CHARITABLE FUNDS INC.,
CFI's Barristers' Ball
The First Annual Barristers’ Ball
"Starry Starry Night " is scheduled for April
30, 2005 at the Hilton Omaha Downtown. The Barristers' Ball
is a black-tie optional celebration in the cause of improving
access to justice in Nebraska. Over 400 leaders from the
fields of law, business, government, and community development
from across the state will be attending. The ball includes
a reception, gourmet dinner, silent and live auctions and
a dance. Through corporate sponsorship and generous patrons,
the ball is expected to raise substantial dollars that fund
the NSBA's Pro Bono legal services program, the Volunteer
Lawyers Project. To be a law firm sponsor or to buy a table,
click here. To buy tickets online, go to http://www.nebar.com/store/category.asp?category=81
THANK
YOU TO THE SPONSORS OF THE BARRISTERS BALL!!
Mark your calendars!! The second annual Race Judicata is
scheduled for April 30, 2005 at Chalco Hills
THANK
YOU TO THE SPONSORS OF THE SECOND ANNUAL RACE JUDICATA!!
Don't miss out on the second annual
Greater Nebraska Golf Scramble on June 17, 2005 at Wild
Horse Golf Course in Gothenburg!
THANK
YOU TO THE SPONSORS OF THE SECOND ANNUAL GREATER NEBRASKA
GOLF TOURNAMENT!!
The ninth annual NSBA golf tournament will be August 26,
2005 at the Platteview Country Club!
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THE NSBA HAS OFFICE FURNITURE FOR SALE
Board room table - $250
Board room chairs - $50/each or $40/each if you buy all 14
chairs
Side chairs - $50/each or $30/each if you buy all 5 chairs
Reception desk with (2) 3-drawer lateral filing cabinet -
$250
To purchase, please contact Mark Gooden at 1-800-927-0117
or at mgooden@nebar.com
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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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HOUSE MEETINGS
CLICK
HERE FOR THE NSBA CALENDAR
Future meetings of the House of Delegates will be held on
Friday, April 22, 2005 at University of Nebraska-Kearney and
on Thursday, November 10, 2005 at the Cornhusker Hotel in
Lincoln, during the 2005 Annual Meeting.
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YOUNG LAWYERS BEST PRACTICES
SEMINAR SERIES
You are invited by the Nebraska State
Bar Association's Mentoring Committee and Young Lawyers Section to
attend, free of charge, the Best Practices seminar series. The
eight session series will focus on a wide range of substantive
topics and will offer practical training for new lawyers and
identify available resources to aid in your practice. The sessions
will be led by experienced Nebraska attorneys who will offer
insight, from a practical prospective, on how to successfully
practice law. Additionally, at the conclusion of each seminar, the
Nebraska State Bar Association will sponsor a free Reception for
the participants to get to know each other and other members of
the Nebraska Bar. Here is your opportunity to obtain high quality
training at no cost and meet many fellow Bar Members.
The first session of 2005 is scheduled for February 9, 2005
at the Hall of Justice, Courtroom #32. Chief Justice Hendry,
Judge Kopf, Judge Flowers, Judge Hoffert and Judge Lovell
will discuss what lawyers should and should not be doing in
their courtrooms. A reception will follow. Click here for the registration form.
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JUDICIAL VACANCY EXISTS IN THE OFFICE OF COUNTY JUDGE OF THE
2ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
January 10, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Judicial Resources Commission will hold a public hearing
pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-1204 to determine the
following:
(1) Whether, based on the judicial workload statistics, a
judicial vacancy exists in the office of county judge of the
2nd Judicial District, due to the retirement of the Honorable
Larry F. Fugit, effective April 1, 2005, and make a recommendation
to the Supreme Court as to the principal place of office of
said vacancy.
(2) Whether, based on the judicial workload statistics, a
judicial vacancy exists in the office of county judge of the
5th Judicial District, due to the retirement of the Honorable
Gary F. Hatfield, effective March 31, 2005, and make a recommendation
to the Supreme Court as to the principal place of office of
said vacancy.
