Association news
Important announcements!
Nominations open until July 17
July meeting moved to July 18
Due to summer scheduling conflicts, the July general meeting has been moved to July 18, at (Avalon Town Courts, Tabula Rasa Island (SLURL)
Deadline extended! The deadline to self-nominate for a position on the executive board has been extended through July 17. Nominees will be asked to introduce themselves at the July 18 general meeting.
Visit the SLBA Election forum for more information and to nominate yourself.
I encourage anyone who is interested to run. The association needs you!
Speaker Series continues with "California Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings"
Carol M. Langford will speak in depth on the attorney disciplinary system in California, from complaint to trial and beyond. Ms. Langford is an attorney specializing in legal malpractice and attorney conduct matters before the State Bar. Her office is located in Walnut Creek, California.
For more info and to register, click here.
The next speaker will be Juris Amat on 'Developments in copyright law concerning digital technologies' Friday July 24th at 8:30 am SLT.
More information will be available soon!
Saturday, June 13, 2009:
Incorporation, election season opens, and other business
Minutes: http://bit.ly/minutes
At today's meeting, President Legal Writer announced that the SL Bar Association's incorporation papers have been filed!
Elections for the 2009-2010 officer and executive board positions will take place in July. Interested avatars should visit http://www.slba.info/forum/YaBB.pl?board=Elections_2009 for deadlines and other information, and to nominate themselves. Candidates will give statements at the July 11 meeting, and voting will be open July 18-July 31. Newly-elected officers and board members will take office at the August meeting.
Dues are due! Visit the SLBA's temporary offices at Avalon Town Courts, Tabula Rasa Island (SLURL) to pay your annual $L500 renewal.
Premises update: we are still looking for a permanent home. A committee will make a recommendation at the next meeting. In the mean time, we have set up dues and credentialling payment boxes at the temporary offices (in the same building where we have been holding meetings).
Credentials update: no new credentials have been issued this month, but no problems to report either. View the current list of credentialled avatars here, and info on the process: http://www.slba.info/credential_list.html.
Speakers series update: Next speaker will be at noon PDT/SLT on June 25 - more info shortly. The topic will be Legal Ethics (not Virtual World specific) and will offer 1 hour of Cal. CLE (1 hour ethics credit).
Morgandy Monigle reported on planning for the career fair, to take place this fall (probabely either the second or third Saturday of September or October). She is seeking speakers who practice law in SL, or advise companies with a presence in SL, as well as local hosts to coordinate schools in their areato take in a laptop with SL loaded, connect into their A/V system, and log their av into the seminar/fair to facilitate students and faculty who don't have avs to attend.
We may have a "real life" meeting for those attending the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago; more info to come.