Utah Bar Young Lawyers Division

JANUARY 17, 2009
SALT LAKE COUNTY
Utah State Bar Young Lawyers Division & Wills for Heroes
Fire Station Number 53
7602 South Jordan Landing Blvd,
West Jordan
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

The Utah State Bar Young Lawyers Division invites all attorneys living and working in Salt Lake County to volunteer their time for the Wills for Heroes pro bono event scheduled for January 17, 2009. Wills for Heroes provides, through volunteer attorneys, wills and other estate planning documents for emergency first responders and their spouses or partners. There are over 100 Salt Lake County first responders and their significant others that will qualify to have Wills for Heroes prepare their free estate planning documents on January 17, 2009.

The YLD will teach you all you need to know to participate in this great volunteer
opportunity – you just need to attend the mandatory training session held 30 minutes prior to the event, and sign up to confirm your intent to volunteer. We need volunteer attorneys for shifts between 3 and 6 hours long.

SIGN UP
To sign up to volunteer on January 17, 2009, please visit http://www.utahbar.org/sections/yld/willsforheroes/calendar.html and complete the online sign up form. Please know that you may sign up for multiple shifts or the entire day. If you are unable to complete the sign-up form online, then please contact Tiffany Brown at tbrown@dadlaw.net or (801) 521-6383.

REQUIRED TRAINING
All interested attorney volunteers must attend the mandatory pre-event training session, unless you have previously been trained. The training session will be offered from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at 7602 South Jordan Landing Blvd, West Jordan. Attorney volunteers will be trained on the HotDocs® program, receive a primer on basic estate planning, and will qualify for one hour of CLE/NLCLE credit. If you intend to have an assistant complete data entry during the event, then please have your assistant attend the HotDocs® training.

MORE INFORMATION
For more information about the Wills for Heroes program, additional contact people or for information about the Wills for Heroes Foundation, please visit:
www.utahbar.org/sections/yld/willsforheroes/Welcome.html

DIRECTOR, JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION COMMISSION
Recruitment: Status Open
Salary Range: Step 72 ($35.47) to Step 87 ($53.27)
Agency: Governor's Office
Application Period: 09/26/2008 - 10/16/2008
Location: SLC, Utah State Capitol Complex, Suite E330
Position Availability: Public
Number of Openings: 1

Part/Full Time
Per the Governor's "Working 4 Utah" initiative, beginning August 4 the schedule for this position will be 10 hour days Monday-Thursday. This is a pilot program and will be evaluated fall 2009; schedule subject to change.

Full Time
May be required to work beyond the 4 x 10 hour schedule depending upon workload and deadlines. This is an appointed, career service exempt position residing in the Governor's Office, Commission on Criminal & Juvenile Justice.

Job Characteristics
This is an appointed, career service exempt job. Incumbent in this job coordinates the activities of and reports to the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission. Incumbent is responsible to ensure evaluations for judges are done in a timely and professional manner. Prepare reports, present findings, justify recommendations, provide testimony to legislative and judicial groups, monitor contracts, and supervise support staff.

https://statejobs.utah.gov/JobAnnouncement.jsp?rid=18494

The Young Lawyers Division Received the 2008 Section of the Year Award at this year's Utah State Bar Summer Convention. Thank you to all of the volunteers who have put in their time and effort. Congratulations YLD!

Salt Lake Tribune article

Our own YLD President Stephanie W. Pugsley was named the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah Young Alumnae of the Year for 2008, her alma matter. She received this award at the annual alumni luncheon held May 8, 2008 at the Salt Lake City Center Marriot. She was recognized for her work with the YLD, Wills for Heroes and other projects.

Congratulations Stephanie!

Congratulations to the new lawyers sworn in at the joint admissions ceremony to the Utah Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court of Utah held on May 23, 2008.

A complete list of the new Utah lawyers can be found here.