The hearing is scheduled for Monday, February 14, 2005, at
10:00 a.m., central time. The hearing will be held in the
Lincoln Executive Building, Suite 103, 521 South 14th St.,
Lincoln, Nebraska, and will include participation from the
Panhandle Education Center, High Plains room, 4502 Ave. I,
in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and from the State Office Building,
Rm. 207, 2nd Floor, 1313 Farnam Street, in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Commission makes its determination based on weighted caseloads,
adequate access to the courts by litigants, population, judicial
duties, travel time and other factors necessary to assure
efficiency and service of the court system.
Following the hearing, the commission will make a recommendation
to the Legislature of their determination.
Commission members are:
Supreme Court Justice Michael McCormack, Chairperson
Alan L. Brodbeck, O'Neill
Robert P. Chaloupka, Scottsbluff
Thomas B. Dawson, Lincoln
Riko E. Bishop, Lincoln
Thomas F. Hoarty, Omaha
Ronald Furse, Aurora
Jolanda J. Kuzma, Lincoln
Nicole R. Neesen, Omaha
Jane Morgan, Gordon
Mark M. Sipple, Columbus
Gerald E. Moran, Omaha
Robert J. Parker, Hastings
Margie A. Smith, Bellevue
Patricia McQuillan, Greeley
Sharlon Rodgers, Omaha
D. Paul Hartnett, Bellevue
Any member of the public is entitled to attend the Nebraska
Judicial Resources Commission hearing and present, either
orally or in writing, any pertinent information concerning
the existence of a judicial vacancy. If anyone wishes to present
written material at the hearing, a copy of such material should
be furnished to the Chairperson at least one week prior to
the hearing.
For special accommodations relating to the Americans with
Disabilities Act, please call (402) 471-3730.
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RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
January, 2005 – amendments to the Rules of Practice and Procedure
Neb. Ct.
R. of Prac. 5(b)(3)(d): Amended to clarify the existing rule
that bills
of exceptions cannot be altered in any way.
Janet Bancroft
jhammer@nsc.state.ne.us
Nebraska Supreme Court Public Information Officer The Executive
Building, 521 South 14th Street, Suite 200 Lincoln, NE 68509
P: 402-471-3205 F:402-471-3071
web: www.nebraskacourt.com
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APPLICATION DEADLINE SET FOR COUNTY COURT JUDGE VACANCY, 4TH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT
LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Kenneth
C. Stephan, the Judicial Nominating Commission for County
Judge in the 4th Judicial District (consisting of Douglas
County) will hold a public hearing in the Hall of Justice,
1701 Farnam Street, Courtroom # 5, Fifth Floor, in Omaha,
Nebraska, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 11, 2005.
At the hearing, the Commission will receive information on
the qualifications of candidates to fill the vacancy in the
office of County Judge due to the retirement of Judge Samuel
V. Cooper, effective February 1, 2005.
The public is welcome to attend the hearing and present information
concerning candidates for the judicial opening. Individuals
interested in applying for the position must do so on an approved
form available through the Chairperson of the Commission or
the Office of the State Court Administrator, P.O. Box 98910,
Lincoln, NE 68509. The application form may also be printed
from the Nebraska Judicial Branch Web site at www.nebraskacourt.com/manual/application.htm.
Completed applications must be returned no later than 5:00
p.m., Friday, February 18, 2005, to the Chairperson, Justice
Stephan, at the above-stated address or delivered to the office
of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Room 2413, State Capitol.
A listing of the members of the Judicial Nominating Commission
can be found on the Nebraska Judicial Branch Web site at www.nebraskacourt.com/jnc/rostercc4.htm.
For special accommodations relating to the Americans with
Disabilities Act, please call (402) 471-3730. For persons
with hearing impairments, please call the Nebraska Relay System,
7-1-1. AA/EOE.
