2026 KALA Annual Meeting and Seminar
Kansas Association of Legal Assistants*Paralegals
Session Agenda: 2026-KALA-Annual-Seminar-brochure1.pdf
Title 1: Financial and Valuation Issues from the Accountant’s Perspective: Maximizing the Benefits of Using a Business Valuator or Financial Consultant in Civil Litigation.
Learning Objectives:
1. Use of the Financial Consultant in Civil Litigation and Keys to a Successful Attorney/Litigation Consultant Relationship and Experience.
2. Understanding Financial Statements.
3. Business Valuation Issues, Methodologies, and Procedures.
Title 2: The Kansas Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act of 2025
Learning Objectives:
1. To address the approach of the new guardianship statutes in its focus on personal autonomy.
2. The expansion of the scope of potentially interested entitled to notice.
3. The evolution of the role of guardian ad litem to attorney for the respondent
Title 3: Judicial Professional Rules and Canons Re: Use of Artificial Intelligence
Learning Objectives:
1. Review caselaw regarding attorneys/judges’ use of AI tools
2. Review atty and judicial professional rules and judicial canons regarding use of AI tools
3. Discuss 10 specific issues related to the legal profession and AI tools.
CLE Hours = 3 Substantive