Utah Bar Young Lawyers Division

The theme for Law Day 2008 has been announced:

THE RULE OF LAW
Foundation for Communities of Opportunity and Equity

Fifty years ago President Eisenhower proclaimed the first Law Day a "day of national dedication to the principle of government under law." We invite you this May to celebrate this enduring principle during the 50th anniversary of Law Day with the theme, The Rule of Law: Foundation for Communities of Opportunity and Equity.

Law Day will take place on May 1, 2008.

Sean Reyes of the firm Parsons, Behle & Latimer has been nominated for the National Outstanding Young Lawyer award given out by the American Bar Association. Sean was selected as the Utah Young Lawyer of the Year in 2006.

Along with the nomination were included letters of recommendation from (among others) Govenor Huntsman, Chief Justice Durham and Nate Alder (Pres. Elect of the Utah State Bar).

Good luck Sean!

The Women Lawyers of Utah Annual Fall Retreat will be held on October 19-20, 2007 at the Chateaux at Silver Lake in Deer Valley, Utah. Karen Lockwood, former President of the D.C. Women's Bar Association, will be the Keynote Speaker at this year's Retreat. She will speak about D.C.'s Initiative on Retention of Women in Law Firms.

If you have any questions about the Retreat, please contact Eve Furse at evefurse@yahoo.com.

Take a look at the wonderful new addition to our website!

"On Demand Mentor" video presentations (available for free viewing on the website) offer insights and sensible pointers shared by successful Utah practitioners with years of experience practicing law. In each ten-minute tutorial the presenting attorney provides a concise digest of a topic selected from his or her area of expertise. Topics range from overviews of substantive areas of the law to practice tips for being an effective advocate.

Take a look at On Demand Mentor.

The July 2007 Bar Exam Results have been posted. A joint admissions ceremony to the Utah Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court of Utah will be held on October 30, 2007 12:00 p.m. at the Salt Palace Convention Center.

Congratulations to everyone who passed!

The sixth annual Bar Sharks for Justice Pool Tournament is being held on October 10th and 17th, Wednesday evenings starting at 6:00 p.m. All matches will take place at Lumpy's Downtown - 145 Pierpont Ave., Salt Lake City. To register a team, go to www.andjusticeforall.org to download a registration form or call 924-3182. Registration deadline is October 4, 2007.

Simply come to Lumpy's on any or both nights of play. You can socialize with old friends, meet new colleagues and cheer on your favorite team.

All proceeds benefit "And Justice for All."

As an update to this post, Sean Reyes has been chosen by the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association to receive the 2006-2007 National Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. The award will be presented to Sean at the February 2008 Midyear Meeting of the American Bar Association in Los Angeles, California.

Sean was selected after the American Bar Association reviewed nominations received from all over the country. The award is presented to a young lawyer who exhibits professional excellence, service to the profession and the bar, service to the community, and/or a reputation for the advancement of legal ethics and professional responsibility.

This is the first year the ABA has presented this award, so it is a special honor to have the first award go to an attorney from Utah.

Congratulations to Sean for receiving this very prestigious award!

The Young Lawyers Division of the Utah State Bar is sponsoring a Holiday Service Event:

November 12 – 20, 2007

Please Donate:
~ New and gently used children's games and books ~
~ Blankets, Towels, Coats, Gloves ~

Please drop off donations at:

Salt Lake City
Utah Law and Justice Center
645 South 200 East

Or

St. George
The offices of Snow, Christensen & Martineau
37 West 1070 South

Questions? Contact: Rachel G. Terry at rterry@fabianlaw.com or Emily Smith at esmith@swlaw.com

So many are in need and count on you to help. For that warm holiday feeling, just give!

The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Student Bar Association
cordially invites you to attend the annual Barrister's Ball

Friday, March 28th, 2008 at
The 23rd Floor of the Wells Fargo Center
299 South Main Street
7:00 to 11:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m. cocktail hour

Join us for heavy hors d'oeuvres and dessert followed by awards and dancing.

Student tickets are $15 or $25 per couple.
All other tickets are $20 or $30 per couple

To RSVP, send a check to:
SBA
332 S. 1400 East
SLC, UT, 84103

(Tickets will also be sold at the door.)

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