SOLO AND SMALL FIRM CONFERENCE
You do not have to
be in a smaller firm to benefit from the Solo and Small Firm
Conference June 14-16. You will find a wealth of valuable practice
and substantive-law information to be gained at this conference
offering some 25 sessions, including general sessions and concurrent
breakouts. The program planners brought in well-known speakers
from outside Nebraska as well as Nebraska experts to talk about
issues ranging from collecting fees to ethical marketing, staying
on top of tech and law practice management trends, and more –
family law, estate and probate, DUI, and real estate issues.
If you are a solo or in a smaller law firm, you should make it
a point to go to this event, even if it is the only program you
attend this year.
Click here to
view the brochure or
here to register online.
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COURT
CASE ONE TIME SEARCH NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
Are you worried about the backgrounds of the people working
at your child’s daycare center, the people you hire, the
people living in your
neighborhood or who your son or daughter is dating? Need answers?
Investigate using a new online service,
Court Case One Time Search, available at www.Nebraska.gov
Nebraska’s Office
of the State Court Administrator launched this new service
in collaboration with Nebraska.gov, the state’s official website.
The Court Case One
Time Search provides access to more than 7.1 million court
cases in all 93 county courts and 92 of the state’s 93 district
courts (excluding
the district court in Douglas County). “One
time court searches make accessing state court records more
available
for the general population.
We are very pleased to add this online service for
Nebraska citizens,” said State Court Administrator Janice K.
Walker.
Also known as the
JUSTICE system, the search can provide all of the public information
about a case, as it has been entered through the court
system. This information includes,
but is not limited to:
Case Detail, such as the date and outcome of the trial, what the case
was about and who the judge was.
Party Listing, including the plaintiff and defendant, and often times
their associated attorneys.
Court cost information, including all fees associated with the case.
Payments by and to the court.
Register of actions, so you can follow everything that's been done with
the case up to, during, and after the case, should it have been
recorded.
State Court Administrator Walker says, “This service will increase the availability
of court records and benefit the public.”
About Nebraska.gov
Nebraska.gov (www.Nebraska.gov)
is managed and operated without tax funds through a public-private
partnership between the state and Nebraska
Interactive, the Lincoln-based
official eGovernment partner for the state of
Nebraska. Nebraska Interactive is a subsidiary of eGovernment
firm NIC.
About NIC
NIC manages more eGovernment
services than any provider in the world. The company
helps government communicate more effectively with citizens
and businesses by putting
essential services online. NIC provides eGovernment solutions
for 2,200 state and local agencies that serve more than 60
million people in
the United States. Additional information is available at www.nicusa.com.
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CHARITABLE
FUNDS INC. UPCOMING EVENTS
Please mark your calendars for any or all of the upcoming
CFI events in 2007.
May
18,
2007 –
4th Annual NSBA-CFI Greater Nebraska Golf Scramble, Bayside
Golf Club, Ogallala. Registration includes,
golf cart, driving range, lunch and
dinner. Prizes awarded to the top two teams,
along with hole prizes and raffle items. Proceeds will benefit
VLP. If you wish to be a sponsor,
click here.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2007
SPONSORS FOR THE GREATER NEBRASKA GOLF
SCRAMBLE!!
August
20, 2007- 11th Annual NSBA-CFI Golf Scramble, Oak
Hills Country Club, Omaha. Registration includes, golf cart,
driving range, lunch
and
dinner. Prizes awarded to top teams
in two flights, along with hole prizes and raffle items.
Proceeds will benefit VLP. If you wish to be a sponsor,
click here.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2007
SPONSORS FOR THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL VLP
GOLF SCRAMBLE!!
More detailed
information to follow in the upcoming months. If you or your
members are interested in further information on any of these
events, please contact Sam
Clinch at 800-927-0117, ext. 25.
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THE 2008
EIGHTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL CONFERENCE
The 2008 Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference will be
held August 11 - 15,
2008 at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificnet Mile. The conference
is
open to all attorneys who practice in the seven states of the
Eighth Circuit and all attorneys are invited and
encouraged to attend.
Click
here for additional information....
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NEW LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER FOR CHILD WELFARE LAWYERS
The Nebraska Appleseed
Center for Law in the Public Interest (Nebraska Appleseed)
announces the recent launch of the Foster Care Reform Legal
Resource Center for child welfare lawyers.
The Legal Resource Center features a Nebraska child welfare
listserv. Through the listserv, Appleseed sends regular updates
highlighting child welfare case law, policy and legislative developments,
and foster care reform issues. The listserv also provides a forum
for list members to communicate with one another about issues
and challenges that arise in their juvenile court practices.
To sign up for the Nebraska child welfare listserv, go to http://www.neappleseed.org/lrc.
The overall goal of the Legal Resource Center is to support
child welfare lawyers - guardians ad litem and attorneys for
biological and foster parents – in enforcing the legal rights
of children and families, developing positive precedents in juvenile
cases, and advocating for policies and practices that will create
systemic change.
The Foster Care Reform Legal Resource Center can provide child
welfare lawyers with:
• Legal research on constitutional or statutory issues implicating
targeted systemic issues in the system
• Information on child welfare reform that is occurring across
the state and nationally, including case law and legislative
developments
• Co-counseling, intervention, and development of amicus briefs
in selected cases involving systemic policy issues
In the future, the Legal Resource Center will also provide:
• Resources including sample pleadings and briefs on systemic
issues in juvenile law practice
• Collaborative trainings
For more information, please visit http://www.neappleseed.org/lrc or contact Sarah Helvey at shelvey@neappleseed.org or 402-438-8853,
ext. 106.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SUPREME COURT UNIFORM GARNISHMENT FORMS
The
Supreme Court is seeking comment on proposed amendments to
the following Supreme Court uniform garnishment forms: The
Summons and Order of Garnishment, the garnishment interrogatories
and the Notice to Judgment Debtor.
Anyone desiring to comment
on these proposed amendments should do so in writing to the
office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals,
P.O. Box 98910, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-8910, or via e-mail
to lasmussen@nsc.state.ne.us, no later than June 15, 2007.
Notice of Comment Period for Proposed Amendments to Supreme
Court Uniform Garnishment Forms
http://court.nol.org/rules/amendments/NoticeGarnishmentForms.pdf
Summons and Order of Garnishment with Interrogatories
http://court.nol.org/rules/amendments/Summons&OrderofGarnishment.pdf
Notice to Judgment Debtor
http://court.nol.org/rules/amendments/NoticetoJudgmentDebtor.pdf
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NSBA 2007 PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD NOMINATIONS
The NSBA is accepting nominations for the 2007 Public Service
Awards. The deadline for the nominations is June 1, 2007. Go
to www.nebar.com for the award criteria, nomination form and
list of past recipients.
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AUDIO FILE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON VOLUNTARY SENTENCING GUIDELINES
ON WEB SITE
An audio recording of the Supreme Court's Public Hearing
on Voluntary Sentencing Guidelines, April 25, 2007 has been added
to the Judicial Branch Web site:
Supreme Court page -- Quick Links, last item: Audio file of
Public Hearing on Voluntary Sentencing Guidelines 4/25/07
http://www.supremecourt.ne.gov/supreme-court/index.shtml?sub1
www.supremecourt.ne.gov, click on Supreme Court page in left
hand menu, click on last item in Quick Links on right hand
side.
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