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Section News
In Memoriam:
Sharon Corbitt
It is with great sadness that I report that Sharon Corbitt of
Oklahoma, chair of the Family Law Section from 2001-02, died as a result of injuries
sustained in a fire at her home on December 13, 2007.
The fire occurred during the power outages in Tulsa caused by an ice storm that
knocked out power to most of Tulsa for several days. Sharon was a member of Sneed Lang,
PC law firm in Tulsa.
Sharon's husband, James Lang, also a well-known lawyer in Tulsa and a partner at Sneed Lang,
also died as a result of the fire.
Sharon's services to the ABA Family Law Section went far beyond
her year as chair. She has been an active and productive member
of the Editorial Board of the Family Advocate. She
has been serving as chair of an ad hoc committee charged with
commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Family Law Section.
As with everything she did, Sharon was performing outstanding
service for the benefit of the Section.
Sharon was also a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers and a past president of the Oklahoma Chapter. She
served over the years in many capacities on the Tulsa County
Bar Association Board of Directors, currently as its ABA Delegate.
She was recognized as the University of Tulsa College of Law
Distinguished Alumna in Residence and was twice selected as
the outstanding Family Law Attorney by the Oklahoma Bar Association
Family Law Section. Sharon was also an OBA Spotlight Award
Winner and TCBA Golden Rule recipient.
Sharon was a founding trustee of the Long Term Care Authority of Tulsa and served on
the Board of Directors of the Parent Child Center.
She had two sons, Chad Corbitt and Blake Corbitt, who—between them and her two stepdaughters—gave her 7
grandchildren, the most recent being a grandson born Wednesday, December 12th, 2007.
While we will find an appropriate way to memorialize Sharon, her family has requested contributions to:
Sharon Corbitt Memorial Scholarship Fund
Univ. of Tulsa Law School
800 So. Tucker Drive
Tulsa OK 74104
Gregg Herman,
Chair
Law Student News
Gear Up for the 2008 Schwab Essay Contest!
Finals may be over, but it's never too early to start
thinking about your essay for this year's Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest!
Designed to further law students' interest in family law, the contest
can help you gain notoriety and polish your
writing skills. If you win, we'll notify your dean (admit it, it's a pretty cool way to
stand out in the crowd), and
your work could be published online and/or in the Section's scholarly journal,
Family Law Quarterly. You'll also
get a spiffy certificate and a year's free membership in the Section of Family Law.
Want to know more? Check out the rules and guidelines on the Schwab Essay website.
If you want to read past entries, visit FLQ
Vol. 41, No. 1 Spring 2007 online or check out the Past
Winners page in the Schwab site.
Deadline for entries: May 15, 2008
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Best of the List Serve
This month's Best of the FamLawEsq
includes an informational item on the negotiations to finalize
the Hague Convention on the Recovery of Child Support and
Other Forms of Family Maintenance from Professor Robert Spector;
a question about whether a gay couple may file a joint income
tax return if they are married; and a question about change
of beneficiaries for life insurance policies incident to divorce.
Read more about this month's
selected topics. (You will need to log in to the ABA website.)
Not on the list? All of our lawyer members are encouraged
to join this popular discussion list. Read more about How
to Join FamLawEsq in the Members Only section of our website.
CLE Calendar
TeleConferences
In January, we have 2 CLE TeleConferences lined up for you!
January 9, 2008
Specialized Divorce Tax Issues
Increase your divorce tax knowledge! Topics will include a review of current cases and legislation
impacting divorce planning and taxation; dependency exemption allocation and impact on other
dependency tax benefits; and much more.
Please note that this teleconference will take place from 12:00
p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Eastern time (i.e., 11:00 a.m. Central, 10:00
a.m. Mountain, 9:00 a.m. Pacific)
More details/register online
January 23, 2008
Commencing Representation—Initial Client Contact and Beyond
A must for our young lawyers and those new to family law, as well as those looking to
sharpen their skills when it comes to successful representation of your family law client.
This program will focus on the initial contact with your office for intake/conflict check,
through the initial client interview process and the preliminary stages of representation.
Please note that this teleconference will take place from 12:00
p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Eastern time (i.e., 11:00 a.m. Central, 10:00
a.m. Mountain, 9:00 a.m. Pacific)
More details/register online
Unable to attend a teleconference or a Section CLE conference? Not to worry, you can learn
on your own time when you purchase the CLE materials.
See
a listing of available CLE materials
Submit a CLE Proposal
Want to submit a CLE proposal for our 2008 programming?
Proposals for our Fall CLE Conference are accepted on a rolling basis. (Spring 2008 programming is already in place.)
We look forward to hearing your ideas!
Download the CLE Proposal form
Save the Date!
Spring 2008 CLE Conference of the
ABA Section of Family Law and American Psychological Association
April 30-May 3, 2008
Marriott Chicago Downtown
Chicago, IL
This special interdisciplinary conference, "Reconceptualizing Child Custody:
Past, Present and Future--Lawyers and Psychologists Working Together"
will provide CLE programming that is specially designed to appeal
to both professions. Multiple plenaries and breakout sessions will span
three full days and allow pyschologists and lawyers the opportunity to learn
from judges, lawyers, psychologists, researchers, and academicians.
Book your hotel room now!
Visit
the website to keep up-to-date; conference registration and
more details will soon be available.
Tech Corner
The Tech Corner will be back in January 2008 with more tips on increasing your
productivity as well as your knowledge about technological innovations for today's family lawyer.
Happy Holidays
The ABA Section of Family Law Staff would like to wish you a very happy new year! We hope to see
and interact with more of our members in 2008. (Nope, this isn't a plug to come visit us in Chicago this
April/May for the ABA-APA Conference, but wouldn't it be shameless if it were?)
Best wishes this holiday season from all of us:
Paula Nessel (director); Carrie Asalon (underling);
Alissa Brugger (serf);
and Hilary Glazer (minion).*
:)
*Just kidding, in case you didn't know. Find out more about who does what on the Section's Contact Us page.
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