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Survey results will be published in the January ABA Journal. Answers will be kept confidential and used only in combination with all other responses received.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Coffin Lecture Tonight: Judge Judith Kaye, Chief Judge, State of New York
The Honorable Judith Kaye, Chief Judge of the State of New York, will present this year’s Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service.
Judge Kaye serves as the 16th annual Coffin Lecturer. She will deliver her lecture this evening Thursday, November 6, 2008, at 7:00 pm, at the Abromson Community Education Center, located at 88 Bedford Street in Portland, Maine.
The Honorable Judith Kaye was appointed New York State’s Chief Judge in 1993 by Governor Mario M. Cuomo and has served in that position for over 15 years. She was the first woman to serve on the New York Court of Appeals, which she joined as Associate Judge in 1983, and the first woman to occupy the State Judiciary's highest office as Chief Judge. She chairs the Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children and co-chaired the ABA Commission on The American Jury. Judge Kaye served as President of the Conference of Chief Justices and Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Center for State Courts. She is the author of numerous publications dealing with legal process, state constitutional law, women in law, professional ethics and problem-solving courts. A graduate of Barnard College and New York University School of Law, Judge Kaye has received many awards and several honorary degrees.
Established in 1992, the Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service honors a distinguished member of the United States judiciary and a long-time friend of the University of Maine School of Law. Judge Coffin was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, served as Chief Judge from 1972 to 1983, and assumed Senior status in 1989. A graduate of Bates College and Harvard Law School, Judge Coffin’s commitment to public service spans a wide-ranging career, including roles as a member of Congress, Deputy Administrator of the Agency for International Development, and Chair of the Committee on the U.S. Judicial Branch for the Judicial Conference. Judge Coffin is an active member of the University of Maine School of Law Board of Visitors.
FMI, you can call (207) 780-4344
Judge Kaye serves as the 16th annual Coffin Lecturer. She will deliver her lecture this evening Thursday, November 6, 2008, at 7:00 pm, at the Abromson Community Education Center, located at 88 Bedford Street in Portland, Maine.
The Honorable Judith Kaye was appointed New York State’s Chief Judge in 1993 by Governor Mario M. Cuomo and has served in that position for over 15 years. She was the first woman to serve on the New York Court of Appeals, which she joined as Associate Judge in 1983, and the first woman to occupy the State Judiciary's highest office as Chief Judge. She chairs the Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children and co-chaired the ABA Commission on The American Jury. Judge Kaye served as President of the Conference of Chief Justices and Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Center for State Courts. She is the author of numerous publications dealing with legal process, state constitutional law, women in law, professional ethics and problem-solving courts. A graduate of Barnard College and New York University School of Law, Judge Kaye has received many awards and several honorary degrees.
Established in 1992, the Frank M. Coffin Lecture on Law and Public Service honors a distinguished member of the United States judiciary and a long-time friend of the University of Maine School of Law. Judge Coffin was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, served as Chief Judge from 1972 to 1983, and assumed Senior status in 1989. A graduate of Bates College and Harvard Law School, Judge Coffin’s commitment to public service spans a wide-ranging career, including roles as a member of Congress, Deputy Administrator of the Agency for International Development, and Chair of the Committee on the U.S. Judicial Branch for the Judicial Conference. Judge Coffin is an active member of the University of Maine School of Law Board of Visitors.
FMI, you can call (207) 780-4344
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR GOVERNING BOARD
The election of the 2009 governing board of the New Lawyers Section will occur in December of 2008. The nominating committee has been working for a little while to secure nominations for the upcoming election, and, now, the nominating committee invites nominations from you.
This year, there are as many as nine open positions. They are:
Chair-elect
Secretary
Treasurer
Director (at least three, but no more than nine, must be elected).
As of Monday, the nominations were:
Chair-elect
Frank Bishop, Pierce Atwood, Portland
Secretary
No one has been nominated
Treasurer
Mark Beaumont, Eaton Peabody, Bangor
Director
Justin Weiss, Digital Policy Group, York
Hanna Sanders, Legal Services for the Elderly, Scarborough
Felicity Soles, International Association of Privacy Professionals, York
Jason Dionne, Isaacson & Raymond, Lewiston
Jason Barrett, Eaton Peabody, Ellsworth
Stacey Stitham, Brann & Isaacson, Lewiston
As you can see, there are open positions and there are, presently, uncontested positions. If you wish to nominate somebody, including yourself, to any of the open positions, the deadline to do so is November 15, 2008. There are two possible ways to nominate someone: 1) recommend them to the nominating committee which will then consider adding them to the slate of candidates, or 2) secure the recommendation of three members of the New Lawyers Section in which case the nominating committee must add them to the slate of candidates.
The nominating committee is: Scott Quigley, Shane Wright, Dennis Carrillo, Mark Beaumont, Barbara Slote, Frank Bishop and Hanna Sanders. We should all be in the bar directory. If you wish to contact the nominating committee by email, please write to sq@laskofflaw.com.
This year, there are as many as nine open positions. They are:
Chair-elect
Secretary
Treasurer
Director (at least three, but no more than nine, must be elected).
As of Monday, the nominations were:
Chair-elect
Frank Bishop, Pierce Atwood, Portland
Secretary
No one has been nominated
Treasurer
Mark Beaumont, Eaton Peabody, Bangor
Director
Justin Weiss, Digital Policy Group, York
Hanna Sanders, Legal Services for the Elderly, Scarborough
Felicity Soles, International Association of Privacy Professionals, York
Jason Dionne, Isaacson & Raymond, Lewiston
Jason Barrett, Eaton Peabody, Ellsworth
Stacey Stitham, Brann & Isaacson, Lewiston
As you can see, there are open positions and there are, presently, uncontested positions. If you wish to nominate somebody, including yourself, to any of the open positions, the deadline to do so is November 15, 2008. There are two possible ways to nominate someone: 1) recommend them to the nominating committee which will then consider adding them to the slate of candidates, or 2) secure the recommendation of three members of the New Lawyers Section in which case the nominating committee must add them to the slate of candidates.
The nominating committee is: Scott Quigley, Shane Wright, Dennis Carrillo, Mark Beaumont, Barbara Slote, Frank Bishop and Hanna Sanders. We should all be in the bar directory. If you wish to contact the nominating committee by email, please write to sq@laskofflaw.com.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Come Welcome Our New Members
This Thursday, November 6, we will be hosting a reception to welcome our newest members. The reception is at 5:00 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport. The reception is immediately after the first day of Bridging the Gap. Please join us, and, more importantly, come welcome our newest members.
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