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Week of April 27, 2009
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Last Two Weeks to Vote in Austin Bar and AYLA Board Elections
Another year has passed and it is again time to elect new members to the Austin Bar and AYLA Boards. Voting is being conducted via electronic ballot through Thursday, May 7. For information such as candidates and online voting instructions, please click here.
If you did not receive an e-mail from Ballot Box on April 16 or choose to vote in person, you may do so at the Austin Bar office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700 during the voting period. Your last opportunity to vote in person will be at the annual meeting held during the Law Day Luncheon on Thursday, May 7.
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Legislative Update, April 30
Date: Thursday, April 30
Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700
Time: noon to 1:15 p.m.
CLE: 1.25 hours
RSVP to Michelle McFadyen at Michelle@austinbar.org or 472-0279 x111 for lunch.
Mark your calendars for a Legislative Update featuring David Chamberlain as moderator and Jay Harvey and Dicky Grigg as panelists.
You may either bring a lunch, or RSVP to Michelle McFadyen and pay $7 for pizza.
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Voting for President-Elect of the State Bar of Texas Ends this Thursday
Members of the State Bar will have until Thursday, April 30 to vote in the State Bar of Texas election. Ballots may be cast by paper or online.
Austin's own Terry Tottenham, partner-in-charge at Fulbright & Jaworski is running for President-elect against Rhonda Hunter of Dallas to lead the State Bar from June 2010 until June 2011. For more information on Tottenham, visit his Web site. For more information on Hunter, visit her Web site.
Jennifer Evans Morris and Clay Scheitzach, both of Dallas, are candidates for TYLA president-elect.
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"Food from the Bar" Food Donation Drive, Through April
“Food from the Bar” is a proven anti-hunger program supported by Texas Women Lawyers along with the Travis County Women Lawyers Association to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank. For the month of April, women lawyers in Austin are coordinating this “Food from the Bar” food drive to fill the bank before school is out. This campaign will help ensure that children have enough to eat during summer months when there are no subsidized school lunches.
Cash is the best gift of all because for every $1 donated, the Food Bank can provide 5 nutritious meals. Online donations can be easily made by clicking here.
If your office or household would like to collect goods, please remember that the following items are the most needed in unbreakable containers:
- Canned meats
- Canned vegetables
- Pasta and pasta sauces
- Beans
- Rice
- Healthy cereals
- Peanut butter
- Baby food and formula
If you have two filled boxes, call the Food Bank to pick them up at 282-2111.
Otherwise, please deliver the collection to the Food Bank at 8201 S. Congress by Friday, May 1. Thank you for your help!
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Be a Bookworm with the Bar, May 1
Date: Friday, May 1
Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700
Speaker: James Grippando
CLE 1.0 hour of ethics
Cost: Free
The Austin Bar Association and the Office of the Attorney General present James Grippando, attorney and author of Leapholes, published by the American Bar Association. While Leapholes is technically fiction, all of the cases mentioned are actual and important cases from American legal history such as the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision. The characters in the story use leapholes to travel back in time to meet the people and experience the events behind the cases that establish precedent, good or bad, and define our current legal environment.
Grippando will discuss the ethical dilemmas presented by the book in the context of American history and the modern day legal environment. He will briefly discuss how to teach these themes when leading a discussion of the book to junior high or high school students as many attorneys attending this CLE may also volunteer to lead a discussion of Leapholes to junior high school students in Austin ISD.
If you are interested, please contact Law Related Education Co-Chair, Rob Robinson, at Robert.Robinson@oag.state.tx.us or Brooke Williams at Brooke@austinbar.org or 472-0279 ext. 108. Please RSVP for this information session by noon on Thursday, April 30.
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Family Fun for AYLA Members, May 2
Date: Saturday, May 2
Location: Qua, 213 W 4th St # 100
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $8 per person
AYLA has teamed up with Austin Little Lounge Lizards for an afternoon of fun and dancing for AYLA members and their kids. AYLA is going as a group to Little Lounge Lizards dance club party at Qua, a swank dance club with a huge aquarium, live shark tank dance floor, abundant disco lights, and lots of complimentary Clif Bar snacks!
Little Lounge Lizards dance club party is where cool kids ages 10 and under along with their groovy grown-ups can boogie down to dance hits from the 70's on up spun by Austin's popular live DJ Syko. Please RSVP to Debbie Kelly at Debbie@austinbar.org and let her know how many adults and kids will be coming. For more information, please click here.
