CHARITABLE FUNDS
INC.,
Mark your calendars. The 2nd annual Barristers' Ball will
be May 20, 2006 at the Doubletree Hotel in Omaha..
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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NEBRASKA'S COUNTY COURTS INCREASE JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS BEGINNING
JULY 1, 2005
WHO: Nebraska’s County Courts and Small Claims Court
WHAT: Increase in Jurisdictional
Limits:
- Individuals can file small claims court cases with a value up
to $2,700; an increase of $300 over previous years.
- Increased the jurisdictional amount of Nebraska’s county courts
from $47,000 to $51,000
WHEN: Beginning July
1, 2005
WHY: Pursuant to Neb.
Rev. Stat. § 24-517(5), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2802(4)
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Nebraska’s small claims
courts are a division of county court with hearings conducted
by a county judge. Small Claims courts provide an inexpensive
way to resolve minor disputes in civil (non-criminal) cases involving
money owed, damage to property, or the return of personal property.
Legal procedures are held to a minimum and lawyers may not participate.
Citizens can find directions and forms on the Nebraska Supreme
Court website at www.nebraskacourt.com
under “Self Help”.
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CHANGE IN THE JUDGMENT INTEREST RATE
Effective July 21, 2005, the judgment interest rate will be 5.429%.
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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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NEW ON-LINE RESOURCE FOR LOCAL HUMAN SERVICES INFORMATION
New 211 Website Provides Easy Access to Human Services Information
Find local listings
for counseling, support groups, or hotlines. Help other Nebraskans
connect with local assistance for rent, utilities, or food. An
easy way to locate information about a wide variety of health
and social services in your community, and in other cities and
towns across Nebraska, is just a click away.
www.ne211.org,
Nebraska’s new 211 website, offers local human services information
to people across the state, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You
may search for information in several ways on the 211 website,
including searches by location and by type of service.
The website is a handy
resource for people trying to find services for themselves, or
a friend or relative in another Nebraska community. Helping professionals
also will find the website useful as a “one stop shop” to help
connect clients with services.
Information & Referral
Nebraska is a collaborative group of organizations from across
the state. The organizations are working together to ensure that
individuals find the help they need by providing an easy means
to search the entire state for health and human service information.
Information & Referral Nebraska partners maintain databases
containing information on several thousand agencies, programs,
and services across the state. The partners continually assess
and update the resources available in their area to ensure their
databases include the broadest representation of services possible.
Information & Referral
Nebraska partners share the information in their individual databases
to create the 211 statewide database of human services information.
The information may be accessed either by calling 211 (currently
available in 30 Nebraska counties and eight southwest Iowa counties)
or by clicking on www.ne211.org.
The following four
database partners contributed data to the ne211.org website: Lincoln
Lancaster County Health Department; Nebraska Respite Network (Nebraska
Department of Health and Human Services); Panhandle Partnership
for Health and Human Services; and United Way of the Midlands
(host of the 211 Call/Resource Center). The University of Nebraska
Public Policy Center provides administrative and technical support
to the collaborating organizations.
Organizations providing
funding for 211 telephone service in their community include:
Central District Health Department; City of Lincoln-Lancaster
County Joint Budget Committee; City of Scottsbluff Keno Funds;
Columbus Area United Way; Cozad United Way; Eaton Corporation;
Fremont Area United Way; Gothenburg United Way; Heartland United
Way; Horizons West Medical Group, P.C.; Lexington United Way;
Lincoln Lancaster County Health Department; Nebraska Children
and Families Foundation; Sarpy/Cass Department of Health and Wellness;
Scotts Bluff County Health Department; Three Rivers Public Health
Department; Two Rivers Public Health Department; United Way of
the Kearney Area; United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County;
United Way of the Midlands; United Way of Siouxland; United Way
of South Central Nebraska; and United Way of Western Nebraska.
For more information,
contact Teri Perkins, Research Specialist, University of Nebraska
Public Policy Center, at tperkins@nebraska.edu,
or by phone at 402-472-5620.
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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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NSBA NINTH ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
The Nebraska State
Bar Association (NSBA) is pleased to host the ninth annual NSBA
Golf Scramble benefiting the Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP).
This year's tournament is scheduled for Friday, August 26, 2005
at the Platteview Country Club in Bellevue.
Proceeds from the NSBA
Golf Scramble are designated for the Volunteer Lawyers Project,
which is NSBA's statewide pro bono legal assistance program helping
low income Nebraskans with civil legal problems. The program relies
on the volunteer assistance of attorneys from all across Nebraska.
Each year volunteers donate thousands of hours of free and reduced-fee
legal services to low-income people with problems including divorce
and custody matters, simple wills, and housing problems.
Please support VLP
by helping sponsor
the NSBA Golf Scramble. Tournament Co-Sponsorships are available
for only $500 and hole sponsorships are available for $250. Prizes
are also needed for door prizes. If you wish to golf, click
here for the registration form.
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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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