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In this issue...

1. CLE Easy Pass Final Countdown: 4 Days Left
2. Columbus Bar inc News
3. Introducing Three New Committees
4. Cameras in Federal Courts For Civil Cases
5. Save the Date for Race Judicata, September 23
6. ‘Like’ CBA on Facebook, $1 to Race Judicata
7. Local Firm Warns of Scam Targeting Lawyers
8. Furman Tops 1,000 Miles for Bar Bicycling Team
9. Where's Alex?
10. Et Cetera

CLE Easy Pass Deadline Final Countdown: Purchase Yours by July 31

July 31 is the FINAL deadline to purchase your 2011-2012 CLE Easy Pass: 12 CLE hours for just $100. You choose when to use your 12 hours - anytime between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 (excluding online, webcast, or Institute CLE programs). It's the best CLE deal in town!

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Columbus Bar inc News

In the past month, the Columbus Bar inc Professional Development Center for new attorneys has been featured in The Columbus Dispatch, added three new attorney participants, and celebrated its first big success story.

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Meet the 3 new Columbus Bar inc lawyers

Columbus Bar inc success story

Introducing Three New Columbus Bar Association Committees for 2011-2012

The Columbus Bar Board of Governors recently approved the creation of three new committees – International Law, Sports Law, and The Future of the Legal Profession. These groups join an existing array of nearly 50 active committees.

Learn more about the new committees

View a listing of all substantive committees

Cameras in Federal Courts For Civil Cases

The Dispatch ran an article recently about the Southern District of Ohio participating in a national pilot program allowing district court judges the option of allowing parties to take video of civil proceedings. The Court's General Order regarding the pilot can be found here. Judges Gregory Frost, Michael Watson, and Edmund Sargus will allow civil proceedings to be videotaped (with the exception of jurors) if all parties agree.

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Save the Date for Race Judicata Charity 5K, September 23 at Beekman Park

The 5th Annual Race Judicata, presented by the Moritz College of Law Student Bar Association, is set for September 23 at Fred Beekman Park. Cost of participation is $20 and proceeds benefit the Columbus Bar Foundation. Let's support the Moritz SBA and the Foundation - register for the race today!

Learn more about Race Judicata

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‘Like’ the CBA on Facebook, We’ll Give $1 to Race Judicata

Visit the Columbus Bar Facebook page between August 1 and August 31 and click the ‘like’ button at the top of the page. For each ‘like’ our page receives in the month of August, we’ll donate $1 to Race Judicata (up to a total donation of $1,000).

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Local Firm Warns of Email Scam Targeting Lawyers

A local firm was recently contacted via email by a scam artist posing as a potential client, requesting the firm to collect a large sum of money owed pursuant to a divorce decree.

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Furman Tops 1,000 Miles for Columbus Bar Bicycling Team on RideNet

While all the Columbus Bar RideNet bikers are logging piles of miles, one rider stands out with over 1,000 miles in 30 days! Sandra Mendel Furman, Columbus Bar member and formerly chair of the ADR committee, was one of the first to join our RideNet team. She has been bicycling for eight years and considers herself a recreational rider. She says it’s hard to pick a favorite ride, but lists Canal Winchester to Bremen; the "big Darby" ride; Carroll to Bremen as top choices.

Why does she ride?

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Where's Alex?

Wondering how Alex Lagusch has been spending his time, since his retirement as Executive Director of the Columbus Bar? He's been golfing (of course), and according to credible sources, recently shot a hole-in-one on Scarlet #13. Unfortunately, that was followed up by a triple bogey on #14. Alex ended up with a final score of 86.

Check back next month for another installment of "Where's Alex?"

Et Cetera

LegalZoom Readies for IPO After Raising $66M in New Capital (ABA Journal, July 25)

Supreme Court Adopts Court Interpreter Rule (Ohio Supreme Court, July 18)

Ohio Voters to Decide Issue of Judges' Age (The Toledo Blade, July 17)

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