Bar leaders conference scheduled for Sept. 4
Being an effective bar leader is no easy task, but it does not need to be overwhelming.
Bar association presidents-elect, newly elected presidents and executive directors
can get a head start by attending the 2003 Bar Leaders' Conference, which will
kick off the State Bar's Annual Meeting on Sept. 4. Several experts will be
on hand for the one-day conference to provide advice on surviving a year as
president of a volunteer organization.
State Bar President Jim Herman and members of the board of governors will meet
participants at breakfast for a discussion of issues of concern. Marc Smiley,
president of Organizational Development, will offer tips on building an effective
organization.
Participants are invited to attend the State Bar's luncheon to hear from Ted
Kennedy Jr. (separate ticketed event) before the afternoon sessions, with speakers
including past and present leaders of statewide and local bar associations and
a representative from the American Bar Association's Division for Bar Services.
Katrina Dewey, editor of the Los Angeles Daily Journal, will provide tips on
working with the media.
The deadline for the $175 Early Bird registration fee is Aug. 6. Registration
for the one-day conference includes attendance at all non-ticketed programs
and events throughout the remainder of the Annual Meeting. A special registration
form is necessary. The form and the program are available by contacting the
Bar Relations Outreach Office at bar.relations@calbar.ca.gov
or by phone at 213-765-1337 or 213-765-1329.
The conference is funded entirely by voluntary contributions.
Opt out of list sales
Attorneys who wish to remove their name from lists the State Bar sells to outside
entities may do so by e-mailing a request to memrec@calbar.ca.gov.
Include your bar number.
The bar has a policy under which members' names are sold to outside entities
that meet certain criteria. The restricted lists include, among others, MCLE
providers, the Foundation of the State Bar, local bar associations and State
Bar-approved insurance providers.
Online survey for attorneys with disabilities
The State Bar Committee on Legal Professionals with Disabilities is conducting
an online three-month survey of attorneys with disabilities and chronic medical
conditions.
Interested participants can access the survey at www.talkingpolls.com/calbar.
The survey uses a program called Talkingpolls, developed by Hertz Research of
Petaluma, that provides an interactive format for participants to respond to
questions online, at their convenience.
The survey results will be used to identify and remove obstacles to access
and advancement in the legal profession for attorneys with disabilities and
to make recommendations for increased participation.
Preliminary results will be announced at the bar's Annual Meeting in September.
The survey is funded through a grant from the Foundation of the State Bar.
Ordering Seniors & The Law
To order Seniors & The Law: A Guide for Maturing Californians, please send
an e-mail to barcomm@calbar.ca.gov and state your name, complete mailing address
(P.O. boxes are not acceptable), the number of copies ordered and choice of
"English" or "Spanish" version for each number, and a daytime phone number.
If you do not have access to e-mail, please include the required information
and send to The State Bar of California, Attn: Seniors & the Law, 180 Howard
St., San Francisco, CA 94105-1639.
Specialist exam scheduled
The State Bar will administer the examination for legal specialists in eight
areas of practice on Aug. 17 in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Attorneys may be certified as specialists in appellate; bankruptcy; criminal;
estate planning, trust and probate; family; immigration and nationality; taxation;
and workers' compensation law.
Applications continue to be accepted on a space available basis, although a
late fee of $50 will be assessed until Aug. 8. After that, the late fee goes
to $150. The registration fee is $200, or $250 for those wishing to use a laptop.
Information is available at www.californiaspecialist.org,
by calling 415-538-2120 or by e-mailing legalspec@calbar.ca.gov.
VIP seeks volunteers
Volunteers in Parole, a non-profit organization devoted to providing attorneys
as mentors for youthful offenders, is seeking volunteers in several California
counties. It has programs in Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles,
Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Ventura
and Yolo counties.
Modeled after the Big Brother and Big Sister programs, VIP currently has 450
attorneys matched with parolees throughout California.
Interested attorneys are invited to call VIP's toll-free number, 1-877-4VIP-INC
(484-7462) or e-mail vipinc-statewide@mindspring.com.
Compliance Group 1 faces Feb. 1 MCLE deadline
Members of Compliance Group 1 (last names A-G) must complete 25 hours of MCLE
credit by Feb. 1, 2004. Of that total, 12-1/2 hours can be completed through
self-study courses.
All active attorneys must complete four hours of legal ethics study, one hour
of substance abuse prevention and one hour of elimination of bias in the legal
profession.
Full details of the requirements are provided on the State Bar's web site,
www.calbar.ca.gov.
From the Home Page, click on MCLE on the right hand menu.
New officers for new conference of delegates
Los Angeles lawyer Marc Sallus will chair the Conference of Delegates of California
Bar Associations in the coming year, succeeding Vivian Kral of San Mateo.
New officers of the newly independent conference's board of directors are James
Aguirre, 50, of Los Angeles, chair-elect, and Robin Levine, 51, of San Francisco,
secretary. Linda Mazur, 44, of Los Angeles will continue as chief financial
officer.
Sallus, 48, a longtime delegate with the Los Angeles County Bar Association,
served on the conference executive committee for three years before becoming
chair-elect.
All officers and six new members of the board will be sworn in Sept. 6 at the
State Bar Annual Meeting, where the conference will hold its first meeting.
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