WAL Second Annual Law Symposium and Attorney Wellness Retreat
Friday & Saturday, March 27-28, 2026 | Irving
COURSE BROCHURE
Course Materials are updated as they are received. Some speakers will not have course materials.
Friday, March 27
~Probate and Estates
Patty R. Vargas
~Family Law Update
Cindy Tisdale
~Attorney’s Fees
Corinna Chandler
~Texas Lawyers Assistance Program
Terry Bentley Hill
~You be the Judge
Chief Justice Dori Contreras, ret.
Judge Audrey Moorehead
Kennon Wooten
Deborah Cordova
~Crimmingration
Jordan Pollock
~Evidence
Heather King
~Branding and Marketing
Amy Stewart
~Personal Injury Developments
Krisi Kastl
Christy Amuny
~What else can I do with my law degree?
Caren Lock
Sylvia B. Firth
~Appellate Law Update
Melissa Lorber
Saturday, March 28
~Labor Law
Chris Borunda
~Trial Matters
Elizabeth Sandoval Cantu
~Intellectual Property
Kirby Drake
~Insurance Law Update
Rachel Wall
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WAL Law Symposium and Attorney Wellness Retreat
Friday & Saturday, March 28-29, 2025 | Boerne
Sofia A. Ramón & Elizabeth Sandoval Cantu
PowerPoint Presentation
Deborah Cordova
PowerPoint Presentation
Cindy Tisdale
PowerPoint Presentation
Andrea Cook
PowerPoint Presentation
Deborah Race, Justice Meagan Hassan, & Justice Diane DeVasto
Laura Gibson
PowerPoint Presentation
Renee Pardo
PowerPoint Presentation #1
PowerPoint Presentation #2
Heather King
PowerPoint Presentation
Materials
Laura Pratt & Alyson Martinez
PowerPoint Presentation
| TOPIC TITLE | CLE DATE | MCLE CREDIT | SPEAKER | COURSE MATERIALS |
| Traveling to a Foreign Destination: Transitioning from Trial to Your First Appeal | 12/07/2023 | 1 hr / 0.5 ethics |
Yolanda Cortes Mares |
YCM Resume |
| Blind Spots: Maintaining Impartiality and Navigating Controversy as a Mediator and Attorney | 05/09/2023 | 1 hr / 0 ethics | Lisbeth Bulmash
Angela Downes |
PPT |
| Intellectual Property (IP Issue Spotting When You Don’t Work in IP Every Day | 03/22/2023 | 1 hr / 0 ethics | Kirby Drake | PPT; Paper |
| The Appellate Courts and the Legislative Session | 02/08/2023 | 1 hr / 0 ethics | Chief Justice Darlene Byrne | PPT; Paper |
| Litigation Holds and the Preservation of Evidence | 01/18/2023 | 1 hr / 0 ethics | Emma Cano | PPT |
| The Changing Landscape of Privacy and Cybersecurity | 12/15/2022 | 1 hr / 0 ethics | Clarissa Benavides | PPT |
| What to Tell Your Friends: Practical Advice for Employees Facing Issues at Work | 11/17/2022 | 1 hr / 0 ethics | Kyla Cole | PPT |
| Top 10 Tips to Keep Your Client from Getting Convicted by Something YOU Did In the Civil Case: | 11/01/2022 | 1 hr / 0 ethics | Lisa Greenberg | PPT; Paper |
| Ramifications of the Dobb Decision | 09/08/2022 | 1 hr / 0 ethics | Trish Morin-Resch Loren Jacobson Laura Jordan | Handout |
| Criminal Trials in a Post-Pandemic Reality | 05/25/2022 | 1 hr / 0 ethics | Judge Maria Salas Mendoza & Judge Audrey Moorehead | N/A |
| Surprise! There’s a Deed: Suggestions for Handling Fraud in a Real Estate Transaction | 03/08/2022 | 1 hr / 0 ethics | Cassie McGarvey | PPT |
| Proper Use of Flat Fees | 02/17/2022 | 1 hr / 0 ethics | Brita Long | N/A |