CHARITABLE FUNDS
INC.,
The ninth annual NSBA golf tournament will be August 26, 2005
at the Platteview Country Club!
THANK
YOU TO THE SPONSORS OF THE NINTH ANNUAL NSBA GOLF TOURNAMENT!!
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RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT ADOPTED BY NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT
The Rules of Professional conduct were adopted on June 8,
2005 and will become effective September 1, 2005.
Court
Order
Complete
Rules
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ADD NSBA EVENTS DIRECTLY TO YOUR OUTLOOK CALENDAR
Simply click on the
meeting you wish to download from the NSBA
calendar and when prompted click the "Open" button.
An Outlook appointment screen should then appear. Click the "Save
& Close" button to save to your calendar.
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YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION GOLF TOURNAMENT
The Young Lawyers Golf Tournament is scheduled for Friday, July
29, 2005 at Arbor Links Golf Course in Nebraska City.
The cost is $75 per person, $300 per team.
Sign
up your 4-person team today
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GOV. HEINEMAN APPOINTS WILLIAM BINKARD OF PONCA TO SIXTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT JUDGESHIP
Lincoln, Neb.) Gov. Dave Heineman today announced his appointment
of William Binkard as a district court judge for the Sixth Judicial
District.
The district includes
the counties of Burt, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Thurston, and
Washington.
Gov. Heineman said,
“I was very impressed by Bill’s qualifications and I know his
more than 30 years of legal and trial experience will serve him
and the residents of the Sixth District well.”
Binkard, 56, has maintained
a private law practice representing clients in Nebraska and Iowa
since 1977. Upon entering private practice, he worked for 10 years
as an associate with Don A. Fitch. He served as Deputy County
Attorney for Dakota County from 1977 to 1979. He was the Assistant
County Attorney in Woodbury County in Iowa from 1976 to 1977,
and began his legal career with Qualley Law Offices in Sioux City,
Iowa in 1975.
He also served as a
lawyer member of the Sixth Judicial District Mental Health Board
for 25 years, was a hearing examiner for South Sioux City Community
Schools, and from 1990 to 1997 was a member of Nebraska’s District
3 Committee on Judicial Inquiry. He is a member of both the Nebraska
and Iowa State Bar Associations.
Binkard was previously
elected to serve three terms as a member of the Ponca School Board.
He is a member of the South Sioux Chamber of Commerce, and is
a former member of the South Sioux Rotary Club, serving as president
from 1982 to 1983.
Prior to earning his
law degree from Drake University in 1975, Binkard received his
undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Iowa
in 1972.
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NEBRASKA LEGAL DIVERSITY WEBSITE
The Minority and Justice Implementation Committee, together with
the Nebraska State Bar Association, the Midlands Bar Association,
the Nebraska Hispanic Bar Association, Creighton University School
of Law and the University of Nebraska College of Law are proud
to present Nebraska’s Legal Diversity Website (www.nelegaldiversity.org).
The website is designed to showcase the growing diversity in Nebraska
and to provide prospective and current minority law students and
lawyers with information about: living in Nebraska, attending
law school in Nebraska, scholarship opportunities, voluntary Bar
Associations, information on networking opportunities and events,
job postings from firms and organizations seeking minority applicants,
discussion forums, an on-line mentoring program and more. The
website is expected to promote diversity in Nebraska’s legal profession,
by providing prospective and current law students and attorneys
with information and resources to help them build relationships
in Nebraska and by providing law schools and legal employers with
the resources to reach out to diverse candidates.
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BEST PRACTICES SEMINAR
The outstate Best Pratices Series has been scheduled for July
12th and August 2nd at the Kearney Holiday Inn and on August 17th
at Bayside Golf Club in Ogallala. Click
here for additional information and the registration form.
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NCLE WORKING ON UPDATED PROBATE SYSTEM IV PROGRAM
NCLE is working with Basha Systems to develop an automated version
of Probate System IV with revised and updated forms. This new
product will feature a subscription whereby you only purchase
the number of probate packages that you need and you do not need
to buy other software to use it. The online system is expected
to be ready to go by October 2005.
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GREAT PLAINS TAX INSTITUTE
The 2005 Great
Plains Federal Tax Institute is meeting in Omaha at the Embassy
Suites-Old Market on December 1 and 2, 2005
The program will feature
current developments in Income, Estate, and Gift Tax and much
more up-to-the-minute tax information of interest to CPAs, Attorneys,
Financial Planners, Life Insurance Professionals and other Tax
Professionals.
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NEW NEBRASKA COURT RULE 62
COUNTY COURT AND SMALL
CLAIMS COURT JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS
I. County Court Civil
Jurisdiction. The Nebraska Supreme Court has determined, pursuant
to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24 517(5), that on or after July 1,
2005, each county court shall have concurrent original jurisdiction
with the district court in all civil actions of any type where
the amount in controversy is $51,000 or less.
II. Small Claims Court
Jurisdiction. The Nebraska Supreme Court has determined, pursuant
to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25 2802(4), that on or after July 1,
2005, each small claims court shall have jurisdiction in all civil
actions set forth in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25 2802(1) and (2)
where the amount in controversy is $2,700 or less.
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UPDATED CASEMAKER USERS MANUAL
The Nebraska State
Bar Association is one of 21 state bar associations across the
country providing members free online legal research. Casemaker
is a online legal research tool with a powerful search engine
providing access to a combination of state and federal materials.
Log on to Casemaker today to view the Nebraska library. If you
don't know your password, please call Sam Clinch at 1-800-927-0117
or email him at sclinch@nebar.com.
Details on how to use Casemaker is available by using the:
Online
Users Manual
Online
Demonstration
Frequently
Asked Questions
A
"cheat sheet" of searches
Tips
& Shortcuts
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