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APPLICATION DEADLINE SET FOR DISTRICT COURT JUDGE VACANCY,
4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
January 20, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 18, 2005, Application Deadline Set for District
Court Judge
Vacancy, 4th Judicial District
LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice Kenneth C.
Stephan, the Judicial Nominating Commission for District Judge
in the 4th Judicial District (consisting of Douglas County)
will hold a public hearing in the Hall of Justice, 1701 Farnam
Street, Courtroom # 5, Fifth Floor, in Omaha Nebraska, beginning
at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 14, 2005. At the hearing, the
Commission will receive information on the qualifications
of candidates to fill the vacancy in the office of District
Judge due to the retirement of Judge Robert V. Burkhard.
The public is welcome to attend the hearing and present
information concerning candidates for the judicial opening.
Individuals interested in applying for the position must do
so on an approved form available through the Chairperson of
the Commission or the Office of the State Court Administrator,
P.O. Box 98910, Lincoln, NE 68509. The application form may
also be printed from the Nebraska Judicial Branch Web site
at www.nebraskacourt.com/manual/application.htm. Completed
applications must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday,
February 18, 2005, to the Chairperson, Justice Stephan, at
the above-stated address or delivered to the office of the
Clerk of the Supreme Court, Room 2413, State Capitol.
A listing of the members of the Judicial Nominating Commission
can be found on the Nebraska Judicial Branch Web site at www.nebraskacourt.com/jnc/rosterdc4.htm.
For special accommodations relating to the Americans with
Disabilities Act, please call (402) 471-3730. For persons
with hearing impairments, please call the Nebraska Relay System,
7-1-1. AA/EOE.
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APPLICATION DEADLINE SET FOR DISTRICT COURT JUDGE VACANCY,
2ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
January 20, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 18, 2005, Application Deadline Set for District
Court Judge
Vacancy, 2nd Judicial District
LINCOLN -- According to Supreme Court Justice William M.
Connolly, the Judicial Nominating Commission for District
Judge in the 2nd Judicial District (consisting of Cass, Sarpy
and Otoe Counties) will hold a public hearing in Courtroom
# 3 at the Sarpy County Courthouse, 1210 Golden Gate Drive,
in Papillion, Nebraska, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Monday,
March 14, 2005. The principal place of office for the judicial
vacancy is Papillion. At the hearing, the Commission will
receive information on the qualifications of candidates to
fill the vacancy in the office of District Judge due to the
retirement of Judge Ronald E. Reagan, effective February 1,
2005.
The public is welcome to attend the hearing and present
information concerning candidates for the judicial opening.
Individuals interested in applying for the position must do
so on an approved form available through the Chairperson of
the Commission or the Office of the State Court Administrator,
P.O. Box 98910, Lincoln, NE 68509. The application form may
also be printed from the Nebraska Judicial Branch Web site
at www.nebraskacourt.com/manual/application.htm.
Completed applications must be returned no later than 5:00
p.m., Friday, February 18, 2005, to the Chairperson, Justice
Connolly, at the above-stated address or delivered to the
office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Room 2413, State
Capitol.
A listing of the members of the Judicial Nominating Commission
can be found on the Nebraska Judicial Branch Web site at www.nebraskacourt.com/jnc/rostercc&dc2.htm.
For special accommodations relating to the Americans with
Disabilities Act, please call (402) 471-3730. For persons
with hearing impairments, please call the Nebraska Relay System,
7-1-1. AA/EOE.
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ABA TECHNOLOGY SHOW
Attend the ABA TECHSHOW March 31 – April 2, 2005 at the
Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, and get up-to-speed on
the latest and greatest in legal technology! ABA TECHSHOW
is the world’s premier legal technology conference and expo.
Produced by the ABA Law Practice Management Section (www.lawpractice.org),
ABA TECHSHOW offers more than 50 education sessions in twelve
exciting tracks and a two-day expo featuring the latest cutting-edge
technology. To register, visit http://www.abanet.org/techshow/register.
