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Week of June 4, 2007
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Life is In Your Hands - Pump-a-Pint Blood Drive at
Austin Bar June 12
The
Pump-a-Pint Blood Drive kicked off June 1 with a press
conference at the Blood and Tissue Center. Join the Austin Bar
Association as we battle it out through the month of June
against the Austin CPA Society and the Travis County Medical
Association to see who can donate the most blood.
Take
just one lunch hour out of your year and change the life of
someone in need. Donate at the Blood & Tissue Center and a
variety of mobile locations throughout June or at the Austin
Bar Association office June 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m.
There are a number of spots still available at
the Austin Bar on June 12. This is an easy way to give,
especially if you work downtown, so why miss out?
Sign
up today and encourage your fellow attorneys, staff members,
family, and friends to donate as well. Let's pull together for
a good cause - and to beat those other professionals.
To sign up to donate, go to http://www.lonestardonor.com/.
The sponsor code is pumpapint.
To host a drive
at your office, please contact Jennifer Mathews at 206-1121.
Click
here to print a flier to post at your office.
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Austin's Ultimate Trial Notebook Seminar - June
15
A
litigation CLE for $100? You better believe it! The Austin
Bar's Civil Litigation Section is bringing back its Ultimate
Trial Notebook Seminar.
Date: Friday, June
15
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.; followed by a happy
hour
Location: Austin Bar Seminar Room, 816 Congress Ave.,
Suite 700
CLE Credit: 5.75 hours (0.5 ethics)
Cost: $100
for members, $125 for non-members.
RSVP: To Michelle
McFadyen at 472-0279 or michelle@austinbar.org;
You may sign up until the day of, but to ensure your spot,
please RSVP by June 13; there are no refunds after
Wednesday, June 13.
For a detailed list of classes and
speakers, please click
here.
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State Bar Annual Meeting June 21-22 - Register
Today
The State
Bar of Texas' Annual Meeting will be here before you know it.
Take advantage of this opportunity to relax and get out of
town for a couple of days - and earn a substantial amount of
CLE credit while you're at it.
To register, click
here to visit the State Bar Web site.
Among the
many CLE offerings, the State Bar of Texas Public Affairs
Committee is hosting a panel discussion on open government.
The event will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 22,
at the San Antonio Convention Center as part of the State Bar
of Texas Annual Meeting.
A similar program offered
during the State Bar's annual conference last year in Austin
was very well-attended and of interest to representatives of
counties, cities, school boards and officials responsible for
compliance with open meetings and open records laws.
The event is not a training, but a forum for exploring
the issues from several perspectives. For more information,
including panel members, please click
here.
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AYLF Poker Tournament, June 23 - Tickets on Sale
Now!
Feeling
lucky? Try your hand at the third annual Austin Young Lawyer
Foundation Poker Tournament. Poker not your thing? Well, there
is still plenty to keep you entertained. Partake in other
casino games, nibble on a number of delicious appetizers, and
kick back with a drink in hand.
Proceeds from the
tournament benefit the AYLF’s many charitable programs.
In addition, AYLA will honor two top notch attorneys:
Senator Kirk Watson will receive the Outstanding AYLA Alumnus
Award and Claude Ducloux will receive the AYLA Outstanding
Mentor Award.
Time: Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; poker
tournament starts at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Vinson &
Elkins, 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100
Cost:
- Advanced Tickets: $40 per person/$70 per couple
- Poker Table (9 seats at table, 12 tickets total): $1,200
- After June 18 or at the door: $50 per person/$90 per
couple (Note: We cannot guarantee availability in the poker
tournament for tickets sold after June 18.)
Tickets are available online now. Click here to
register.
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Animal Welfare Committee Needs Your Help
A rabies
quarantine just established at the Austin Humane Society has
canine residents at the facility compounding the meaning of
the phrase "dog days of summer." In an effort to protect
animals and employees, up to forty dogs at the Austin Humane
Society are being quarantined after a dead bat found on the
premises tested positive for rabies.
If you've ever
been confined to your room with the flu or chained to your
desk prepping for trial, you have some concept of what the
animals affected by this episode are about to endure.
In order to alleviate the tedium of the 90-day
quarantine, the Austin Humane Society is specifically
requesting donations of toys, rawhides, or cash from the
community. Bar members are asked to set up a donation box at
their firm and contribute toys, bones, or cash, which will be
picked up by committee members. Please turn all donations in
by Friday, June 22.
For more information,
please contact Katherine Howard at katuset@yahoo.com.
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LexisNexis Offers Great Deals for Members
The Austin
Bar would like to announce that Kevin Bill is the new
LexisNexis representative for Austin. LexisNexis, corporate
sponsor of the Austin Bar, provides legal research, practice
management, client development, and litigation services. They
have new products and services and, as a member of the Austin
Bar, you receive a discount.
Contact Kevin at 535-0100
for more information on how you can benefit from these
services.
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Upcoming Meetings
SECTIONS:
Thursday, June 7, Environmental
Law Section
COMMITTEES:
Legal
Build Committee Meeting - June 5
Time:
Noon
Location: Austin Bar Board Room, 816 Congress Ave.,
Suite 700
Animal Welfare Committee Meeting - June
14
Time: Noon
Location: Austin Bar Seminar Room,
816 Congress Ave., Suite 700
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