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Quad Section CLE & Mixer, May 6
This event is a free CLE & mixer sponsored by the ADR, Civil Litigation, Construction & Health Law Sections. Psychologist Dr. Robert Moats will discuss client personality types and dealing with them, as a litigator, mediator and practitioner.
Date: Wednesday, May 6
Location: McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, 600 Congress Ave., Suite 2100
Time: 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. with a Happy Hour to follow
Cost: Free for and open only to ADR, Civil Litigation, Construction, and Health Law Section members
CLE: 4 Hours
RSVP: Debbie Maquet at 495-6136 or dmaquet@mcginnislaw.com
Your effectiveness as a mediator can be dependent upon your ability to read and work with the psychology of the participants. This presentation will offer a framework for identifying and collaborating with the psychology that underlies the positions taken by the parties and their attorneys. The overall goal is to improve your skills at overcoming rather than inadvertently increasing psychological resistance to resolution. Focus will be given to recognizing and differentiating between categories of psychological self-protection (with examples from films), and learning the respective "dos" and "don'ts" for reaching an agreement. The program will conclude with practice exercises.
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Law Day Luncheon & Annual Meeting, May 7
Date: Thursday, May 7
Time: 11:45 a.m.
Location: AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, 1900 University Ave., Salon C
Cost: $55 per person; $550 for a table of 10
RSVP by Friday, May 1 to Mollie Gallagher at Mollie@austinbar.org or 472-0279.
Join writer, actor, author, and creator of the The Nobelity Project Turk Pipkin as he speakes on One Peace at a Time: From Lincoln to Nobelity. Law Day honorees include:
Jeana Lungwitz - Regina Rogoff Award
Jeff Jury - Professionalism Award
Anne Yeakel - Liberty Bell Award
Luke Ellis - Outstanding Young Lawyer Award
Hilton K. Moore - J. Chrys Dougherty Award
Clark, Thomas & Winters - Joseph H. Hart Award
Also to be honored are the winners of the Law Day essay and poster contests from local elementary, middle, and high schools.
The Law Day Luncheon & Annual Meeting is your last chance to vote in the Austin Bar and AYLA board elections. Contact Mollie Gallagher today and don’t be left out!
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Free Golf for AYLA Members at Lost Creek Country Club, May 15
Date: Friday, May 15
Time: Registration - noon; Shotgun Start - 1:00 p.m.; After Party - 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Lost Creek Country Club, 2612 Lost Creek Blvd.
RSVP by Wednesday, May 13 Pam.Staulcup@ourclub.com or 892-1205, ext 104. Please indicate if you are participating in golf and the party, or one of the two.
Lost Creek Country Club has invited AYLA members to a free and friendly round of 18 holes. Not a golfer? Attend the after party for great food and drinks to celebrate the end of another week.
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Robert W. Calvert Chapter of American Inn of Court Accepting Applications
The Robert W. Calvert Chapter of the American Inn of Court is accepting applications for new members through May 22. The American Inn of Court movement is modeled after the English Inns of Court system and is composed of over 30,000 members in 48 states and the District of Columbia. The Calvert chapter meets monthly to examine issues related to ethics and professional conduct in the field of law.
Applicants should send a letter requesting membership, along with a current resume and two reference letters, to the nominations committee c/o Jody Scheske, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, 300 W. 6th St., Suite 2100, Austin, TX 78701 or by e-mail to jscheske@akingump.com.
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Featured Austin Bar Member Benefit: Sprint Connection Plan for Austin Bar Members - $49.99 a month
Sprint Mobile Broadband helps legal professionals break down the office walls and give employees access to data when they need it. Using Sprint Mobile Broadband devices, associates can access important information, specialized applications, and timely communication fro must about anywhere, as if they were at their desk. To get started today, call Will Rivera at 997-5473.
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Upcoming Meetings
SECTIONS:
Wednesday, May 6 - Labor & Employment Law Section Meeting
COMMITTEES:
The following Austin Bar Committees are meeting at the Austin Bar office, 816 Congress, Suite 700.
Parking is available in the adjacent garage, accessible from 9th Street. Please feel free to attend any that interest you.
Since lunch is provided, please RSVP by noon the previous day to Mollie@austinbar.org or call 472-0279 with your name and the name of the committee.
Friday, May 1 - Women's Resource Fair Committee Meeting
Friday, May 1 - Leapholes Committee Meeting
Wednesday, May 6 - Legal Build Committee Meeting
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