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e-bar (Volume 8, No. 2)
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
4ALL UPDATE: “PARTICIPATE” EYES APRIL 4, “DONATE” TOPS $275,000
The NCBA’s 4ALL Task Force scarcely stopped to catch its breath over the holidays. The Participate working group is counting down to Friday, April 4, when volunteer attorneys will staff a statewide toll-free telephone network based in Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, New Bern, Raleigh, Wilmington and Winston-Salem. Mark this date now and plan to sign up online to participate when the NCBA rolls out its new 4ALL Web site redesign in a few weeks. The Donate working group is also making great progress with more than $275,000 contributed toward the new LANC Fund from 377 donors. Access the link below to show your support, and be on the lookout for how you can participate in the Statewide Service Day on April 4!
https://www.ncbar.org/foundation/endowment/lancFund.aspx
LAW FIRMS CAN LEARN A LOT FROM CONSUMER WEB SITES
Looking to drive more traffic to your law firm’s Web site? Consider yourself, literally, and experiences you may have encountered when surfing the Internet. More business-to-business Web sites, including law firms, are adopting marketing techniques based on consumer sites. So whether you’re comparing prices and products or looking for a lawyer, you’re more likely to consider sites that are fast, visually appealing and user-friendly. Some consumer-driven trends to consider: linking off-site, search functions and Wikipedia entries. “Wiki” what? Access the link below for more.
http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/PubArticleFriendlyLT.jsp?id=1199441124884
IN MEMORIAM
The North Carolina Bar Association has learned of the deaths of attorneys William Yates Manson of Durham, 72, and Michael George DeSilva of Wilmington, 68. Manson, who served as a District Court judge from 1989 until his retirement from the bench in 1996, died Dec. 29. DeSilva served as an assistant district attorney in Fayetteville and Wilmington. He died Dec. 27. Complete obituaries are accessible via the link below.
http://www.ncbar.org/membership/memoriam/index.aspx
LAW SCHOOLS, NCBA SPONSORING EASTERN & WESTERN JOB FAIRS
The NCBA and the state’s law schools – Campbell, Charlotte, Duke, Elon, NCCU, UNC and Wake Forest – are joining forces this spring to sponsor the 2008 N.C. Law School Consortium Eastern and Western Job Fairs. The programs, scheduled Saturday, March 29, at the Charlotte School of Law (West) and Saturday, April 5, at the N.C. Bar Center in Cary (East), will enable employers in firms and companies of 25 or fewer attorneys to interview students for summer clerkships or entry-level positions. Unfortunately, NCBA law student members from out of state are not eligible to participate. More information and an online registration form, due Jan. 31, are accessible via the link below.
http://fs7.formsite.com/ncbar/JobFair/index.html
TECHNOLOGY, FAMILY/PROBLEM-SOLVING COURTS SEEN AS KEY TRENDS
The National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg, Va., has released the latest installment in its ongoing report on trends affecting the state courts. “Future Trends in State Courts 2007” features articles devoted to recent developments in three key areas: technology, families and problem-solving courts, and promising practices (language interpreters in civil cases, retention elections, etc.) Access the link below for the entire document, which takes a few seconds to download, or click here for the table of contents with links to individual articles. The National Center for State Courts also publishes a semi-annual report on judicial salaries; click here for the latest edition of that document.
http://www.ncsconline.org/WC/Publications/KIS_CtFutu_Trends07.pdf
WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
The newest NCBA member benefit, Mediator provides innovative legal search tools in Medline (life sciences, including medical and pharma) and Cochrane (best care practice) databases (17 million articles) to help identify the most relevant scientific evidence for your case. Mediator is available to members at 50% off the regular subscription price. See their affinity partner page for more information, a demo, free trial or subscription information.
http://www.ncbar.org/membership/affinityPartners/collexis.aspx
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