NSBA News
NSBA Health Insurance Consortium Update
The NSBA recently completed a membership survey to gage interest in participation in a Health Insurance Consortium. We are happy to report that we have the critical mass needed to proceed!
Last month, the NSBA issued an RFP for broker services. Proposals are currently under review. It is our intent to select a broker in the coming weeks. We will then begin the process of selecting an insurance company and negotiating plan options. Stay tuned!
Join the Contact List for Updates
If you firm did not participate in the Health Insurance Consortium survey, but is interested in joining an email list for firms interested in updates on the NSBA Health Insurance Consortium, please contact Liz Neeley at Lneeley@nebar.com.
2018 Judicial Performance Evaluation
The link to the 2018 Judicial Performance Evaluation will be emailed on Monday, April 16, 2018. All active attorneys residing in Nebraska as well as some active members residing in Iowa and South Dakota will receive the link. Please check your Junk mail folders. If you have any questions, please contact Sam Clinch at sclinch@nebar.com or (402) 475-7091.
2018 Public Service Awards
The Nominating Committee of the House of Delegates of the Nebraska State Bar Association is seeking nominees for the Public Service Awards to be presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting in October. Nominations should be made on the nomination form and returned to the committee on or before June 6, 2018.
2018 NSBA Election Notices
NSBA Executive Council- 1st District
Notifications and petitions will be sent to the 1st Supreme Court District on April 27, 2018, for the Executive Council vacancy. The deadline for returning a petition will be May 30, 2018. Executive Council terms are four years.
Cloud Usage by Small/Solo Firms
The NSBA Law Practice Management Section is trying a few informal lunch meetings to discuss practice management issues. They are an opportunity to meet other attorneys involved with practice management and share tips and best practices.
The second lunch will be 12-1 pm, this Wed, Apr 11 in Omaha. Attendance is capped at 20; you do not need to be a section member to attend, but section members have a preference if RSVPs are over 20. Anyone is welcome, but the discussions will likely be of most interest to solo/small firm lawyers.
The topic for this lunch will be using the cloud for file storage and task management, with a special focus on Office 365. Brandon Gordon with Run Networks will be the guest expert. He’ll do a brief presentation and then open questions and discussion. RSVP to Lorrie Benson at NSBA.
Watergate: A Unique Look at Executive Power from Nixon to Trump
Friday, May 4, 2018
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Embassy Suites Conference Center, La Vista
3 hours of ethics in Nebraska (live and distance learning)
 Take a unique look at executive power with John Dean, former White House Counsel for President Richard Nixon, and James Robenalt. Using the Nixon years, and Watergate in particular, as a case study, Mr. Dean and Mr. Robenalt will look at authoritarian personalities and use Princeton Professor Daniel Kahneman’s work on the psychology of cover-ups to bring forth lessons on confidentiality of information and the organization as a client. Who is the client? What should a lawyer be looking for when dealing with a difficult CEO? What are a lawyer’s ethical obligations in the management of a company or government agency is engaged in ongoing crime or fraud, including obstruction of justice?
 Oval Office conversations recorded days after the Watergate break-in provide a real-time example of a president falling. Mr. Dean and Mr. Robenalt will draw on what happened then and what we are seeing now in Washington D.C. and why you need to be aware of these psychological dynamics to keep your clients and yourself out of trouble.
Thank you to the following sponsors who made this CLE program possible: Mercer, Casemaker, Creighton University School of Law, ABA Retirement Funds
REGISTER HERE: https://nebar.site-ym.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1073528&group=
2018 Family Law Seminar
Thursday, May 3, 2018
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Lincoln
6.75 hours of live and distance learning CLE, including ethics in Nebraska and Iowa
2 hours of GAL credit
CME hours pending
The NSBA Family Law Section presents the 2018 Family Law Seminar with timely and relevant topics for attorneys who practice family law followed by a networking reception sponsored by Astley Putnam, PC, LLO and Reagan Melton & Delaney, LLP. This seminar will include sessions on: Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Implementing Positive Business Practices in the Small-Firm Environment with Kelli Lieurance, Baird Holm LLP; Parental Conflicts: Special Consideration with LGBTQ Children with Megan Smith-Sallans, MS, LIMHP, LIPC; Family Law: Legislative Update with Tracy Hightower-Henne, Hightower Reff Law, LLC; Ethics and Voluntary Pro Bono Legal Services with Carol Cleaver, NSBA Volunteer Lawyers Project; The Ethics of Limited Scope Representation with Scott Hahn, Hightower Reff Law, LCC; The Desjardins Deception: Preserving Alimony Rights and Obligations in Consent Decrees with Kathryn Putnam, Astley Putnam, PC, LLO; and Updates: Case Law and Child Support Calculator with Adam Astley, Astley Putnam, PC, LLO
REGISTER HERE: https://nebar.site-ym.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1077193&group=
2018 Labor Relations & Employment Law Seminar
Friday, June 15, 2018
9:00 AM-1:00 PM at Kutak Rock LLP, Omaha
3.5 Hours of live and distance learning CLE in Nebraska and Iowa
Receiving up-to-date information on labor relations and employment issues should remain at the top of your need-to-know list, so register now for the NSBA Labor Relations & Employment Law Section’s 2018 Labor Relations & Employment Law Seminar.
