The West Virginia Bar Foundation and its fifteen member Board of Directors have selected the lawyers and members of the judiciary to be members of the 2013 class of Bar Foundation Fellows. They will be honored at the Annual Dinner which has been set for Thursday, April 25, 2013, at the Marriott Hotel in Charleston, beginning at 6:30 PM.            Bar Foundation Fellows are those lawyers and judges "whose professional, public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Bar_Foundation_Fellows,58.aspx Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT 2013-04-15T12:00:00 Plans are finalized for the 2013 Financial and Estate Planning Seminar to be held Thursday, May 9 th at Edgewood Country Club in Charleston. This annual event sponsored by WV Bankers Association, WV State Bar and WV Society of CPAs, attracts participants from bank trust departments, CPAs, insurance agencies, financial planners and attorneys and features the latest and most current estate planning techniques. Your company has a unique opportunity to network with some of the top professionals in West... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Financial_and_Estate_Planning_Seminar,56.aspx Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:00:00 GMT 2013-03-25T08:00:00 Commander William R. Hinerman and the West Virginia State Bar Veterans and Military Affairs Committee would like to offer the members of the WV State Bar the opportunity to send items to the human rights organization, Women for Afghan Women. They opened the Children's Support Center in 2009 to provide shelter, food, clothes, and education to these children. The children are in need of clothes, school supplies, or even small toys. Please send donations to: Commander William Hinerman, JAGC, USN Unit... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Donations_for_Afghanistan_Childrens_Support_Center,57.aspx Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:00:00 GMT 2013-03-25T08:00:00 Government Lawyers CLE - Save the Date! The West Virginia State Bar Government Lawyers Committee will sponsor a live and interactive presentation on ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PUBLIC SECTOR LAW, created by the American Bar Associations' Government & Public Sector Lawyers Division, on May 7, 2013 from 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.    The presentation will be held in Building 7 on the 2nd floor of the State Capitol Complex.   2.4 hours of CLE credit in the area of Ethics has been approved.  Cost will be $25... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Government_Lawyers_CLE,54.aspx Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT 2013-03-18T14:00:00 The West Virginia State Bar has a new membership website coming soon!  As a new feature, which will save time for our members, one representative of your office can be designated to enter the entire firm's mandatory Financial Responsibility Disclosure and IOLTA information.  In order to collect the necessary information, we are asking all Bar members to report their firm name.  If you work for a government entity, identify that entity as your "firm name."  If you are a sole-practitioner, your name will... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Update_Your_Firm_Information,52.aspx Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:00:00 GMT 2013-03-11T16:00:00 The United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia requires all attorneys to electronically file all pleadings, using the Court’s Case Management Electronic Filing System (referred to as CM/ECF). The Court is offering a two and one half hour (2 1/2) training course for attorneys and/or their support staff on use of the CM/ECF filing system on the following days in the Clarksburg Point of Holding Court. Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:00 a.m. District Judge Courtroom, 2nd Floor ... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/US_District_Court__Northern_District_of_West_Virginia_CMECF_Trai,48.aspx Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:00:00 GMT 2013-02-25T10:00:00 The Public Interest Advocates are celebrating 25 years of supporting public interest fellows at the annual PIA Auction! The Auction will take place on March 7, 2013 (Dining at 5, bidding at 6). If you can't attend but wish to submit a proxy bid, please email Andrew Thomas and we can arrange it for you: athoma25@mix.wvu.edu Featured items include: Brand new full set of Michie's West Virginia 1 year access to Lois Law Primary Law National (searchable federal and state law databases, Federal... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Public_Interest_Advocates_Auction,49.aspx Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:00:00 GMT 2013-02-25T10:00:00 Living Monuments: The Courthouse A Book of the 55 County Courthouses of West Virginia   Book Release February 16, 2013 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Taylor Books, Capitol Street Charleston   The book is a project of the West Virginia Association of Counties, produced by The Walkabout Company, pllc, of Wheeling, in collaboration with the WV Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority.  Our courthouses are powerful and practical symbols of democracy as envisioned by the founders of our... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Living_Monuments_The_Courthouse__Book_Release,46.aspx Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT 2013-02-11T17:00:00 Joyce E. McConnell, the William J. Maier, Jr. Dean and Thomas R. Goodwin Professor of Law, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, and the Faculty, Staff, and Students of the West Virginia University College of Law, cordially invite members of the WV Bar to a retirement reception honoring the legal career and achievements of Justice Franklin D. Cleckley, the Arthur B. Hodges Chair of Law. The celebration will take place on Monday, March 4, 2013, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Ruby Grand Hall of... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Justice_Frank_Cleckley_Retirement_Celebration,45.aspx Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT 2013-02-04T11:00:00 Click here for the Young Lawyers Section Executive Committee nominating petition. Click here for the Board of Governors nominating petition.  When signed by the requisite number of members, the petition must be received, by mail, email or fax no later than midnight February 11, 2013, by the Executive Director of The West Virginia State Bar, 2000 Deitrick Boulevard, Charleston, WV 25311-1231; caseya@wvbar.org; or fax 304.558.2467.  If multiple copies of the petition are used, they must be sent... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Board_of_Governors_and_Young_Lawyers_Elections,44.aspx Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:00:00 GMT 2013-01-18T10:00:00 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR   The WV Ethics Commission is seeking an Executive Director.  