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Our "Brown Bag" CLE's are open to members of the Douglas County Bar Association free of charge. Attendees typically earn one hour of CLE credit.
CLE MATERIALS
July 2011: Evidence 101: Everything You Have Forgotten Since Law School
August 2011: What Kansas Lawyers Need to Know from the 2011 Legislative Session
September 2011: Social Security Disability Law for Non-Disability Lawyers
October 2011: Pros & Cons of Recent Amendments to DUI Law; and Administrarive DL Sanctions Chart
November 2011: Basics of Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs)
Defense Bar Seminar
December 2, 2011
Agenda
Preserving Issues for Appeal
Domestic Battery Client Questionnaire
DUI
Evidence
Legislative Changes in Domestic Violence
Protection from Abuse and Stalking
Administrative DL Appeals
December 2011: Basics of Intellectual Property Law
January 2012: Overview of Human Trafficking in Kansas (Part 1 Powerpoint) and Remarks on Human Trafficking in Kansas (Part 2 PDF).
ANNOUNCEMENTS
DCBA Brown Bag CLE: Our February CLE will be on Thursday, February 16, 2012 from 12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. in the Jury Assembly Room at the Judicial & Law Enforcement Center.
Sarah Warner will present "Top 10 Kansas Civil Cases from 2011".
Handout materials will be posted on the website when available.
The Law Library's Reels of Justice Film Series will present
Ghosts of Mississippi
on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.
in the Auditorium at the Lawrence Public Library.
Ghosts of Mississippi dramatizes the trial of Byron De La Beckwith for the assassination of 1960s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It starts with the murder, and includes events surrounding the first two trials which ended with hung juries. The movie portrays District Attorney Bobby De Laughter's alliance with Evers' widow, Myrlie Evers, as he becomes more invested in bringing Beckwith to trial for the third time 30 years later. Some of the characters are played by the actual participants in this story. DeLaughter is played by Alec Baldwin, Beckwith is played by James Woods, and Myrlie Evers is played by Whoopi Goldberg.
The program will include a post-screening discussion of the law and the legal system as portrayed in the film, led by a local attorney.
For more information, visit the Law Library's Film Series Page.
Legal Essay Contest. The topic for this year's Legal Essay Contest, co-sponsored by the Law Library and DCBA, is: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Discuss and analyze why the American justice system is or is not the fairest in the world. Authors of the winning essays will be invited to the Law Day luncheon on May 1 and, in addition, the first place winner will have his or her name and school inscribed on a plaque on permanent display in the Law Library. Prizes are $750.00 for 1st place; $500.00 for 2nd place; and $250.00 for 3rd place. Contest rules and submission instructions are available on the Law Library website.
Kansas Legal Services, Inc. invites your comments and suggestions about its Private Attorney Involvement Plan for 2012. Kansas Legal Services, Inc. is a recipient of federal funds from the Legal Services Corporation. It is required to expend 12.5% of its resources on programs involving private attorneys in the delivery of civil legal services to low-income Kansans. Comments and suggestions can be directed to Marilyn Harp, Executive Director, Kansas Legal Services, Inc., 712 S. Kansas, Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66603, harpm@klsinc.org.
DCBA membership dues are due January 1. Do the online membership form, then print it and mail it with your $45.00 check to Douglas County Bar Association, P.O. Box 1966, Lawrence, KS 66044.
The Law Library Registration Fee is due January 15. Failure to pay results in suspension of filing privileges at the Clerk of Court's office and forfeiture of library key. Send the registration form with your $25.00 check to Douglas County Law Library, 111 East 11th St., Lawrence, KS 66044.
To promote the DCBA's ongoing effort to serve our community, there will be a donation jar at our monthly socials for members to make charitable contributions to a local charity/cause selected by the DCBA officers on a monthly or quarterly basis. DCBA members will be notified of the amount raised at each monthly social and the name of the selected charity.