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October 6, 2008  Colorado Bar Association, Step on It

IN THIS ISSUE:  


- New Student Member Benefit! CasemakerX

- Events

-Volunteer Opportunities

 

Step on It –
The Quarterly Newsletter to Help Law Students Get Ahead of
the Curve


***New Student Member Benefit! CasemakerX

The Social Network for Law Students.

• connect with other students
• find career opportunities
• use best practice tools
click here and start networking now!

CasemakerX is a free service supported by the Casemaker Bar Consortium and its 475,000 attorney membership consisting of State Bar Associations across the USA. The purpose of CasemakerX is to provide a conduit to network law students and legal professionals, creating an information portal for self-promotion, education, mentoring and future opportunities in the legal profession. Our mission is to help law students connect and use the power of group knowledge and professional/social outreach to help facilitate personal growth and to create bridges to new opportunities.

Events:

***Practicing with ProfessionalismBelow is a schedule of the upcoming mandatory Practicing with Professionalism courses. You can take this course one calendar year before you are admitted to practice law.
Register Online or call (303) 860-0608
 
• Video Replay: Nov. 10, 2008, 9 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
• Video Replay: Dec. 17, 2008, 9 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.

***Annual CLE Conference for Young Lawyers
Join us on Nov. 14 at DU Sturm College of Law for the annual Young Lawyers' CLE Conference! This year's conference is titled "Practical Aspects of an Honorable Profession". The program has been approved for 6 general credits, including 3.6 ethics credits. Registration is $10 for law students, which includes materials, lunch and refreshments. Click here for the agenda and a copy of the registration form. To sign up for the conference, or for more information, contact Dana Collier Smith or James Garts.

Volunteer Opportunities:

***High School Mock Trials
Sign up to help out with the Colorado High School Mock Trials! For more information contact Carolyn Gravit or call (303) 860-1115.

Young Lawyers Division:

***CBA YLD
Don't forget to attend the CBA YLD monthly meetings which are the third Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in the Colorado Bar Association offices, 1900 Grant Street, Suite 900, Denver, CO 80203. Get involved! Contact Dana Collier Smith for more information.

***Denver Bar Association YLD
Come to an Executive Council meeting! We meet the second Wednesday of every month, 6 p.m., at the DBA, 1900 Grant St., 9th floor. Contact Melissa Nicoletti if you have new ideas or questions about upcoming events. Let us know what we can do to serve you better. We hope you will join us!

***Boulder County Bar YLD Happy Hours

• 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 20 at Casa Alegre, 1006 Pine Street, Louisville, sponsored by the Taxation, Estate Planning & Probate Section.
• 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 18 at Dolan's, 2319 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, CO 80302, sponsored by the Employment and the Availability of Legal Services Sections.

 

This quarterly e-newsletter is designed to help you take advantage of every opportunity available to you while you are in law school.
If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please email membership@cobar.org.