The Employment Law CLE scheduled for January 25, 2012 at 4 p.m. in the City General District Court has been approved for 2 hours credit. For copy of the course outline, please click on the following: OUTLINE employmentlaw nextcut. Please print off a copy for yourself to save our CABA budget for copying. Thanks. Hope to see you there. Your CLE committee: Annie Lee, Tracey, & Greg

Paulette Davidson of the Virginia State Bar has been contacted by a local (Charlottesville/Albemarle) group that is planning a Parent/Student resource conference for special needs students transitioning out of high school. The event is scheduled for Saturday, February 25, with a snow date of Saturday, March 3. It will be held at Ivy Creek School, 225 Lambs Lane, Charlottesville. The conference will run from 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and will offer several sessions to attendees.

Ms. Davidson contacted me to inquire about getting someone from our bar association to make a presentation or organize a panel presentation on the So You’re 18 booklets offered by the Conference of Local Bar Associations (CLBA). Several bar associations across the state have used the panel presentation blueprint provided by the CLBA to present these booklets within their local school systems. For the blueprint of the program, please click the following: SoYou’re18Blueprint

As noted in the blueprint, the presenters usually include a local sheriff, police chief, commonwealth’s attorney, defense attorney, someone familiar with social services, a local general district court Judge or juvenile and domestic court Judge and a moderator. It might also be a good idea to have a guidance counselor from one of the high schools on the panel.

If you would be interested in presenting or organizing a panel for this program, please contact Ms. Davidson as soon as possible at 804-775-0521 or davidson@vsb.org. Participation would require a two-hour commitment which will be broken down into two one-hour presentations (the same program two times). These can also be put together with different participants for each presentation.

Steven Rosenfield, President

Effective January 3, 2012, the possession of cellular phones and other electronic recording and wireless communication devices will be prohibited in the Court Room of the Charlottesville Circuit Court while court is in session. This prohibition will not apply to licensed attorneys and their staff provided the devices remain de-activated until activation is approved by the Court. Use of audio-visual equipment for selected cases will be permitted upon advance approval by the Court.

Violation of this prohibition may result in the seizure and confiscation of the device in question and a finding of contempt, with attendant punitive sanctions imposed where appropriate upon the offending party.

For a copy of Judge Hogshire’s Order dated 12/5/2011, please click on the following: Judge Hogshire Order

The Virginia Indigent Defense Commission (VIDC) Charlottesville Public Defender Office has an opening for an attorney committed to providing quality legal services for indigent defendants charged with criminal offenses. This position is part-time (20 hours/week). For further details, please click on the following: Assistant Public Defender I

Attorney with a solo consumer bankruptcy practice is seeking a single office within walking distance of the Charlottesville Federal Courthouse, and to share a receptionist for light volume work (Typically 30 mins.-2 hours over the course of a day). Interested parties please contact Lee Dunham at Lee@LeeDunham.com or 434-321-4541.