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Family Law Docket
Call for Content
We are working on augmenting
the Online Resource Center content. If you have any articles,
briefs, forms, checklists, etc. that you are willing to share,
please contact Tina Belanger via e-mail belanget@staff.abanet.org
or view the FAQ
sheet on submitting documents.
Working Group
on
Same-Sex Marriages
and Non-Marital Unions Presents White Paper
The Group has a final draft
of a white paper about the impact legalizing same-sex marriages
will have on various aspects of family law practices nationwide.
Look for updates in the coming months regarding the final
report.
Get more information.
Attention Law
Students
The Commission on Domestic Violence
announces a law student writing competition. First prize is
a trip to the 2004 ABA Annual Meeting in Atlanta to receive
your award.
Email submissions by June 15, 2004 to Robin Runge at runger@staff.abanet.org.
For additional information call the Commission at 202-662-1021
or visit the web site at www.abanet.org/domviol.
Nominating
Committee Report
The slate for the 2004-05 elections
has been updated. View the Nominating Committee's report.
Best of the Listserv
We have picked several interesting
topics of discussion from the ESQ listserv for April’s
best of the listserv. Read
more.
Message from the Chair
By Phyllis G. Bossin
Your Chair talks about the upcoming Section meeting in Puerto
Rico and her testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Read more.
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Articles
Judges' Guide
to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
by Mark
E. Sullivan
Mark Sullivan's article highlights some issues related to
the impact of military service on civil litigation, financial
obligations, mortgages, leases, and other matters, specifically
focused on the Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act (SCRA).
He encourages Section members
to share this invaluable resource with their judges so that
service personnel around the country may have their rights
protected in the courtroom.
Members on the Move
Adoption Case
Summaries for 2003
Harlan S. Tenenbaum,
chair of the section’s Adoption Committee, arranged a
compendium
of adoption law related cases. The case descriptions have
been prepared by the Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law at
Capital University Law School. The compendium is also available
on the Online
Resource Library under adoption.
Upcoming CLE and
Events Information
San Juan Meeting
Time – Last Minute Notes
We will be in Puerto Rico this
week! A record number of attendees are expected to attend this
year’s spring conference, selling out our hotel block.
The Working Group on Same-Sex Marriages and Non-Marital Unions
will present their white paper to the Section’s Council
for approval.
This is your last chance to view the proposed amendments to
Section
Bylaws. Members will vote on April 30, 2004.
2004 ABA Annual
Meeting
Time to start thinking about the
ABA Annual Meeting – the early bird deadline is May 28th.
You should be receiving your family law specific registration
forms in your next issue of the Family Advocate. For more information,
or to register online, please visit us at www.abanet.org/annual/2004.
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This month’s
featured benefit:
The Annual Family Law
Trial Advocacy Institute
Are you a new family law practitioner or a seasoned veteran? If
you’re just starting out or simply want to brush up on your
trial skills, this program is for you!
The Annual Trial Advocacy Institute is an intense, eight-day program
held every May at the University of Houston Law Center during the
last full week in May.
The program sells out quickly, so start thinking about next year,
and mark your calendars to check the family law web site for additional
information in early February at www.abanet.org/family.
What’s in it for
you?
Individual attention:
Limiting enrollment to 48 attorneys provides you with a ratio of
one faculty member to every four students.
CLE Credits:
You can expect to earn 45 CLE credits, on average, for attending
this program.
Hands-On Experience:
Participate in exercises, break-out groups and a final mock trial.
Here’s what people are
saying about the program:
“A truly outstanding week of learning the art of trial
advocacy. In a week, I gained at least five years’ worth of
experience.”
Sal Simeone
East Hanover, NJ
“This was the most intensive training experience I have
ever had – in the field of family law or any other field.
I believe I learned more this week than any other week.”
Susheela Varky
Washington, D.C.
“You’ll see me at trial.
Bring in on.”
Anonymous
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Editor
Tina Belanger
belanget@staff.abanet.org
Please send proposals for future content submissions to the editor.
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