Several members of Texas HR Pros recently attended the 25th Annual Employment Law Conference at South Texas College of Law. We heard enlightening legal stories from plaintiff and defense attorneys on how to prevent HR nightmares. EEOC and NLRB officials also shared catalyst cases and grey areas to avoid.
The most amusing speaker was
Mark McClish who gave us detection tips on how to tell if politicians and the infamous in the media are lying, fibbing, or evading the truth...oh, he asked us not to use these analytic techniques with family and friends or we wouldn't have any. Speaker and head chair of the conference,
Michael Maslanka, also shared tips on the power of using questions to influence making ethical decisions and the importance of composing the facts in "story" form, so a jury can relate and envision what happened. Both speakers are also authors had a
book signing too.
Liz D'Aloia, our Texas HR Pros leader in Dallas who is also an attorney, also attended and gave us networking tips and referrals. She was a speaker at the 4th Annual
In-House Counsel Conference the day before at South Texas College of Law. The conferences are related and organized by many of the same committee members.
What was really impressive is that all the speakers seemed to have a 5-minute introduction, because of their accolade of degrees, awards, press titles, publications, etc. Below is a list of attorneys who are considered the top in Texas by their peers.
List of Top Employment Law Attorneys
http://www.stcl.edu/cle/CLEprogramSchedules/2012EMPL.pdf
If you missed the event, you can
order the materials. I would also ask your employer to add the affordable event ($300) to your training budget for next year.
