Fundamentals of Will Drafting and Estate Administration 2025
2025-12-03 09:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Delaware State Bar Association, 704 North King Street, Suite 110, wilmington, Delaware(DE), 19801
Fundamentals of Will Drafting and Estate Administration 2025
December 3, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Moderator: Scott E. Swenson, Esquire, Connolly Gallagher LLP

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Check In

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Overview of Estate Planning
Presented by:
Scott E. Swenson, Esquire, Connolly Gallagher LLP
Michele Muldoon, Esquire, Brockstedt Mandalas Federico LLC
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Basics of Will Drafting
Presented by:
Mark Dalle Pazze, Esquire, Herdeg du Pont & Dalle Pazze LLP
Alexander Lyden, Esquire, Evercore Wealth Management
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m.- 2:45 p.m. Overview of Estate Administration
Presented by:
P. Kristen Bennett, Esquire, Gawthrop Greenwood, PC
Lisa L. Coggins, Esquire, Gonser and Gonser, P.A.
Alex J. Mili, Esquire, New Castle County Register of Wills Office
James J. Gallagher, Esquire, Morris James LLP
Break at 2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Overview of Estate Administration (Part 2)
Same Presenters as Part 1
This seminar offers 6.0 substantive credits to Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Attorneys.
Locations available are Wilmington, Live stream options in Georgetown, Dover, and Seaford.
To register by mail, email or fax, please click the blue registration link below.
To register online, please click the green link below.
Registration Information
* Advertised price is for the standard member rate.

CLE PRICING INFORMATION
COST:

New Admittee Rate
75

DSBA Members
300

Government Members
275

Non-Members
400

PA Credit
24

NJ Credit
24

OUT OF STATE CLE CREDIT INFO
Those attendees who wish to receive CLE credit, other than from Delaware, New Jersey or Pennsylvania, should contact their individual State’s CLE Commission for credit. The Delaware State Bar Association can provide you with the agenda (included in the Materials sent with your registration confirmation) and a Certificate of Attendance (upon completion of the webinar), which should meet the requirements of compliance.
All rates include CLE Seminar and any materials. To register now or review DSBA CLE Policies, click HERE.
All materials provided by the deadline will be available by QR code on the day of the seminar.
Reporting of credits:
Please be advised that the DSBA has 30 days from the date of the seminar to report credits. Credits will be reported according to the date of the seminar not the date they are entered.

Best Practices in the Use of Legal Apps for Lawyers & Judges
2025-12-16 09:00 - 12:15 | Wilmington University – Brandywine Campus, 10 Beaver Valley Road, Wilmington, DE, 19803, United States
Best Practices in the Use of Legal Apps for Lawyers & Judges
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Wilmington University, Brandywine Campus
Presented by the Moderators: Richard Herrmann, Esquire & I. Connor Bifferato, Esquire
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. — Program Welcome & Framing the AI App Ecosystem

Scope of AI apps in daily legal/judicial workflows
Productivity benefits (and pitfalls) in practice & chambers
What counts as “responsible” use for legal professionals
Preview of major categories: drafting, research, analytics, ethics safeguards

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. — A Comparative Overview of Copilot, ChatGPT & Claude

Strengths/weaknesses in legal reasoning & writing
Integration with document workflows (Word, Outlook, Teams, etc.)
Hallucination handling & verified-citation features
Data governance + confidentiality guardrails

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. — AI for Legal Research: CoCounsel vs. Harvey

Accuracy & speed in research tasks
E-discovery & document review capabilities
Costs, licensing, and enterprise adoption
How judges view AI-assisted briefing

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. — Analytics for Jury Selection & Trial Strategy

Apps that assess juror backgrounds through public data
Bias detection and risk scoring tools
Ethical boundaries for data-driven voir dire
Transparency and admissibility issues

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. — Truth or Lie? AI Tools Evaluating Witness Credibility

Real-time credibility scoring technologies
Video micro-expression analysis
Judicial concerns: junk-science risks
Policies emerging in federal/state courts

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. — ElevenLabs: Voice Cloning, Marketing & Podcasts

Ethical uses for client communication
Accessibility enhancements & multilingual voiceovers
Combatting misuse: consent, watermarking, authentication

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.—CoCounsel in Mediation for Neutrals & Advocates

Neutral-side document generation & settlement analytics
Automated term sheet drafting
The ethical line between assistance and advocacy
Privacy of shared negotiation models

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. — Future Tech Lightning Round: Emerging Apps & Discussion

New tools surfacing in 2026+
Judicial approvals & local rule development
Crowd input: What do YOU use?
Wrap-up & takeaways

This seminar offers 3.0 substantive and 3.0 ethics credits to Delaware and Pennsylvania attorneys; and 3.6 substantive and 3.6 ethics credits to New Jersey attorneys.
Locations available are Wilmington, Live stream options in Georgetown, Dover, and Seaford.
To register by mail, email or fax, please click the blue registration link below.
To register online, please click the green link below.
Registration Information
* Advertised price is for the standard member rate.

CLE PRICING INFORMATION
COST:

DSBA Members
$150

Government Rate
$125

Non-Members
$250

PA Credit
$12

NJ Credit
$12

OUT OF STATE CLE CREDIT INFO
Those attendees who wish to receive CLE credit, other than from Delaware, New Jersey or Pennsylvania, should contact their individual State’s CLE Commission for credit. The Delaware State Bar Association can provide you with the agenda (included in the Materials sent with your registration confirmation) and a Certificate of Attendance (upon completion of the webinar), which should meet the requirements of compliance.
All rates include CLE Seminar and any materials. To register now or review DSBA CLE Policies, click HERE.
All materials provided by the deadline will be available by QR code on the day of the seminar.
Reporting of credits:
Please be advised that the DSBA has 30 days from the date of the seminar to report credits. Credits will be reported according to the date of the seminar not the date they are entered.
