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Register
Now for the 2009 NCBP Annual Meeting in Chicago
Plan now to attend the 2009 NCBP Annual Meeting at
the Hyatt Regency Chicago, July 30 - August 1.
Register for the meeting online at
www.abanet.org/annual/2009 or download a faxable
registration form at the same site. Be sure to
select the NABE/NCBP/NCBF option or form.
Meeting
highlights include:
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Thursday Evening
Welcome Reception hosted by the Metropolitan
Bar Caucus (MBC) as it celebrates its 30th
anniversary
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Friday Morning Plenary
on Lincoln and Leadership, followed by a
workshop examining Lincoln’s leadership and
legal philosophy
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Friday Joint Workshops
on delivering value to members,
award-winning diversity efforts, the ins and
outs of social media, “Green” initiatives,
representing your bar during a controversy
and other topics of interest
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Friday Joint Awards
Luncheon, including the presentation of the
ABA Partnership Awards, the Harrison Tweed
Awards and the E. Smythe Gambrell
Professionalism Awards
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Friday Afternoon
Plenary with the ABA Young Lawyers Division
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NCBP Forum on Ethnic
and Racial Diversity featuring a keynote
address by Loretta A. Tuell, a 2009 Margaret
Brent Award Recipient and partner at
AndersonTuell, L.L.P., a Native
American-owned law firm in Washington, DC
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Friday Joint
Reception at the Chicago History Museum
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Saturday Morning
Plenary featuring remarks from ABA
President-elect Carolyn B. Lamm, plus a
discussion about practicing law in a tough
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Advance registration closes July 7, 2009. Please
note that all NCBP meeting registrants pay a reduced
ABA annual meeting fee of $115.
Send your registration questions to
NABE-NCBP-NCBFregistration@staff.abanet.org
For an overview
of programs and events,
see the attached program grid.
Apply for the NCBP Executive Council
or the Office of Secretary
NCBP is seeking nominations for five at-large seats
on the NCBP Executive Council as well as for the
office of NCBP Secretary. NCBP Nominating Committee
Chair Kay H. Hodge invites individuals to
self-nominate or submit the name of a colleague who
may be a good addition to the governing body of the
NCBP.
Executive Council
The council is made up of 15 at-large members (each
serving a three-year term) and five officers. Terms
are staggered so that five members rotate off the
council each year. Each council member will sit on
and participate in the work of one to three NCBP
committees. During the second or third year of
his/her term, a council member may be appointed as a
committee chair.
Secretary
Nomination to the office of secretary is the first
step toward serving as president of the NCBP. The
secretary subsequently serves as treasurer,
president-elect, president and immediate past
president. Officers' duties are similar to those
listed above under Executive Council and also
include the activities generally attendant with the
respective office.
Read the Council/Secretary
Criteria and Responsibilities
Volunteer for an NCBP
Committee!
Looking for ways to become more active in the work
of the NCBP? NCBP President-elect Mary T. Torres
(who becomes president on August 1) will make
appointments to the following committees for the
2009-2010 year: Communications, Diversity, Finance,
Membership, Program, Sponsorship and Task Force on
Inclusion.
Appointees are expected to attend committee meetings
held in conjunction with the 2010 midyear meeting in
Orlando (Thursday, February 4) and the 2010 annual
meeting in San Francisco (Thursday, August 5). In
addition, several conference calls will be held
throughout the year (2-5 calls lasting an hour or
so).
Download and complete the
NCBP committee form
and return to: Mary T. Torres, NCBP President-elect,
c/o Pamela Robinson, ABA Division for Bar Services,
321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654-7598.
The deadline for applications is June 19, 2009.
Applicants will be notified of their assignments by
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REMEMBER to SAVE THE
DATES!
2010 NCBP Midyear Meeting, February 4-6, 2010,
Orlando, FL
Need Help Writing
Your President's Page? Visit the ABA-DBS Web Site
NCBP, through the efforts of
the ABA Division for Bar Services, is pleased to
provide a resource page that contains links to
president pages, helpful articles and practical
advice from bar communications staff. Click on
Writing Effective President
Pages: Resource Page .You
can also access this page from the Resources page on
the NCBP Web site.
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To order single copies at $14.95 each, visit the ABA
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For bulk prices and orders, contact the ABA Service
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Find
Fascinating Facts About Bar Associations
The ABA Division for Bar Services' 2005 Bar
Activities Inventory (BAI),
is a comprehensive survey on the
administration and programming of state and local
bar associations. Find
the answers to these
questions and over 400 other interesting facts about
bar associations in the BAI:
- Which bar associations have recently completed a
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- How do bar association select their officers?
- Which jurisdictions have adopted a definition of
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bar associations which responded to the BAI
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Visit
www.abanet.org/barserv/pubs/bai05.html for more information.
What NCBP Does…
NCBP hosts bi-annual conferences of state and
local bar presidents that are held in
conjunction with ABA midyear and annual
meetings. These conferences feature joint
programming with the National Association of Bar
Executives and the National Conference of Bar
Foundations, organizations whose meetings also
take place during ABA meetings.
See Purpose
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