Complete information including sessions, speakers, and vendors
can be found at www.techshow.com.
Big Savings! Sign up by February 18, 2004 and receive a $100
discount off the $795 registration fee. Sign up through the
Nebraska State Bar Association using the following program
promoter code PP07and receive an additional $100!
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LEGAL DIVERSITY SUMMIT
Nebraska’s first Legal Diversity Summit has been scheduled
for April 11, 2005 from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Embassy Suites
(555 S. 10th Street) in Omaha. This important event will include:
Keynote Speaker: Dennis Archer, the first African American
President of the American Bar Association, former Michigan
Supreme Court Justice, former mayor of Detroit, and named
one of the United States’ Most Powerful Attorneys by the National
Law Journal.
Sessions on how to improve your efforts to recruit and retain
attorneys of color.
Networking Reception with minority law students from Nebraska,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and South Dakota.
Introduction of Nebraska’s new Legal Diversity Website, a
new venue for Nebraska’s legal employers to specifically recruit
attorneys of color.
This conference is a joint effort of the Nebraska State Bar
Association, the Midlands Bar Association, the Nebraska Hispanic
Bar Association, the Nebraska Supreme Court, the Minority
and Justice Implementation Committee, Creighton University
School of Law and the University of Nebraska College of Law.
The goal of this event is to bring legal employers together
to focus on increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of
our profession. We hope that you will come away from this
conference with some new ways of understanding the value of
a diverse workforce, strategies for recruiting and retaining
attorneys of color, and a renewed commitment to work together
toward a more diverse legal community in Nebraska. For more
information or to register for the event, contact Liz Neeley,
PhD at the Nebraska State Bar Association at (402) 475-7091
or lneeley@nebar.com.
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NOTICE OF COMMENT PERIOD: PROPOSED RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
On February 17, 2004 the Nebraska State Bar Association
filed a “petition to Adopt Rules of Professional Conduct Governing
Attorneys,” case No. S-36-040001, in which the NSBA requested
that the Nebraska Supreme Court adopt the proposed Nebraska
Rules of Professional Conduct and repeal Nebraska’s Code of
Professional Responsibility. On April 2, 2004 the proposed
rules were published for comment by the Supreme Court for
a period which ran until July 16, 2004. Thereafter, the Court
considered the proposed rules as submitted by the NSBA and
all comments received.
The Supreme Court has completed its review and has, with
the exceptions noted below, made no revisions to the rules
as they were proposed by the NSBA Ethics Committee in its
petition. Any revisions made by the Court to the Committee’s
proposed rules are indicated in the revised proposed rules
by highlighting, underscoring, or strikeouts. Besides minor
editing changes made by the Court, the following is a list
of those rules in which the most significant revisions were
made by the Court:
Rule 1.1(b); Rule 1.5(b); Rule 1.6(b)(1); Rule 1.6(c); Rule
1.6 at Comment [6];
Rule 1.9 (d), (e) and (f); Rule 1.15 (a); Rule 1.17(b) and
Comment [8];
Rule 3.3(a)(3) and Comments [10] and [11]; and Rule 6.1 at
Comment [5].
The Nebraska Supreme Court invites interested persons to
comment on the revised proposed Nebraska Rules of Professional
Conduct. Anyone desiring to comment on the revised proposed
rules should do so in writing to the office of the Clerk of
the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, P.O. Box 98910, Lincoln,
NE 68509-8910, or via e-mail to lasmussen@nsc.state.ne.us,
no later than March 14, 2005.
The full text of the revised proposed Nebraska Rules of
Professional Conduct is available at the Nebraska Supreme
Court’s Web site address, http://court.nol.org/rules/,
or a hard copy of the revised proposed rules may be obtained
from the NSBA by sending a request by mail to the Nebraska
State Bar Association, Jane Schoenike, P.O. Box 81809, Lincoln,
NE 68501-1809, or via e-mail to jschoenike@nebar.com.
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