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Bar Lunch: 3/7/08

There will be no speakers at the upcoming meeting.
Place: Salad Station
Date: March 7, 2008
Time: 12:00 p.m.

At our next meeting, March 21, 2008, Rob Onnen will be presenting the following CLE:
Topic: 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges and the Farm Bill

We need the following:
1. Volunteers for committee to review the proposed “Legal Technician Rule”. The Board of Governors is requesting comments on a proposed rule to allow non-attorney “technicians” to take on duties currently reserved for practicing attorneys.
2. Volunteers to review scholarship notebooks. The notebooks will be ready for review by March 20. Committee members are needed now to put together this year’s screening criteria.

See you Friday,
Patrick M. Irwin

Bar Lunch: 2/15/08

Clallam County Bar Association Meeting
Please join us:
Place: Salad Station
Date: February 15, 2008
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Speaker: A representative from YMCA Youth and Government will be speaking at the meeting.
Also, there is a proposal to move one of the scholarships from Port Angeles High School to Sequim High School this year. It has been the tradition to help out the children of Bar Members. Tom Angier’s daughter is a senior this year and goes to Sequim High School.

Bar lunch: 2/1/08 CLE: Disability discrimination in employment

The first Friday of the month is here again!
Please join us:
Place: Salad Station
Date: February 1, 2008
Time: 12:00 p.m.
For those looking for CLE credit, I (Patrick Irwin) will be presenting on:
“An Update on Disability Discrimination in Employment:
You Can’t Fire Anybody Anymore”
There is a modest fee of $20.00 payable to Pro Bono of Clallam and Jefferson Counties.
CLE credit approval is pending.
Also, please note that Robert Vienneau, a volunteer attorney with Pro Bono, will be having a piano recital with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Clallam County Pro Bono. His flyer is attached.

Bar Lunch: 1/18/09 Scholarship notebook

Clallam County Bar Meeting
January 18, 2008 , noon, at the Salad Station
Carol Mortensen to preside in Patrick Irwin’s absence. There is no program scheduled for the meeting. However, scholarship notebook time is upon us. Volunteers for the Scholarship Committee should give their names to either Carol Mortensen or Patrick Irwin. If there are any children graduating who are related to you or the staff in your respective firms, and they have a scholarship notebook, please pass this information on.

Patrick M. Irwin
2008 Clallam County Bar President

Bar Lunch: 1/4/08

The first bar lunch of the year is Friday, January 4, 2008, at the Salad Station. Please bring topics for CLE’s you would like to hear this year. Patrick Irwin is the bar president for 2008.

Bar lunch: CLE US Olympic Committee trademark actions

Bar Lunch is this Friday, December 7, 2007 at the Salad Station at 12:00 p.m.

Jacques Dulin will be doing a CLE on Trademarks and the United States Olympic Committee’s assault on local businesses that use the word Olympic in their name. Jacques has been a member of the Patent Bar since 1966 and has been practicing in Sequim since 2004. He also is an active member of the California bar and is on inactive status with the Virginia and Illinois Bar. Cost is $20.00, made out to Pro Bono.

In other news, the soon-to-be Judge S. Brooke Taylor was present at our last meeting and we took the time to give him some feedback on the Superior Court’s proposed schedule. Most of the comments were very positive. If you have further feedback you’ll want to get something to Lindy Clevenger, the Superior Court Administrator as soon as possible. I know the judges will want to have the new schedule in place right after the New Year.

President-elect elections will be at our last meeting of the year on December 21, 2007.

Bar Lunch: 11/2/07, Clerk’s Office subscription policy

In the food department, the restaurant will be adding deli sandwiches to their menu.

In the news department, this week, we’ll be discussing the new proposed subscription policy in the Superior Court Clerk’s office. I’ve had a few emails about this so we’ll discuss the issue and try to send some sort of a recommendation back to Barb Christensen. Your input is solicited and appreciated.

by Michelle Ahrens

9/21 bar lunch: with clerk Barb Christiansen

By Michelle Ahrens

Barb Christensen asked me to get an email out to the bar about getting copies of juror profiles prior to trials. She, apparently, heard that there were some grumblings around the courthouse about lawyers not being able to access juror profiles. This is not true. Previously, there had been an issue with the new software program. That issue has been remedied. The attorney of record on a case may now request copies of the juror profiles for a trial as much as one week in advance of the trial. One copy will be provided at no charge.
If you have any questions about this or any other issues in the Superior Court Clerk’s Office, Barb would like you to know her door is always open. She will also be joining us at our bar lunch on September 21, 2007 to further update us on issues in the Superior Court Clerk’s Office.