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1983 NSBA News 1 (1983)

handle is hein.barjournals/neblwr1983 and id is 1 raw text is: NSBA News Issue 83-1 Feb. 1983 Consumer's Guide offered- Local bars sponsor public awareness seminars A series of pul)blic awareness seminars about the law and the legal pirofession will be held in six Nebraska communities beginning in mid-March. Sponsored by local bai' associations in each area, the seminars will be held in North Platte, Ogallala, Scottsbluff, Norfolk, Falls City and Ilebron. The NSBA is piroviding organiza- tional supplort anl Will assist with the piomnotional efforts for each seminar, but each local association is responsible foI' the planning, content and presentation of their seminar. The public awareness seminalr con- cept is palrt of President Ted Kessner's program of encouraging in- creased attorney involvement in the local community. Each pirogram will begin with a brief opening statement fronn the program chairman, followed by l)up to six piesentations on various areas of law, a question and answer session involving the au- dlience and the lawyers, and a closing statement. 'An opportunity to demonstrate our pride in our profession' The progiai will emphasize the in- dividual's rights and responsibilities in the legal system, howv to choose a lawyer and what to expect in the attorney-client relationship, and basic information about several substantive areas of law including law and the consumer, housing, family law, prop- erty rights and others. The seminairs will piovide the public with valuable information about tihe law anc the legal piofes- sion, Kessner says. They will also give attorneys and judges throughout the state an Olo'tunity to demonstrate their pridle in the legal profession and their concern that the public become eduncated about these important legal concepts. A new publication from the NSBA, a Consumer's Guide to Nebraska Law, %Vill be unveiled at the seminars. 'the publication, covering many areas of the legal system, is currently in Ioduction. Printing and IodLIction costs are being paid by tie Nebraska State Bar Foundation and the Lincoln Founlation to allow the fr'ee distribution of up to 20,000 copies of the 28-page guide. Initially, copies of the gutide will be available only through the putblic awareness seminars. The NSBA Legal Services Lawyer Referral program, which has been leluged with calls since its official opening December 1, has been selected to receive a $12,000 grant frnom the American Bar Association Consortium on Legal Services and the Public. The grant will be used to help offset the administrati\,e costs of the program. Public response to the new Iwo- gram, which offers free or iecluced- cost legal assistance to individluals who need assistance with a civil mat- ter but cannot afford it, has been so great that some adjustments have alreatly been made in the program's opeIations. According to Program Coordinator Patt Ilays, the In-WATS line which has been set Up to allow clients to call toll-fi'ee fi'om anywhere in the state is now being Local llanning chairmen for the in- itial series of six seminars ar'e: North Platte-Steve Kay Ogallala-Richai d Roberts Scottshluff-Jin EllisoII and Judge Glenn Camerer Falls City-Richard Halbert I lebron-Lyle Koenig Norfolk-Judge Richard Garden As an example of the innovative ideas coming from the local planning chairmen for the seminars, the Falls City progr'am will be a four-county effort incorporating the entire First Judicial District. The piogiram will be combined with the finals of the First Distiict Mock Trial Competition to bring both adults and students together for a lea'ning exper'ience about the law, cour't procedure and the legal profession. answerecl only f'om 9:00 am.-Noon, Monday through Friday. This gives Patt the afternoon houi's to set up referrals and handle the cor- n'espondence anti other paperwork necessary for her office. 500 call In the first three months of the pirogriam, neamly 500 calls were received in the NSBA office. Of these, 284 constituted cases acceptable for' referral. The vast majority of the cases accepted-171 of 284-involve ciivorce, child Sul)l)ort or custody and visitation rights. Other types of cases involve bankruptcy, immigr'ation luestions, landlord-tenant, emlploy- ment and others. Most of the cases (208 of 284) are being meferred as pro bono cases, though 13 flI-fee referrals have (continued on page 2) Referral service receives $12,000 grant; divorce calls predominate

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