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Week of May 28, 2007
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Life is In Your Hands - Pump-a-Pint Blood Drive Throughout June
The Pump-a-Pint Blood Drive kicks off this Friday, June 1, with a press conference at the Blood and
Tissue Center. Join the Austin Bar Association as we battle it out through the month of June against the
Austin CPA Society and the Travis County Medical Association to see who can collect the most blood.
Take just one lunch hour out of your year and change the life of someone in need. Donate at the Blood &
Tissue Center and a variety of mobile locations throughout June or at the Austin Bar Association office
June 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Sign up today and encourage your fellow attorneys, staff members, family, and friends as well. Let's pull
together for a good cause - and to beat those other professionals.
To sign up to donate, go to www.lonestardonor.com.
The sponsor code is pumpapint.
To host a drive at your office, please contact Jennifer Mathews at 206-1121.
Click here to print a flier to post at your office.
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LexisNexis Offers Great Deals for Members
The Austin Bar would like to announce that Kevin Bill is the new LexisNexis representative for Austin. LexisNexis,
corporate sponsor of the Austin Bar, provides legal research, practice management, client development, and litigation
services. They have new products and services and, as a member of the Austin Bar, you receive a discount.
Contact Kevin at 535-0100 for more information on how you can benefit from these services.
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Lexis Nexis Offers Software-as-a-Service Webinar, May 31
Does today's buzz about Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) signify a real opportunity for your law firm?
Lexis Nexis will hold a free one-hour webinar on "Why Law Firm CIOs and IT staff are taking a closer look
at Software-as-a-Service - or should be" so you can figure out just how it can help you.
Learn how the SaaS model can help you:
- Reduce IT costs and increase business benefits;
- Ease hardware maintenance;
- Achieve greater mobility and accessibility;
- Revolutionize your approach to software management;
- And more
Technology experts also say SaaS can help firms gain new levels of effectiveness in the areas of document,
e-mail, and records management. For example, you can reduce technology costs while increasing document
availability and security with NetDocuments from LexisNexis, the leading SaaS-based e-mail, document, and
records management service for law firms.
This is a great opportunity to gain insights on the long-term technology and business benefits of SaaS and
learn more about the specific advantages of SaaS-based document and e-mail management.
The featured speaker is SaaS industry expert Jeffrey M. Kaplan of THINKstrategies, Inc.
Date: Thursday, May 31
Speaker: Jeffrey M. Kaplan, THINKstrategies, Inc.
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Duration: 60 minutes
Seats are limited - register today at www.lexisnexis.com/getthebuzz
to sign up for this complimentary online seminar.
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AYLA's Final Government Coffee of the Bar Year, Attorney General Edition - Friday, June 1
Calling all government attorneys! You are invited to join AYLA in a coffee honoring your hard work and
commitment to public service on Friday, June 1, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the 15th Street Starbucks
location (across from the OAG).
All young lawyers who work in (or around) government at any level are invited. Current members of AYLA are
strongly encouraged to invite young attorneys who are not yet a part of AYLA to attend. Members of the AYLA
board will be in attendance to provide information on how to join AYLA and what the organization can do for you.
For more information, contact Amanda Arriaga at
amanda.arriaga@governor.state.tx.us,
Amy Morehouse at
Amy.Morehouse@tdi.state.tx.us,
Brian Prestwood at
brian.prestwood@oag.state.tx.us,
or David Courreges at
dcourreges@dbilaw.com.
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Working With Deaf and Hard of Hearing Clients - Training on June 7
Travis County Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing will provide a training to inform attorneys in Texas
on a number of important issues.
Attendees will learn about their legal obligations under the American with Disabilities Act to deaf and
hard of hearing clients, what "effective communication" under ADA means, how to work with both technology
and ASL interpreters in the office and in the courtroom, and how to welcome and serve deaf and hard of hearing
clients.
Date: Thursday, June 7
Presenter: Jacquie Brennan, attorney and training coordinator for Southwest ADA Center
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location: 100 N. IH-35, Room 2307
CLE Credit available
Cost: $25
To register, click here for a registration form or visit
http://austindeafservices.com/WorkingwithDeafHOHClients.mht
For more information, please visit www.austindeafservices.com.
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Austin's Ultimate Trial Notebook Seminar - June 15
A litigation CLE for $100? You better believe it! The Austin Bar's Civil Litigation Section is bringing back
its Ultimate Trial Notebook Seminar.
Date: Friday, June 15
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.; followed by a happy hour
Location: Austin Bar Seminar Room, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700
CLE Credit: 5.75 hours (0.5 ethics)
Cost: $100 for members, $125 for non-members.
RSVP: To Michelle McFadyen at 472-0279 or michelle@austinbar.org;
You may sign up until the day of, but to ensure your spot, please RSVP by June 13; there are no refunds
after Wednesday, June 13.
For a detailed list of classes and speakers, please
click here.
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State Bar Annual Meeting June 21-22 - Register Today
The State Bar of Texas' Annual Meeting will be here before you know it. Take advantage of this opportunity to
relax and get out of town for a couple of days - and earn a substantial amount of CLE credit while you're at it.
To register,
click here to visit the State Bar Web site.
Among the many CLE offerings, the State Bar of Texas Public Affairs Committee is hosting a panel discussion on
open government. The event will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 22, at the San Antonio Convention Center as
part of the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting.
A similar program offered during the State Bar's annual conference last year in Austin was very well-attended and of
interest to representatives of counties, cities, school boards and officials responsible for compliance with open meetings
and open records laws.
The event is not a training, but a forum for exploring the issues from several perspectives. For more information,
including panel members, please
click here.
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Animal Welfare Committee Needs Your Help
A rabies quarantine just established at the Austin Humane Society has canine residents at the facility compounding the
meaning of the phrase "dog days of summer." In an effort to protect animals and employees, up to forty dogs at the
Austin Humane Society are being quarantined after a dead bat found on the premises tested positive for rabies.
If you've ever been confined to your room with the flu or chained to your desk prepping for trial, you have some concept
of what the animals affected by this episode are about to endure.
In order to alleviate the tedium of the 90-day quarantine, the Austin Humane Society is specifically requesting donations
of toys, rawhides, or cash from the community. Bar members are asked to set up a donation box at their firm and contribute
toys, bones, or cash, which will be picked up by committee members. Please turn all donations in by Friday, June 22.
For more information, please contact Katherine Howard at katuset@yahoo.com.
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