In This Issue...

1. Survey Says!
2. Mileage Rates for Court-Appointed Cases
3. Supreme Court Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rule Changes
4. New Lawyers Fall Calendar
5. Geek Speak: Dictation\Transcription
6. Work-Life Balance
7. Make Your Vote Count: Election Law Issues
8. Great Downtown Lunch Spots
9. An Interview with Rich Simpson
10. Pedal Power for Attorneys
11. Brown v. Board of Education: Essays by Bar Members
12. Ten Easy Ways to Stretch Your Healthcare Dollars

Survey Says!

72% of those responding to a recent CBA survey said technology has a significant impact on their ability to successfully practice. We’d like to help. So, we need to know what it is about technology that concerns our members most.

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Mileage Rates for Court-Appointed Cases

A mileage rate increase is in effect for fee applications submitted to the appropriate court on or after August 1, 2008.

(Memo from Timothy Young,
Ohio Public Defender)

Supreme Court Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rule Changes

The Supreme Court of Ohio will accept public comment until Sept. 17 about a proposed increase in judicial ethics and professionalism instruction for full-time judges.

The Supreme Court of Ohio will accept a second round of public comment on several revised proposed amendments to the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio addressing access to court records. This round of comment on proposed rules 44 through 47 will end Sept. 17.

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New Lawyers Fall Calendar

~by Donna Sweet, Columbus Bar Association

Networking opportunities, professional development, social events, lunch with judges, community service, continuing legal education -- there’s something for everyone on the 2008-2009 New Lawyers calendar! Check it out and join us for one or all of our exciting events! (View calendar...)

Geek Speak

Dictation\Transcription Made Convenient and Cheap by Using Something You Already Own: Your Phone.

~by Troy Henley, Columbus Bar Association

Automatic Transcription
When you hear the words “automatic transcription”, the first thing that may come to mind is the software suite called Dragon Naturally Speaking. Not a bad program at all….but you have to tweak the software a little and speak with an annunciated, staccato manner.

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Work-Life Balance

~by Jill Snitcher McQuain, Columbus Bar Association

In a recent Columbus Bar survey, the #1 issue keeping attorneys up at night is work-life balance. If you’re among the 45% of our members interested in this issue, check out these blawgs on balancing life and the law:


JD Bliss: Work Life Balance News
Blawg Directory: Work Life Balance

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Make Your Vote Count: Election Law Issues

~by Holly Canterucci, Columbus Bar Association

As the 2008 elections grow near, the frequency of political television ads, news reports, and opinions escalates. From absentee voting, to ballot initiatives, to presidential politics, to Ohio’s role in the fate of the national elections, we're in for lots of changes.

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Great Downtown Lunch Spots

~by Anne Leonard-Palmer & Sarah Curran,
Columbus Bar Association

Tired of the same old lunch? Columbus Bar staff members weigh in on their favorite lunch spots in the downtown area.

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An Interview with Rich Simpson

Rich Simpson is the managing partner and chair of the Executive Committee of Bricker & Eckler LLP. In this interview, he discusses his thoughts on exercise and its benefits for attorneys.

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Pedal Power for Attorneys

~by Shannon Zee Cross, Columbus Bar Association

What can improve your fitness, reduce your expenses, help the environment, and get you to the office on time? Your bike. Across the country, people are leaving the car in the driveway and getting to work on their own power.

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Brown v. Board of Education:
Essays by Bar Members

~by Annette Hudson-Clay, Columbus Bar Association

Columbus Bar Association members Dr. Philip T.K. Daniel, Robert M. Duncan, Janine Hancock Jones, john a. powell, and Vincene Verdun authored chapters in an historical anthology reflecting personal experiences with conditions surrounding the landmark decision that influenced civil rights then and now in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas (1954).

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Ten Easy Ways to Stretch Your
Healthcare Dollars

You can hardly turn on the nightly news or pick up a newspaper without hearing about the rising cost of healthcare and the stifling effect it is having on individuals and employers. With experts predicting national healthcare cost increases to stay in the double-digits for the near and long-term, employers are passing more costs on to their employees, and individuals and families are looking for ways to stretch their healthcare dollars.

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