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34 Affiliate 1 (2008-2009)

handle is hein.journals/aff34 and id is 1 raw text is: Defending Liberty Pursuing Justice American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division 321 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654-7598 ISSN: 0360-5485 The newsletter and resource guide for bar leaders nationwide omestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking consti- tute a destructive social epidemic, imposing physical, emotional, and financial costs on individuals, fami- lies, and communities. Statistics provided by the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Domestic Violence are sobering: by conservative estimates, 1.5 million women in the United States are assaulted by their intimate partners every year. Nationally, one-in-three women will experience sexual violence in their lifetimes, and one-in-twelve women will be stalked in their lifetimes. Although women are the victims in the majority of these crimes, men also experience intimate partner violence at an alarming rate. The legal system is often the best hope for victims trying to stop intimate partner violence. Every state has some form of civil protection order, and many states are creating civil protection orders for victims of sexual assault and stalking. Obtaining a protection order, however, can be daunting for victims, and particularly for the unrepresented. Attorneys play a critically important role both to ensure legal protections for victims of violence and to educate their communities about the scourge in domestic violence. This is why the ABA Young Lawyer's Division's (YLD) 2008-2009 public service project, Voices Against Violence, will focus on domestic violence awareness, education, and prevention. The ABA YLD's goal is to raise awareness about domestic violence and to assist affiliates and young lawyers in devis- ing, implementing, and disseminating initiatives to com- plement and broaden existing efforts to eradicate domestic violence. Described in more detail below, the project has several advocacy and educational components, including materials on teen dating violence. Video on Teen Dating Violence Targeting Young Lawyers This video educates the young lawyer about the prevalence of teen dating violence, how domestic violence affects young- er victims, and the importance of lawyer involvement. The video also explains how young lawyers can be involved in addressing this important national issue regardless of their area of practice or lack of prior experience or knowledge. Young Lawyer Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Toolkit Accompanying the video is a toolkit targeted toward young lawyer members and their affiliates. The toolkit provides an overview of the project, resources and information to help educate the young lawyer about domestic violence continued on page 8 Questions and Challenges? Call the Affiliate Assistance Team for Help By Jaye Rancourt ongratulations, you have ascended through the ranks of your ABA Young Lawyers Division (ABA YLD) af- filiate to assume your leadership role. Now what? How do you motivate your members and fellow leadership? How do you plan and implement successful CLE programs and public service initiatives? Maybe you are facing the huge challenge of reorganizing your affiliate. Maybe you are attempting to create a long-range plan for your affiliate. If you have these questions and/or are facing these challenges and need some help and guidance, the Affiliate Assistance Team of the ABA YLD can help. The Affiliate Assistance Team is a group of past, present, and as- piring young lawyer leaders who work together to offer assistance and support to the over 300 young lawyer affiliates of the ABA YLD. The Affiliate Assistance Team of- fers support, materials, leadership training, and networking oppor- tunities with other young lawyer leaders to help you be successful in your leadership role. We pro- vide these services in three basic ways: (1) leadership training at each ABA YLD conference; (2) resources provided through the Affiliates page of the ABA YLD website; and (3) meetings via telephone or at conferences with mem- bers of the Affiliate Assistance Team. We offer these services and resources to every ABA YLD af- filiate regardless of size, organizational structure, or funding source. We are flexible and are able to structure our assistance and support to meet the unique characteristics and needs of each YLD affiliate. We also assist young lawyer organizations in becoming affiliates of the ABA YLD. At each ABA YLD conference the Affiliate Assistance Team will provide leadership training programs. At the Fall Conference in San Diego, the Affiliate Assistance Team will host two programs for young bar leaders. The first program is entitled Hit the Ground Running: How to Start Your Bar Leadership Year Off Right. This program will provide in- sight from current and former young bar leaders about how to run effective meetings, how to implement successful public service projects, how to make a smooth transition between bar leadership, and how to work with your senior bar. We will also host a roundtable discussion with young lawyer leaders from across the country The topic of the roundtable discussion will be The Generation Gap: Does It Exist and If So, How Does It Effect Young Bar Organiza- tions. We hope to continue our discussion of the Genera- tion Gap and the effects it has on you and your membership continued on page 8 Mandatory vs. Voluntary Bars..............page 2 Letter to the Editor: California State Bar Responds.............page 2 Around the Country....................page 3 Im portant Deadlines .......................................... page 3 ABA YLD Takes Bite Out of Big Apple........page 4 Letter from the Editor...................page 4 Social Networking ................................................ page 4 Bar Membership Required................page 5 Affiliates and Law Students................page 5 Long-Range Planning....................page 6 Transitioning to New Leadership............page 6 2008-2009 ABA YLD District Representatives ...... page 7 Affiliate Network Grows..................page 8 November/December * 2008-2009 Mentoring Project * Creating a Budget in Difficult Times * Fall Conference Recap * 2007-2008 Awards of Achievement Published in The Affiliate, Volume 34, Number 1, September/October 2008. © 2008 by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association. A Publication of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division 0 www.abanet.org/yld Domestic Violence Prevention and Awareness: The ABA YLD 2008-2009 Public Service Project, Voices Against Violence By Jason T. Vail 2008-2009 Year at a Glance: Join Us for Public Service, Resources, Collaboration, Training and Networking Educate and Serve Your Community: Domestic Violence Prevention and Awareness To address an important need, the ABA YLD will pro- duce a program designed to educate young lawyers about the epidemic of domestic violence, particularly among teenagers, and to engage them in efforts to end domestic violence in their communities. Collaborate with Your Colleagues The ABA YLD will continue to offer a forum for new lawyers and young lawyer state, local, and specialty bar organizations to collaborate, share ideas, and discuss important issues and trends affecting new lawyers and our organizations. Benefit from New Resources: The Mentorship Project The Mentorship Project is an online collection of ar- ticles, quick tips, and audio recordings geared toward the needs of young lawyers. As part of this project, the ABA YLD is working with StoryCorps® to record stories of mentoring. The segments pair lawyers, judges, and others to discuss mentorship in the legal profession and to share their stories about mentoring. The recordings will be available on the ABA YLD website, archived at the Library of Congress, and segments may air on Na- tional Public Radio. Sharpen Your Legal Skills and Expand Your Network The ABA YLD will continue to provide unique and quality opportunities for sharpening legal skills and networking through in-person events, distance learn- ing, periodicals, and online resources. For more information, visit wwwabanet.org/yld. 0

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