST.

  
  

  TOPIC OVERVIEW: Our guest speaker, Danielle Merrick with the Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts will be presenting on the topic: Copyright – Can I use it? Am I stealing it? Isn’t everyone?

  
  

  LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OVERVIEW: 

  • Elements of Copyright
  • Fair Use
  • Licensing

  
  

  SPEAKER BIO:

  Danielle Merrick has been the associate staff director of the Entrepreneurial Legal Services Clinic since 2004, and the Executive Director of the Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts since 2010. Professor Merrick earned her bachelor of social welfare from the University of Kansas and her J.D. and LL.M. in Taxation from UMKC.

  Previously, she was employed with American Century Investments in the Tax Department and worked on individual and corporate tax forms. She was also involved with the launching of the state of Kansas’ 529 plan.

  
  

  Remote attendance only!

  • KPA Member Cost: FREE
  • NFPA Region II Member Cost: $5 -- (CODE REQUIRED)
  • Non-Member Cost: $10

  Please register no later than July 28, 2025

  1 hour of CLE credit through the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) is approved for this session.

  ***You will be sent the Zoom meeting ID and password information upon successful registration for the event. ***

  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact KPA Education Director, Linda Jorgenson, CRP at educationdirector@ksparalegals.org

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• KPA Lunch-N-Learn: "Bar"-Benheimer! A Bright Pink Nuclear Explosion of Ethical Dos, Don'ts, and Lessons Learned

  • When
    August 20, 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
    94

  Registration is closed

  The Kansas Paralegal Association is hosting a CLE Lunch-N-Learn through Zoom on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, from 12:00pm to 1:00pm CST.

  
  

  TOPIC OVERVIEW: Our guest speaker, Holly A. Dyer, Partner with Foulston Siefkin, LLP will be presenting on the topic: "Bar"-Benheimer! A Bright Pink Nuclear Explosion of Ethical Do's, Don'ts, and Lessons Learned

  
  

  LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OVERVIEW: 

  TBA

  SPEAKER BIO:

  Holly Dyer practices in the areas of commercial, complex, and general litigation. Her litigation experience includes multiple jury trials and administrative proceedings involving a wide array of subjects including trade secrets, tortious interference, commercial transactions, breach of contract, noncompete agreements, attorney ethics, consumer protection, and employment matters. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Law Institute. Holly has also been selected for inclusion in the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers^® list and The Best Lawyers in America^® for her work in the areas of commercial litigation and professional malpractice law. Benchmark Litigation has named Holly a Kansas “Litigation Star” since 2013 and one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation in the United States in 2013, 2016, and 2017.

  Holly has served as President of the Wichita Bar Association and is a member of the Wichita Bar Association’s Ethics and Grievance Committee. She also serves on the firm’s Ethics Committee and is a member of the Sedona Conference Working Groups 1 (ESI) and 12 (Trade Secrets), and the Defense Research Institute (DRI).

  
  

  Remote attendance only!

  • KPA Member Cost: FREE
  • NFPA Region II Member Cost: $5 -- (CODE REQUIRED)
  • Non-Member Cost: $10

  Please register no later than August 18, 2025

  1 hour of CLE credit through the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) is approved for this session.

  ***You will be sent the Zoom meeting ID and password information upon successful registration for the event. ***

  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact KPA Education Director, Linda Jorgenson, CRP at educationdirector@ksparalegals.org

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