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2019 Fall Forum
We are holding our annual Fall event again in November! This year’s agenda is packed with quality CLE at a reasonable price…and features some tremendous local experts! We will open our discussion and learning with a panel on Utah’s cold cases and will be glad to include Gail Miller as our lunchtime plenary speaker, too. Breakout sessions at this year’s Forum are dynamic and wide-ranging, including criminal law, dispute resolution, well-being, and topics for new lawyers and veteran practitioners alike. In addition, as an opening session, the night before, we will host a dialogue on the new regulatory and policy reforms of the Utah Work Group which is trying to improve access to justice for our community.
We hope that you come join us!
November 14-15
Little America Hotel
500 South Main, SLC
FastCase
Effective September 1, Fastcase and the Utah State Bar will provide free access to Fastcase’s nationwide legal research system for all of its active members. This will take the place of the Casemaker service the Bar previously provided.
Each of the active members of the Utah State Bar will receive complimentary access to one of the largest law libraries in the world. This member benefit provides access to online legal research in Fastcase’s robust database and includes unlimited nationwide legal research, printing, webinar training, and reference support; it is not restricted by time or number of transactions.
The service also includes industry-leading mobile app and unlimited live, free customer support from experienced reference attorneys on the Fastcase team.
The full release is available here.
Well-Being
The Well-Being Committee for the Legal Profession (WCLP) was created in 2019 to advance the recommendations of The Utah Task Force on Lawyer & Judge Well-Being.
Report and Recommendations from THE UTAH WORK GROUP ON REGULATORY REFORM
In the latter part of 2018, the Supreme Court charged Justice Deno Himonas and Former Bar President John Lund with organizing a task force to study and make recommendations to the Court about optimizing the regulatory structure for legal services. Here is their report.
Utah Bar Journal
Sept / October 2019: In this month’s edition | President’s Message The Rule of Law| Observations of a Relatively New Appellate Judge | Water Rights General Adjudications: What’s Going on and Where Are we Now? | The “Anchor Effect” on Price Negotiations | Second Annual Innovation in Law Practice Committee Practice Management Symposium | and many more…
E.Bulletin for November 2019
In this edition: | Utah’s Pro Bono Volunteers Knock it out of the Park | Fall Forum Award Recipients | Fall Forum Award Honorees | Other People Matter: For a Thriving and Healthy Practice Prioritize Social Support | Nominations for Bar President-elect and Commissioners are Now Open |Office of OPC Launches New Website for Attorneys and Public | Utah State Bar Leadership Academy Accepting Applications for Class of 2020 | “and Justice for all” Kicks off 2020 Legal Aid Campaign for Equal Justice | 30th Annual Lawyers and Court Personnel Winter Food and Clothing Drive Slated for Dec. 13
Lighthouse Client Survey
Did you know? The top three factors when businesses are hiring an attorney are experience, area of expertise and references from their friends and neighbors. Cost ranks No. 6, tied with reputation. See the complete Lighthouse survey research data by logging into the practice portal.
Court Announcements
Meetings, Job Postings, and other Court Announcements.
2019 Fall Forum
We are holding our annual Fall event again in November! This year’s agenda is packed with quality CLE at a reasonable price…and features some tremendous local experts! We will open our discussion and learning with a panel on Utah’s cold cases and will be glad to include Gail Miller as our lunchtime plenary speaker, too. Breakout sessions at this year’s Forum are dynamic and wide-ranging, including criminal law, dispute resolution, well-being, and topics for new lawyers and veteran practitioners alike. In addition, as an opening session, the night before, we will host a dialogue on the new regulatory and policy reforms of the Utah Work Group which is trying to improve access to justice for our community.
We hope that you come join us!
November 14-15
Little America Hotel
500 South Main, SLC
FastCase
Effective September 1, Fastcase and the Utah State Bar will provide free access to Fastcase’s nationwide legal research system for all of its active members. This will take the place of the Casemaker service the Bar previously provided.
Each of the active members of the Utah State Bar will receive complimentary access to one of the largest law libraries in the world. This member benefit provides access to online legal research in Fastcase’s robust database and includes unlimited nationwide legal research, printing, webinar training, and reference support; it is not restricted by time or number of transactions.
The service also includes industry-leading mobile app and unlimited live, free customer support from experienced reference attorneys on the Fastcase team.
The full release is available here.
Well-Being
The Well-Being Committee for the Legal Profession (WCLP) was created in 2019 to advance the recommendations of The Utah Task Force on Lawyer & Judge Well-Being.
Report and Recommendations from THE UTAH WORK GROUP ON REGULATORY REFORM
In the latter part of 2018, the Supreme Court charged Justice Deno Himonas and Former Bar President John Lund with organizing a task force to study and make recommendations to the Court about optimizing the regulatory structure for legal services. Here is their report.
Utah Bar Journal
Sept / October 2019: In this month’s edition | President’s Message The Rule of Law| Observations of a Relatively New Appellate Judge | Water Rights General Adjudications: What’s Going on and Where Are we Now? | The “Anchor Effect” on Price Negotiations | Second Annual Innovation in Law Practice Committee Practice Management Symposium | and many more…
E.Bulletin for November 2019
In this edition: | Utah’s Pro Bono Volunteers Knock it out of the Park | Fall Forum Award Recipients | Fall Forum Award Honorees | Other People Matter: For a Thriving and Healthy Practice Prioritize Social Support | Nominations for Bar President-elect and Commissioners are Now Open |Office of OPC Launches New Website for Attorneys and Public | Utah State Bar Leadership Academy Accepting Applications for Class of 2020 | “and Justice for all” Kicks off 2020 Legal Aid Campaign for Equal Justice | 30th Annual Lawyers and Court Personnel Winter Food and Clothing Drive Slated for Dec. 13
Lighthouse Client Survey
Did you know? The top three factors when businesses are hiring an attorney are experience, area of expertise and references from their friends and neighbors. Cost ranks No. 6, tied with reputation. See the complete Lighthouse survey research data by logging into the practice portal.
Court Announcements
Meetings, Job Postings, and other Court Announcements.
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The Utah State Bar believes in serving the public and legal profession with excellence and, in turn, having a substantial impact on the world in which we live. Striving for excellence includes volunteering time and expertise to those who are otherwise unable to access the law due to financial circumstances. The American Bar Association states that a lawyer should aspire to render at least 50 hours of pro bono publico legal services a year. We at the Utah State Bar want to help you achieve excellence in your profession and community. That’s why we provide tools to connect you in the legal profession to individuals
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