The Nebraska Paralegal Association Fall Seminar will be available to members both in person and virtually this year.

The two-day seminar will take place at the Scott Conference Center at Aksarben Village from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, and Thursday, Sept 23.

The seminar will offer 10 sessions over the two days, including Linda McGrath-Cruz, who works for Royal Caribbean Cruises as a civil litigation paralegal in the company’s risk management department. She has more than 23 years experience as a civil litigation paralegal.

McGrath-Cruz also owns and operates Perfectly Paralegal, a Miami-based online resource community for paralegals that offers support services and hours of continuing legal education. She will discuss the importance of trial binders and other tips for trial preparation.

NePA’s fall seminar will also feature Drew Goletz, national director of discovery engineering for Avalon Document Services, who will be joined by Sam DelSenno, the managing partner of Avalon’s Omaha office. They will discuss the potential pitfalls of reviewing email using Microsoft Office, and how to effectively use metadata.

Additional panels include:

• Medicaid Fraud — Mark Collins, Nebraska Assistant Attorney General and director of the state Medicaid Fraud Control Unit

• Guardian Ad Litem — Joni Visek of Visek Law

• COVID Employment Law Update — Erin Schroeder, attorney at Koley Jessen

• Medical Records Management and Preparing Chronologies — Katie Gabriel, paralegal at Fraser Stryker

• Trial Preparation — Linda McGrath Cruz, litigation paralegal for Royal Caribbean Cruises

• I’ll just review in Outlook, cool? — Drew Goletz, national director of discovery engineering, and Sam Delsanno, managing director, of Avalon

• Ethical Obligations Related to Data Security — Maureen Fulton, chair of data privacy and security at Koley Jessen

• Imposter Syndrome — Denise Braverlly, owner of Hope and Wellness Center

• Paralegals and Public Defense — Bethany Stensrud, Douglas County assistant public defender

• It’s Your Career…Own It! — Amber Roberts, Senior IT Support Specialist at Gavilon

Altogether, the NePA Fall Seminar offers up to 10 hours of continuing legal education credits.

To register, visit nebraskaparalegal.org/eventregistration.php?eventid=58.

For members, the cost is $30 per day in person and $15 virtually. For non-members, the cost is $40 per day in person and $20 virtually, and for students, the cost is $10 per day in person and $5 virtually.

The Scott Conference Center can support 60 attendees per day, while online attendance is capped at 100, so those who want to attend are encouraged to register right away.For those attending in person, NePA will provide face masks and hand sanitizer.

The annual NePA Recognition Breakfast had been planned for the first day, but it has been canceled due to the uptick in area COVID-19 cases. There will still be a breakfast buffet on the first day of the seminar available to those who attend in person.

The seminar will also include NePA’s annual meeting and a vote on its 2021-22 officers and budget.