Dear Young Lawyers,

The Utah Minority Bar Association, in conjunction with the Young Lawyers Division and Women Lawyers of Utah, would like to invite you to a "Meet the Candidates" Event in anticipation of the upcoming election. You are an impressive group of well-qualified candidates to lead our Bar. We hope that each of you can join us. The details are as follows:

Date: Tuesday, May 27 – (ballots go out May 30)

Time: 5:30pm

Place: Holland & Hart LLP
60 E. South Temple, 20th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

(Free parking underneath the Smith Memorial Building - entrance on South Temple between Main and State Street)

Agenda: Brief introductions by the Third Division Commissioner candidates, followed by two 10-minute presentations by the President-Elect Candidates (approx. time - we won't have a chess clock like a former federal jurist!). Ending with a moderated Q&A session for all candidates.

We will be providing refreshments and hope to socialize before and after the main event.

Woodside Group, Inc., is accepting applications for an assistant in-house counsel position in its national homebuilding and land development operations. Areas of responsibility include real estate, employment, risk management, and general corporate work. At least three years of experience preferred, with excellent academic credentials. Salary DOE. The office is in North Salt Lake, Utah. Please send resumes to kaym@woodsidegroupinc.com.

Utah State Bar Paralegal Division

WOMEN HELPING WOMEN
Professional Clothing Drive
April 1 - May 2, 2008
THE WOMEN HELPING WOMEN CLOTHING CLOSET, a division of the Junior League of Salt Lake City, is a worthwhile program designed to assist women entering or re-entering the workforce and who are in transition towards self sufficiency. THE CLOSET program assists over 1,000 women and distributes over 10,000 articles of clothing each year. As you ready your closets for spring, remember THE CLOSET. Your help DOES make a difference.
Needed women’s gently used professional clothing -- all sizes

- blouses
- dresses
- sweaters
- jackets/blazers
- skirts
- jewelry
- purses
- shoes
- belts
- slacks/pants (no jeans)
Clothing donations accepted on Saturday, May 3rd at:

* The Junior League of Salt Lake (Saturday, May 3rd -- 11 am - 2 pm)

* 526 East 300 South, Salt Lake City


Or from April 1st through May 2nd at any of the following locations:

* Utah State Bar Offices (anytime during business hours)

* 645 South 200 East, Salt Lake City

* Henries Drycleaners (anytime during business hours)

* 223 East 300 South, Salt Lake City
* 402 6th Avenue, Salt Lake City
* 218 West 300 South, Salt Lake City
* 3965 South Wasatch Boulevard, Salt Lake City
* 1340 South 2100 East, Salt Lake City
* 2459 South Main Street, US Highway 89, Woods Cross
* 684 East 11400 South, Sandy

* SOS Staffing (anytime during business hours)

* 1992 W. Antelope Drive, Layto
* 3025 Washington Blvd., Ogde
* 1112 Washington Blvd., Ogden
* 1256 S. State Street, Ste. 101, Orem


The Paralegal Division extends special thanks to the Utah State Bar, Henries and SOS Staffing for their contributions and support.
For additional information, contact:
Shawna Powers, spowers@strongandhanni.com
Cheryl Jeffs, cjeffs@strongandhanni.com
JoAnna Shiflett, jshiflett@strongandhanni.com
Mary Stevens, mstevens@strongandhanni.com

For a printable brochure, go to http://www.utahbar.org/sections/paralegals/assets/clothing_drive.pdf
Sponsored by the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar for the benefit of the Junior League of Salt Lake City.

10th Annual UCCR Symposium
SLCC Miller Conference Room
9750 South 300 West, Sandy

This year marks the tenth anniversary of UCCR gathering Utah’s dispute resolution community to celebrate its accomplishments, to learn about its development, and to gain a deeper understanding of its practice. We chose the symposium theme as an expression of this now-established tradition of gathering.

3L Transition to Practice
Presented by the University of Utah Student Bar Association

The questions you have.
The questions you haven’t thought of yet.
The Young Lawyer’s Division brings a panel of young, practicing attorneys for a discussion on…

The Transition to Practice

No nonsense answers.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
12:15 p.m. to 1:10 p.m.
Room 105

Don’t miss one of the most popular events each year.