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Well, we’ve just “sprung forward!” Here are some tips to help you build a website, improve your wardrobe, network virtually, and get help with your taxes. Where else can you find all this valuable information in one place? The Columbus Bar – we have what you really need…

~Alex Lagusch, Columbus Bar Executive Director

1. As Part of Our Ongoing Partnership, LexisNexis is Providing Valuable Educational Resources to You
2. Join the Columbus Bar's Virtual Food Drive
3. Need a Firm Website? Build one FREE with OfficeLive.com!
4. What’s New For the 2009 Tax Season
5. Netweaving: For Lawyers Who Hate Networking
6. Worried Lawyers Embrace Gordon Gekko's Wardrobe

As Part of Our Ongoing Partnership,
LexisNexis is Providing Valuable Educational
Resources to You

You may know about the Coffee Break Webinars that LexisNexis has provided to legal professionals for the last few years. These Webinars are quick complimentary 20-minute sessions that provide tools to help in the practice of law. And when you attend two Coffee Break Webinars in any one month, you will receive one $5 Gourmet Coffee Card. (Please note that there is no CLE credit provided for attending these sessions)

The first Webinar, Find Agreements & Clauses Fast With Precedent Search, is scheduled for today, March 18th.

New Webinars will be held each month during 2009 and we will send you updated information on new sessions. If you would like additional information or want to talk to someone directly, call Carey St. Felix at 800/227.9597 x51630.

Join the Columbus Bar's Virtual Food Drive

~by Kathleen Trafford, Columbus Bar President

Join fellow Columbus Bar members in reaching our (very achievable) goal of donating $2,500 to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank's Operation Feed campaign. With $2,500, we could provide 5,000 meals to central Ohio families! Go to the Columbus Bar page to read more and contribute online (minimum $10) with Make a Gift (near the shopping cart) or stop by the reception desk in the Columbus Bar offices and contribute any amount you want. Even $5 -- the cost of a gourmet cup of coffee or a foot-long sub -- can make a tremendous impact. Please consider helping out today!

Need a Firm Website? Build one FREE with OfficeLive.com!

~by James A. Zitesman
Columbus Bar Real Property Committee Chair

Attorney James A. Zitesman suggests Microsoft's OfficeLive.com as an economical resource for building a firm website. Read more about Jamie's experience building his law firm website.

What’s New For the 2009 Tax Season

~by Jane Pfeifer, Clark Schaefer Hackett & Co.

By now, you should have received your
W-2s and 1099s, and maybe even some or all of your K-1 forms from partnerships and S-corporations. Armed with all of your tax documents, you can begin the daunting task of preparing your 2008 Form 1040. During 2008, four separate tax acts were passed. Included in this article are some of the highlights from those Acts.

Netweaving: For Lawyers Who Hate Networking

For many attorneys, traditional networking (prospecting and schmoozing at business meetings and events) is about as popular and enticing as having a root canal. Netweaving is a natural for attorneys who don’t like to network.

Worried Lawyers Embrace Gordon Gekko's Wardrobe

Fear of layoffs has more lawyers giving up business casual and returning to business suits and tasteful accessories, according to at least one consultant.

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