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Arizona Attorney Magazine Arts Competition Deadline Is Next Tuesday
In just under a week, all submissions to the annual Arizona Attorney Magazine Creative Arts Competition are due. All of them. So get painting, writing, composing, shooting or whatever else gets your...
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Facebook Features May Improve Association Member Engagement
About a month ago, I wrote about a workshop on social media I will help lead. Thank you to those who provided their general insights about the topic. But now, in a week, is when the rubber hits the...
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Green Initiative by @AZStateBar Includes No More Printed CLE Materials
Recently, the State Bar of Arizona made the paperless plunge—declining to provide written materials at continuing legal education seminars. What do you think of this paperless initiative as it applies...
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Annotating Your Electronic CLE Materials on the IPad
Last week I wrote about a paperless initiative of the State Bar of Arizona. As part of it, the Bar will no longer print hard copies of CLE materials. As you might guess, I got an earful—though a good...
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Reunion of Leadership Institute a Success for @AZStateBar
Reunion of graduates of the State Bar of Arizona Bar Leadership Institute, Jan. 24, 2013, Phoenix, Ariz. Last evening, the State Bar of Arizona hosted its first BLI Reunion. It’s the first such event...
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Attorneys Across Nation Face Rising Threats of Physical Violence
Last Thursday, John Phelps wrote candidly about violence against lawyers in an Arizona Republic op-ed. John is the CEO/Executive Director of the State Bar of Arizona. Here is how he opened his...
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Memories of Mark Hummels by @JgreeneJenna
Mark Hummels with his children at the Grand Canyon I did not intend this week’s posts to focus entirely on violence against lawyers and in the legal profession (and they won’t). But I could not let a...
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Mark Harrison of @OsbornMaledon Wins @ABAesq Award for @JusticeStake Work
Mark Harrison Last week we heard some great news about an Arizona lawyer from the national organization Justice at Stake. Mark Harrison is a member at Osborn Maledon, as well as the board chairman of...
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The @AZStateBar Bar Flys Run for John Roll Memorial Fund
A few of the Bar Flys smile after completing the P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, January 2013. News from the State Bar of Arizona: “State Bar members, employees, Arizona law school students, and...
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New Technology Newsletter by @AZStateBar Is Out
The State Bar’s electronic newsletter dedicated to technology items has just come out in its winter 2013 issue. As I’ve mentioned before, this quarterly news source provides a wide variety of headlines...
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Arizona Lawyers, @AZStateBar Aid Veterans in StandDown Event
Volunteer lawyers counsel veterans at the 2013 Arizona StandDown. (photo: Alberto Rodriguez) Today, I share some great news from the State Bar of Arizona, as communicated by my colleague Alberto...
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Minority Bar Convention of @AZStateBar To Cover Diversity, Inclusion, Client...
The State Bar of Arizona’s annual Minority Bar Convention will occur next week, on April 4 and 5. Presented by the Committee on Minorities and Women in the Law, it will be held at the Desert Willow...
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Diversity, Inclusion Vital to Excellent Journalism, says @pbsgwen
Are you still on the bubble as to whether to attend this week’s Minority Bar Convention? Well, let me tell you about a rousing lecture delivered last night. It was by a journalist, not a lawyer, but it...
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Law Day Events by @AZStateBar To Provide Free Legal Information
Abraham Lincoln would want you to share news of the State Bar’s great Law Day event. (painting by John Holcomb) The State Bar of Arizona has a rich tradition of participating in Law Day, that annual...
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YLD Picnic Gathers @AZStateBar Attorneys, Families
The McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park was the site of the first annual YLD picnic. You’ve got to love it when a plan comes together. That must have been what the State Bar of Arizona Young Lawyers...
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Talented Staff of @AZStateBar Serve the Public on @UnivisionAZ Call-In Program
State Bar employees Mirna Lerma, Ayde Gutierrez, Sulema Bucio and Mabel Ramirez at the TV studio for A Su Lado. I regularly share updates from my State Bar of Arizona colleague Alberto Rodriguez,...
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Bar Leadership Institute of @AZStateBar Honors 14 Lawyer Graduates
2013 BLI Graduates—Back row, L to R: Brad Martin, Blair Moses, Elizabeth Kruschek, Buck Rocker, Doreen McPaul, Ray Ybarra Maldonado. Front row, L to R: Chris Tozzo, Tabatha LaVoie, Nicole Ong, Laura...
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Content + Attitude = Event Success, a la @nichemediahq
What can event organizers learn from a man with cool glasses eating a Goo Goo Cluster? Quite a bit, I’d wager. Carl Landau, Niche Digital, eats a Nashville specialty. Happy Change of Venue Friday. That...
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High School Kids Invited to @AZStateBar Summer Law Camp
No, in fact. This is NOT the State’s Bar’s Summer Law Camp. If you have school-aged kids at home, they likely had their last day of school about a week ago. And they got bored around the house about...
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.@AZStateBar Expects 1,700 Attorneys at 80th Annual Convention #azbarcon
What follows is a great summary of this week’s State Bar of Arizona Convention, as written by my colleague Alberto Rodriguez: The State Bar of Arizona today kicks off its 2013 Annual Convention at the...
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