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CLE Free CLE: Practice in a Flash Series March 16, 2017: Trial Prep. and Tips Panel April 27, 2017: Family Law Basics May 18, 2017: Firm and Practice Management Location: Federal Courthouse, 351 S. West Temple, Jury Room 1.309 Time: 12pm-1pm Registration information forthcoming. ABA YLD Mountain West States Regional Summit Date: March 30-April 2 Location: Hotel Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico The New Mexico YLD is hosting a YLD conference this year. Programming will address law practice and courtroom skills for young lawyers, bar service and leadership, the future of the legal profession in the Mountain West region, and an in-depth discussion of the Uniform Bar and reciprocity. For more information, contact Tomas Garcia at tomas.garcia@modrall.com. Domestic Lawyer's Academy Dates: March 8, March 22, April 5, April 26, or self-study Time: 5:30-6:30pm This is a new opportunity to develop a domestic practice by seeing a pro bono case through the entire process, with support at each step of the way. Cases are available in all judicial districts with trainings held remotely over conference and video call. Utah Legal Services will provide access to newly developed online CLE self-study learning modules along with mentorship from an experienced family law lawyer. To sign up, please email Brooke Robinson, Utah Legal Services Director of Pro Bono at brobinson@utahlegalservices.org or call 801-376-6766 ext. 3524. Fit2Practice CLE: Call for questions YLD will be hosting a CLE in March that will focus on mental, physical, and emotional health. There will be a panelist of three therapists who will answer questions. Please submit any questions on managing stress, dealing with burnout, menal fatigue, setting boundaries with clients, etc., to Jaelynn Jenkins (Jaelynn@mountainwestlaw.com). Professional Development Cybersecurity Awareness Series: Legal Obligations & Best Practices to Protect Intellectual Property from Cyberattacks Location: Adobe (Lehi Campus), 3900 Adobe Way, Lehi, Utah Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 Time: 8:30am-3:30pm The Utah Bar Association and Braintrace are presenting a day-long event focusing on industry-led best practices and solutions to protect intellectual property and trade secrets from cybercriminals. Discussions will include laws, regulations, and ethical requirements of law firms; best practices; ensuring your firm and vendors have sufficient cybersecurity measures; insurance; and next-generation technology that will protect against such attacks. Contact Magaji Edwards (MEdwards@Braintrace.com) for registration information. Legislative Developments HB 93: Judicial Nominating Process Amendments Utah State Bar President Robert Rice wrote an op ed in the Salt Lake Tribune opposing HB 93. President Rice has thanked those to have contacted their legislator to oppose HB 93. Please review the bill and the op ed piece, and act as you see fit. Volunteer Opportunities Project Street Youth Location: Homeless Youth Resource Center, 888 S. 400 W., Salt Lake City Time: Monday through Friday, 4-6pm Project Street Youth is in need of volunteers during the week from 4 to 6 to simply provide consults. No expertise in any field is necessary. The consults are basically issue spotting, taking down the name and information of the individual, and providing a brief description of the issue, then passing that information to Todd Livingston, the Project Street Youth Chair. The consults are provided on the first floor at a table in the corner in front of the food service area. Please contact Todd Livingston with questions: toddlivingstonlaw@gmail.com. West Jordan Landlord/Teant Pro Se Calendar Location: West Jordan Courthouse Time: Tuesdays at 8:30am Sign up to volunteer for the West Jordan Landlord Tenant Pro Se Calendar, a limited scope legal clinic where attorneys provide advice and representation at a single hearing for pro se individuals. It’s an extremely effective way to do pro bono, and you’re only on the hook for a couple hours. The calendar takes places every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at the West Jordan Courthouse, and rotates through all the judges at the court. Click hereto sign up. We’re trying to get three attorney volunteers per week. This calendar is providing a much needed service to pro se individuals involved in immediate occupancy hearings. We will have supervisory attorneys present, so don’t worry if you’re not entirely confident with landlord tenant law yet. We also have a debt collection calendar and family law calendars that function the same way – if you’re interested in those areas of law, reach out and Tyler Needham can get you signed up. To sign up, contact Tyler Needham at Tyler.Needham@utahbar.org. Call for Applications and Articles Call for Applications The YLD Board is looking for individuals to serve as liaisons for central and southern Utah. Please submit you resume and cover letter expressing interest to yldutah@gmail.com. Call for Bar Journal Articles If you'd like to publish an article for the YLD section of the Bar Journal, please send a copy of your article ot yldutah@gmail.com Call for Blog Posts YLD will be revamping its website soon. If you have published an article online that we could share or would like to contribute to the YLD blog (through a short 300- to 500-word article about tips for practice or substantive legal analysis), please email your information to yldutah@gmail.com.
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 by Atim Effiong There are so many benefits to exercise, not just to our bodies but also to our productivity. If you are wondering how to fit some exercise into your schedule, here are a couple ways to get you started. #1 Walk to lunch instead of driving. Being outside helps you refocus when you return back to work. #2 Take a quick 2-5 minute break every couple hours to stand up and stretch. You can even do a couple squats here. These exercise breaks are also really great for getting you back into the zone by getting blood flowing through your body again. #3 Take the elevator up to your office and the stairs on the way back down. If it is a lot of stairs, take the elevator halfway, and the stairs the rest of the way. #4 Try a quick 10-15 workout at home once a week in the morning before coming into the office or at lunch.  Atim Effiong is a wellness coach for busy professionals who are ready to fit fitness back into their lives. Atim has a bachelors in Exercise Science, and a master’s in Public Health. She is a certified through the American College of Sports Medicine as an exercise physiologist and is Precision Nutrition Level 1 certified. Atim has had experience working with challenging working populations to get them fit and healthy on their schedule and has researched the effects of various jobs on the working population’s health. She is a Utah native and is growing an appreciation for the outdoors. by Atim Effiong  It is now February. Perhaps you started the year off with some big ambitious fitness goals. But now they have fallen to the way side. Before you let them go for good, here are 3 tips to help you stick with it. #1 Reassess a goal. Is it specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound? Probably you have heard this before in other aspects of your life, but the same holds true for your health and fitness goals. #2 Put your game plan in place. Often what happens with fitness goals is we focus too much on the outcome (lose 20 lbs, run a 5k). While that is good and all, we want to really focus on the behaviors that are going to get us to the outcome (eating vegetables with dinner a few times a week, exercising 2-3 times a week). #3 Pick one behavior and do it consistently. We are all too busy to try and change everything at once, but small choices lead to big changes. Pick one behavior you know you can do weekly that will help you progress toward your goal. Consistency is more important than perfection.  Atim Effiong is a wellness coach for busy professionals who are ready to fit fitness back into their lives. Atim has a bachelors in Exercise Science, and a master’s in Public Health. She is a certified through the American College of Sports Medicine as an exercise physiologist and is Precision Nutrition Level 1 certified. Atim has had experience working with challenging working populations to get them fit and healthy on their schedule and has researched the effects of various jobs on the working population’s health. She is a Utah native and is growing an appreciation for the outdoors. |
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