The Director oversees the Commission’s day-to-day operations including staff management, rendering oral and written guidance to public servants and citizens on the application of the Ethics Act and open meeting laws, drafting advisory opinions, regulating lobbying activity, enforcing conflict of interest prohibitions through an administrative adjudication process, and providing education and training to public officials,... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/WV_Ethics_Commission_Executive_Director_Position,42.aspx Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:00:00 GMT 2012-12-17T17:00:00 JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT TO THE COURT OF CLAIMS The West Virginia State Bar is seeking candidates for the position of Judge of the Court of Claims. If interested, provide a resume to the State Bar on or before December 31, 2012. The resume should be sent - Attention: Court of Claims, 2000 Deitrick Blvd, Charleston, WV 25311. The Speaker and the President will make the appointment from a list of three candidates recommended by the Board of Governors of the State Bar. A minimum of ten (10) years'... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Judicial_Appointment_to_the_Court_of_Claims,41.aspx Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT 2012-12-10T14:00:00 Part Time Hearing Officer – West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board (CPRB)   The CPRB is requesting bids for part-time hearing officer services to be provided at the offices of the Board at 4101 MacCorkle Ave., SE, Charleston, WV 25304. Vendor must be licensed to practice law in the State of West Virginia and be in good standing with the West Virginia State Bar.  Vendor should have a minimum of five years experience as a hearing officer or administrative law judge and have knowledge of... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Part_Time_Hearing_Officer__West_Virginia_Consolidated_Public_Ret,39.aspx Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:00:00 GMT 2012-11-30T11:00:00 Chief Administrative Law Judge, West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals - The West Virginia State Bar will receive resumes immediately for the position of Chief Administrative Law Judge, West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals. The deadline for submittal of resumes and letters of recommendation is December 17, 2012. Resumes should be sent to The West Virginia State Bar, Attention: CALJ WV Office of Tax Appeals, 2000 Deitrick Blvd., Charleston, WV 25311. Pursuant to §11-10A-6. The Governor, with advice... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Chief_Administrative_Law_Judge_West_Virginia_Office_of_Tax_Appea,38.aspx Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:00:00 GMT 2012-11-30T09:00:00 Lawyers Without Borders, Inc., (www.lwob.org) seeks volunteer lawyers to assist as neutral independent court trial observers for the defense portion of the Caprivi trial, on-site in Namibia, beginning in February 2013.  Lawyers Without Borders, Inc., also seeks a volunteer lawyer manager liason who will assist the Namibia trial observers, assuring requirements for overseas travel are met,contacts made, and trial observation reports are filed, etc.  More information contact the Executive Director of the... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Lawyers_Without_Borders_Inc_Seeks_Volunteer_Lawyers,37.aspx Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:48:00 GMT 2012-11-26T16:48:00 WORKING TOGETHER CONFERENCE 2013 A Partnership of Public and Private Tax Professionals Working Together is a partnership of public and private tax professionals, where practitioner groups join with the IRS and the West Virginia State Tax Department in sponsoring an annual conference. By continuing to enhance the level of communication and trust among the groups, a constructive working relationship is being built that will reduce the tax burden on the public and practitioners alike, and will further... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/WORKING_TOGETHER_CONFERENCE_2013,36.aspx Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:28:00 GMT 2012-11-26T16:28:00 The United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia requires all attorneys  to electronically file all pleadings using the Court’s Case Management Electronic Filing System (referred to as CM/ECF).  The Court is offering a two and one half (2 ½) hour training course for attorneys and/or their support staff on the use of the CM/ECF filing system on the following dates at the Wheeling point of holding court: November 13 and 14, 2012 Tuesday, November 13         9:00 a.m     ... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/US_Northern_District_Court_of_West_Virginia_CMECF_Training,34.aspx Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:00:00 GMT 2012-10-22T17:00:00 This December, the Education Law Committee of the WV State Bar will present a CLE on a current topic of national interest to parents, students, and attorneys:  school board disciplinary action against students for their off-campus speech on social media websites and related First Amendment litigation.  The program will be held at the offices of the State Bar on December 18, 2012 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Click here for more information and/or to register. http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Education_Law_Committee_CLE,33.aspx Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:00:00 GMT 2012-10-19T11:00:00 LUNCH AND LAUGHS WITH A LEGAL LEGEND         The WV Bar Foundation’s "friendly roast" of WVU Law School Dean Emeritus John W. Fisher, II, will occur during the Second "Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend" event at the Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown on Friday, November 2, 2012, beginning at 11:30 AM.             The distinguished roasters are Ohio State University President and former WVU Law School Dean and WVU President, Gordon Gee, WVU Law School Dean Joyce McConnell and WVU Law School... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/Lunch_and_Laughs_With_a_Legend,31.aspx Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:00:00 GMT 2012-10-15T10:00:00 The West Virginia Law Review would like to inform you of some upcoming events. First, on Oct. 20, from 4:30 - 7:00 the annual WVLR tailgate will be at the WVU College of Law prior to the WVU football game against Kansas State.  Please stop by for food and refreshments. The event is sponsored by the Skinner Law Firm (Charles Town), Hamstead Williams & Shook (Morgantown), and WVU College of Law Career Services.   Second, the WVLR is asking that all former editors of the West Virginia Law Review... http://wvbar.org/news_events_publications/news/articles/WV_Law_Review_Updates,32.aspx Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:00:00 GMT 2012-10-15T10:00:00 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:29:53 GMT http://wvbar.org/shared/handlers/newsrss.ashx?cid=4 10 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:29:53 GMT