YLD BLAST

The Young Lawyers Division monthly bulletin. 
September 14th, 2007

Greetings!
 
   This is the first edition of the YLD Blast that the YLD Internet Communications Committee plans to send to you on a monthly basis to keep you informed of NCBA YLD events and dates.  Each month, committee chairs from the various YLD committees will be sharing information about their activities and important dates, that in turn, will be provided to you.  If you would like information to be included in the YLD Blast, please contact YLD Internet Communications Committee Co-Chairs Thomas Moore (thomas@rufisedmisten.com) or Scott Hovey (shovey@kennedycovington.com). 


Important Dates to Know:

• Tuesday, Sept 18, 2007 at 4 pm

                 PRACTICAL SKILLS COURSE in Raleigh
 
                 YLD New Lawyers in Practice Committee is doing a presentation for newly licensed 
attorneys on 20 Tips in 20 Minutes.

• Thursday, Oct 4 - Saturday, Oct 6, 2007

                 ABA YLD FALL MEETING in Charlotte - Oct 4-6, 2007 
                 (http://www.abanet.org/yld/fall07/) 
 
                 SPONSORS so far for this event include: Alston & Bird - $10,000; Bell, Davis & Pitt - $7,500; NCBA - $5,000; Poyner & Spruill - $5,000; Helms Mullis & Wicker - $1,500; Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell Jernigan - $1,500; Smith Moore - $1,500; Mecklenburg
County Bar and Young Lawyers Section of Mecklenburg County Bar - $1,000 
 
                 If your firm or organization is interested in sponsoring this event, please contact YLD ABA Fall Meeting Task Force Chair Ward Davis at ward.davis@belldavispitt.com.

• Saturday, Oct 6, 2007 - Time tentatively scheduled form 11 am - 5 pm with training from 10 am - 11 am

                 WILLS FOR HEROES EVENT in Charlotte (http://www.willsforheroes.org/)
 
                 We need licensed NC attorneys and/or notaries to volunteer their time to provide free 
wills (fill in the blanks on a template based on individual responses) to first responders including police officers, firefighters, and EMTs.  Please contact Jacquelyn Terrell at jterrell@ncbar.org.

• Wednesday, Oct 10, 2007 at 1 pm

                 WAKE FOREST LAW SCHOOL TOUR
 
                 The YLD Chair or Chair-Elect, YLD Bar Exam Committee Chair or Representative, YLD Law Student Activities Committee Chair or Representative, as well as other representatives of the NCBA, go to the various law schools to talk about the benefits of joining the NCBA, and also provide a free pizza lunch.

• Wednesday, Oct 24, 2007 at 12 pm 

                 UNC LAW SCHOOL TOUR
 
                 The YLD Chair or Chair-Elect, YLD Bar Exam Committee Chair or Representative, YLD Law Student Activities Committee Chair or Representative, as well as other representatives of the NCBA, go to the various law schools to talk about the benefits of joining the NCBA, and also provide a free pizza lunch.

• Friday, Apr 4, 2008

                 4ALL PROJECT - (http://www.ncbar.org/4all/index.aspx)
 
                 Under the presidency of Janet Ward Black, the North Carolina Bar Association will
embrace the "4ALL" campaign which sets a formula through which all NC lawyers will commit to make legal services available to all North Carolinians, focusing on those at or below the poverty level. The slogan is an updated twist on the Pledge of Allegiance, "one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
 
Legal Article of Interest

"Authenticating E-Mail Discovery as Evidence" by Beatrice O'Donnell and Thomas A. Lincoln.  O'Donnell and Lincoln caution that e-mails "may be more prone to problems of authenticity and hearsay than traditional written documents."

http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1186736525985

 
Area in Focus

Durham, NC - CenterFest Arts Festival - September 15-16
A weekend gathering of artist and musicians, featuring two live stages and over 100 artists. 120 Morris Street, Durham, NC 27701 ; phone: 919-560-ARTS; http://www.centerfest.durhamarts.org/

Blog of the Month

Patent Baristas.  "Freshly brewed chat served up daily featuring biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent law news and commentary."  For the intellectual property practitioner and anyone  interested in the latest patent and IP issues as well as FTC and FDA regulatory matters.
http://patentbaristas.com

Legal Website to Know

LLRX.com provides legal and technology articles and resources for librarians, lawyers and law firms.  The website features resources for legal research as well as updates on the latest in legal technology. 
This includes a searchable index of state and federal court rules, forms and dockets.  In addition, the site contains a large database of current and archived articles related to law and technology.
http://www.llrx.com/


Web Gem of the Month

For those of you with blackberrys (which is probably most of you), google maps are available for download to your phone.  It works as well as the online version, with helpful tools such as traffic reports and type-in business searches.  Go to www.google.com/gmm from your phone browser.