ANNOUNCEMENTS

Free Domestic Refresher CLE: Douglas County District Court Division 3 is hosting a Domestic Practice Refresher CLE on Friday, June 18, 2010 from noon to 1:30 in the jury assembly room. Judge Shepherd and Judge Pokorny will cover topics such as domestic law refresher, practice suggestions, alternative dispute resolution, dealing with a pro se litigant and more. Art Thompson will also do a Limited Scope Representation refresher. Materials will be provided at the CLE. Please RSVP to Branden Smith by email at branden@smithlegalllc.com or by telephone at 785-856-0780.

Free Ethics CLE: June's CLE will be held at noon in the Jury Assembly Room at the Douglas County Courthouse on Friday, June 25, 2010, just in time for you to fulfill your ethics requirement. Stan Hazlett, Kansas Disciplinary Administrator, will speak on "Recent Disciplinary Cases" so mark your calendars!

Journey to J.D., a new academic summer program at The University of Kansas School of Law, is an innovative program that provides current Kansas high school sophomores from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to learn more about the legal profession. Although all students from Kansas are invited to apply, this pilot program is aimed at select high schools, including Lawrence High School and Free State High School. Journey to J.D. will be June 6-12, 2010, held at the KU campus and all students will be housed in the residence halls. One of the program's goals is to encourage students from all socioeconomic backgrounds to participate. The only cost to the student for this week long program is a $50 nonrefundable deposit. It is hoped DCBA members will 1) help promote this opportunity to eligible students and 2) become a sponsor of the program. For more information, visit www.law.ku.edu/journeytojd.

Football Tailgate Season. The University of Kansas School of Law Student Bar Association invites members of the Douglas County Bar Association to join students and faculty at tailgates during KU home football games this season. Last year's tailgates were a great success. The LSBA also invites the DCBA to sponsor a tailgate. If, please contact Ryan Schwarzenberger or our Student Bar Association president, Natasha Das. Tailgates are an excellent opportunity for our students to get in touch with a variety of professional organizations and learn more about the legal profession from current members.

The dates of KU football home games that KU SBA will be tailgating at are:

DCBA Speaker's Bureau.The Douglas County Bar Association and the Douglas County Criminal Defense Bar made a determination some time ago to establish a speaker’s bureau to provide informational programs on the law and justice system to civic groups or any organization that wishes to hear from us.

Anyone who is interested in participating as a speaker should let us know by contacting Kate at Collister and Kampschroeder at <collkamp@sbcglobal.net> or at 842-3126 or by fax at 842-3878. There are some guidelines that must be followed. Please provide any contact information for yourself, a general description of your experience as a lawyer or one who works in the judicial system, and identify the topic about which you are interested in presenting a program. In addition, please provide a basic and/or brief description of the program about which you propose to speak and your objective in presenting the program. All of the requirements set out above are mandatory. We will not consider any volunteer who fails to completely provide the requested information.

Keep in mind that the purpose of this program is educational. Use of the program to advertise the speaker's business or solicit business or clients for the speaker will result in removal from the group and the speaker will not be eligible to present further programs.

DCBA membership dues are due January 1 each year. Fill out and submit the online membership form, then print it and mail with your check for $45.00 to Douglas County Bar Association, P.O. Box 1966, Lawrence, Kansas 66044.

The law Library registration fee is due January 15 each year. Send a completed registration form and $10.00 payable to "Douglas County Law Library" to the Law Library at 111 East 11th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66044. Failure to pay results in suspension of filing privileges at the Clerk of Court's office and forfeiture of library key.

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