- 2018 Updates and Insights on Recent Employment-Based Immigration Changes with Clete Samson, Kutak Rock LLP
- Damages in Employment Cases in Nebraska with Patrick Barrett, Fraser Stryker PC LLO, and Vince Powers, Powers Law
- Medicinal Marijuana Laws: When and How Employers Must Accommodate with John Dunn, Koley Jessen PC LLO
- A New Generation of Harassment Prevention-Trends and Strategy for Building a Harassment Prevention Program in the Wake of Weinstein with Allison Balus and Scott S. Moore, Baird Holm LLP
- Unions in the Workplace with John Corrigan, Dowd Howard & Corrigan LLC; Ross Gardner, Jackson Lewis PC; John Hewitt, Cline Williams Wright Johnson & Oldfather LLP; Dalton Tietjen, Tietjen Simon & Boyle
REGISTER HERE: http://nebar.site-ym.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1050976&group=
Improving Law Practice Management
The NSBA Law Practice Management Section is trying a few informal lunch meetings to discuss practice management issues. They are an opportunity to meet other attorneys involved with practice management and share tips and best practices.
The second lunch will be 12-1 pm, Wed, Apr 11 in Omaha. Attendance is capped at 20; you do not need to be a section member to attend, but section members have a preference if RSVPs are over 20. Anyone is welcome, but the discussions will likely be of most interest to solo/small firm lawyers.
The topic for this lunch will be tech issues, although the exact topics are still being determined. Brandon Gordon with Run Networks will be the guest expert. He’ll do a brief presentation and then open questions and discussion. RSVP to Lorrie Benson at NSBA.
Application Deadline Set for Supreme Court Judge Vacancy, 6th Judicial District
According to Supreme Court Justice William B. Cassel, the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Nebraska Supreme Court of the 6th Judicial District will hold a public hearing in District Courtroom No. 1, 3rd Floor, Lincoln County Courthouse, 301 N. Jeffers, North Platte, Nebraska, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time on Thursday, May 10, 2018. The primary place of office for the judicial vacancy is Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. At the hearing, the Commission will receive information on the qualifications of candidates to fill the vacancy in the office of Supreme Court Judge due to the death of the Honorable John F. Wright. Full Press Release
Recent Supreme Court Opinions
Week of April 6, 2018
Week of March 30, 2018
For a complete listing of recent opinions, visit the Nebraska Judicial Branch Website.
Articles
Four Reasons Not to Collect Formal Client Feedback
By Julia Figurelli-Masucci & Liz Tate, Originally Published in ABA Law Practice Today
An increasing number of law firms are implementing formal client feedback programs. This article will outline four reasons why you should not ask your clients for feedback and will provide food for thought on whether you and your firm should buck or embrace this trend. But first: What is a client feedback program, and how do they purport to work? Full Article
NLF News
2018 Barristers' Ball - April 14, 2018
The 2018 Barristers' Ball will be held at the Embassy Suites La Vista on Saturday, April 14, 2018. The theme is Escape to the Tropics.
Proceeds from the Barristers’ Ball benefit the Nebraska Lawyers Foundation
COCKTAILS & SILENT AUCTION 6:00 PM • DINNER 7:30 PM
LIVE AUCTION 8:30 PM • DANCING TO THE MUSIC OF PAM & THE PEARLS 9:00 PM Get a Sneak Peek of the Liven Auction Items
BLACK TIE OPTIONAL
Reserve your seats today! Deadline to Reserve Individual Tickets is 5:00 PM, Tuesday, April 10.
Get a Sneak Peek of the Liven Auction Items!!
15th Annual Greater Nebraska Golf Scramble - June 1, 2018
Presented by The Nebraska State Bar Association - Nebraska Lawyers Foundation
The Dismal River Golf Club
83040 Dismal River Trail, Mullen NE 69152; (308) 546-2900
Register Your Team Today Thank You to Our Sponsors
Format: 4-Person Scramble
Lunch & Driving Range: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Shotgun Start: 12:30 PM
Dinner: 5:00 PM
Entry Fee: $200 per golfer
Includes: Lunch, dinner, green fee, cart, range balls & door prize drawings
Players: Pairings will be made for individual and partial team entries
Resources
Casemaker Weekly Update
Make a Note of it!
You can add notes to any document you find in Casemaker. The note is unique to your account and cannot be seen by anyone else. When you are viewing a document you can add a note by clicking the “Notes” drop-down in the light gray bar and then selecting “Add Note.” A new window will appear and you can type in what you wish. Once you are done typing click save. The note is the stored at the top of the document. You can use the same notes menu to determine if notes or visible or hidden. Clicking the pencil icon on the note will allow you to edit the note and to delete it permanently click the “x” icon.
Sorting Results
Did you know you can sort your results by more than just relevance? Once you have completed a search, click on the View All link to see all the results in the document category you prefer. Once you do this you can sort these results by selecting a sort method from the dark gray bar above the results list. You can sort by Relevance, Most Cited, Date Decided or State (Ascending or Descending).
Downloading Documents
Of course, you can access Casemaker from anywhere in the world with internet access – but sometimes you may find you need to download a copy of a case. Casemaker allows you to do just that. While reading a case in Casemaker you will notice a set of icons on the far right in the gray toolbar area – a printer, an envelope, a folder and a floppy disk. Click on the floppy disk icon. After you click on the floppy disk icon you will see a pop up offering you a number of options. You can select various formats for the document such as Word or PDF and how many columns per a page. You can also attach any notes you have made and including treatment, citing references and highlighting. Once you have selected the options you want – just click download. The document will save on your computer or laptop. Now you can access the case – no internet required.
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