Washoe County Bar Association

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Seniors & the Law: A Guide for Aging Nevadans Now online!
WCBA's valuable legal guide for senior citizens,their families and caregivers is now online at nvseniorlegalguide.org
Find answers and resources for all the important questions that seniors and their families face: wills & trusts, benefits, employment, driving, housing, health care, and much more. Links and phone numbers included to find more help.
To request a copy call (775) 786-4494 or send e-mail to WCBA.

Washoe County Bar's Find A Lawyer search page will help you find a Northern Nevada lawyer by practice area. All participants of Find A Lawyerare members of WCBA and have joined the Find A Lawyer service. Click on the owl to get started. Find A Lawyer — a service of Washoe County Bar Association.

WCBA welcomes paralegals to membership!
WCBA has added a new dues category, welcoming paralegals to membership in the bar association. Download the member form above and start receiving the benefits of membership — monthly magazine The Writ, one free pictorial directory, member rates on seminars, events and advertising, access to the member-only pages with membership database and archived articles.

Now That You are 18: A Survival Guide
WCBA online, interactive "Survival Guide" for teens and their parents offers legal information and resources on all the topics teens face when they turn 18 and face adult responsibilities. nowthatyouare18.org covers topics from credit cards to renting an apartment, from identity theft to car insurance, and from geting arrested to marriage.

Entertaining Ethics with Stuart Teicher • Finding the Practical Advice Buried in the Concepts of Professionalism and the Ethics Rules, 2 credits Ethics
Wednesday, November 10, 3-5:30 p.m., Harrah's
Like every attorney, you want to know how to be happy and successful. Ever think that answers were like buried treasure in the Rules of Professional Conduct?
Join Stuart Teicher, frequent co-presenter with Sean Carter, and a lawyer and nationally recognized CLE speaker, as he digs through the code and unearths the practical advice that lies beneath.
In this unique and motivating seminar, Teicher empowers you to succeed by providing tangible tips about the profession that will help you flourish in the practice for years to come.

How ethics rules can be a roadmap to superior performance

Keys to living a rich life outside of the office to positively affect your ability to serve clients

How to use relentless determination to approach your career

This seminar is for you if you want to learn how to be happier and more successful, all while earning ethics credits.
Stuart Teicher says: "I teach fellow attorneys at every stage of their career how to navigate the hottest trends in the practice. Asone of the country's only "CLE Performers," I use my entertaining and energetic style to make my programs engaging and informative."
Attorney members $150; nonmembers $175

WCBA Judicial Performance Evaluation • See Full Results
WCBA conducted its biennial Judicial Performance Evaluation for 2010 between May 17 and June 30. The purpose of the survey is to provide candid, objective data to judges from the attorneys who have experience with them and to educate the public and voters on the performance of judges in our community. Results posted Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
2010 Judicial Survey Results

WCBA CLE Calendar and Link to Taped Programs & Podcasts

2 Hours Ethics CLE
The Winning Edge - Using an Electronic Courtroom
11/18/10 - 2:00 to 4:15 p.m.

NEW CDs AVAILABLE
* Dissection of a Medical Record - What you Need to Know
1.5 Hours CLE - $50
*Story Telling - Preparing a Powerful Opening Statement
3 Hours CLE - $105

Call to order 324-4665 - immediate turnaround
It's one-stop CLE shopping at our new site. We have a full fall calendar of live CLE plus podcasts and taped programs at the link here.

Jim Calloway writes an entertaining and informative blog about managing your law practice. Find it here.

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