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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE<br />
JOHN FAIRGRIEVE<br />
<strong>CCBA</strong> President<br />
Dear Fellow Members of the <strong>Bar</strong>:<br />
Let me begin for thanking you for the opportunity to serve as<br />
president of the <strong>Clark</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Bar</strong> Associ<strong>at</strong>ion for the upcoming<br />
year. I have enjoyed serving as a trustee and l<strong>at</strong>er as vice president<br />
of the associ<strong>at</strong>ion and look forward to the challenges th<strong>at</strong><br />
the coming year will surely bring. Fortun<strong>at</strong>ely our associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
has a strong and capable board and support staff which I will<br />
work with closely to accomplish our associ<strong>at</strong>ion's goals.<br />
The last year was a challenging one for the bar associ<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />
our board. However, as a result of a series of difficult but necessary<br />
decisions we have stopped being an intermediary for health<br />
insurance programs and have put the associ<strong>at</strong>ion on a much more<br />
stable financial footing. Both the health care issue and the bar's<br />
financial problems consumed a substantial portion of the board's<br />
time and energy in the past year. It is my hope th<strong>at</strong> in the coming<br />
year we can put th<strong>at</strong> time and energy towards more productive<br />
activities th<strong>at</strong> will benefit our associ<strong>at</strong>ion and our community.<br />
I have two general goals as I begin my term as president. The first<br />
is to strengthen our profession locally by instituting a mentorship<br />
program for new <strong>at</strong>torneys. The second is to strengthen the<br />
position of our profession in our community by having the bar<br />
become more involved in public legal educ<strong>at</strong>ion / civics educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
in our local community. Both the American <strong>Bar</strong> Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
and the Washington St<strong>at</strong>e <strong>Bar</strong> Associ<strong>at</strong>ion have public legal<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion and civics m<strong>at</strong>erials and programs th<strong>at</strong> we could use<br />
as models for a local program. I plan on discussing each of my<br />
goals and plans for achieving them with the bar associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
board in the near future.<br />
One issue I would like to address with all of you is involvement<br />
in bar associ<strong>at</strong>ion activities and programs. Outside the work<br />
done by the board of trustees the main work of our associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
occurs in our committees. In particular, our CLE, Hearsay and<br />
<strong>Bar</strong>rister's Ball committees perform critical work for our associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
and need additional volunteers to help them continue to<br />
provide the high quality of products and services th<strong>at</strong> they have<br />
in the past. Please consider volunteering time to work on one of<br />
these committees or on another committee or in a capacity th<strong>at</strong><br />
reflects your interests.<br />
Finally, there has been discussion <strong>at</strong> our last two general meetings<br />
about wh<strong>at</strong> our bar associ<strong>at</strong>ion's priorities are and wh<strong>at</strong> it<br />
should be doing to assist its members. I urge you to contact me<br />
or one of the other officers or trustees to express your opinions<br />
or to discuss any other m<strong>at</strong>ter concerning the bar. You can reach<br />
me <strong>at</strong> (503) 957-6107 or <strong>at</strong> jpfairgrieve@msn.com.<br />
Upcoming CLE Schedule<br />
D<strong>at</strong>e<br />
October 25, 2011<br />
Area of<br />
Law<br />
Medi<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Topic<br />
Controversial<br />
Issues in<br />
Medi<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Speakers<br />
Richard Spier<br />
Steve Andersen<br />
Jane <strong>Clark</strong><br />
Committee<br />
Chair<br />
Jane <strong>Clark</strong><br />
November<br />
Federal<br />
Federal Court<br />
Civil Procedure<br />
Kurt Rylander<br />
Steve Joncus<br />
Rick McLeod<br />
Rick McLeod<br />
December<br />
Ethics<br />
HEARSAY - OCTOBER 2011 3
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