Juneau Bar Association, Inc.

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Upcoming CLE Courses

• Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 12:00 to 1:00, Centennial Hall Egan Room: Susan Falk, Alaska Court System, Public Services Librarian, 1 general CLE credit on Advanced Legal Research

This one-hour presentation will cover advanced legal research techniques, focusing on Westlaw.  Topics will include searching and navigation basics, a Terms and Connectors refresher, use of databases and fields, digest and KeyNumber searching, and Keycite.  If attendees have specific questions and time allows, other topics may be addressed as well.

• March 12, 2010: Leon Vance, Faulkner Banfield, P.C., .5 general CLE on constitutional law, focusing on the Tonnage Clause and Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, ___ U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 2277 (2009)

Leon served as Alaska counsel for Polar Tankers, Inc., in its successful United State Supreme Court appeal of a property tax that violated the Tonnage Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

SPECIAL TRIAL SKILLS CLE SERIES

JBA is still working on a special “Trial Skills” CLE series!  We will have several 3-hour CLEs taught by some of Juneau's most renouned attorneys. These workshops will be participation-based instead of conducted in a lecture format.  Space will be limited, so make sure to sign up early.  The CLEs are tentatively scheduled for 1:30pm to 4:30pm at the 3rd Floor Jury Room in the Dimond Court Building.  JBA will provide coffee/juice/snacks.  Registration will be by Evite so please register your email address with JBA to ensure you receive an invitation to register!  Topics to include:

• Jury Selection
• Opening Statements
• Direct and Cross Examinations
• Impeachment
• Exhibits
• Hearsay and Trial Objections
• Closing Argument

• 2007 JBA CLE Credit History (Excel)

• 2007 JBA CLE Credit History (PDF)

• 2008 JBA CLE Credit History (Excel)

• 2008 JBA CLE Credit History (PDF)

• Alaska Bar Association Credit History

The JBA invites members of the local bench and bar to present a short informal CLEs on various topics.  Each attendee and presenter earns .5 CLE credits.  Alaska bar members are required to complete 3 hours of approved ethics CLE each year and are encouraged to complete 9 hours of approved voluntary general CLE each year.  Take advantage of this opportunity to earn these CLE credits through JBA.

In 2007, JBA offered 4.5 CLE credits, .5 of which were ethics credits.  In 2008, JBA offered a total of 7 CLE credits, 3 of which were ethics credits.

JBA maintains a database of the JBA members that attend JBA CLEs and that have signed in with the attendance sheet at each CLE.  At the end of each calendar year, JBA will post this information on our website.  This is offered as a service to JBA members and in exchange for payment of JBA dues.

JBA is always looking for new CLE presenters so if you would be willing to present a short CLE on a topic of substantive law (and earn .5 CLE credits and a free lunch) please contact CLE Committee Chair Kelly J. Jantunen at 789-3166 or kjantunen@baxterbrucelaw.com.

CLE Committee Chair