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Chief Justice to Headline Membership Luncheon
The Honorable Rebecca White Berch will be the featured speaker at the newly-revived MCBA All-Membership Luncheon on Feb. 18. Her topic, "The State of the Courts," is compelling and timely. Please join us for this exciting event with CLE credit available. Go here for more information and to register.    

Register Now for the Legal Gala of the Year!
The 2010 Barristers Ball, sponsored by MCBA's YLD, is set for March 6 at the W Hotel in Scottsdale. This year the beneficiary is the Maricopa County Justice Museum & Learning Center Foundation. Shop now for your finery (black tie optional) and register here.

Honoring the Best and Brightest: Hall of Fame Induction
Go here for the complete list of inductees and their biographies

Twenty-one of the county's most respected and accomplished lawyers and judges were inducted into the Maricopa County Bar Hall of Fame at a gala luncheon last year. Read
follow-up story here.

Employment Opportunties
Go here to check them out (MCBA members only).


LEGAL NEWS OF THE WEEK ..
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Judge vacates polygamist leader's hearing in Arizona
azcentral.com/AP 2/8
New legal issue: Payment for child-porn victims
azcentral.com/AP 2/8

Goldwater Institute sues Phoenix to produce info on hotel deal
bizjournals.com/phoenix 2/5

Judge cancels mass hearing vs. Thomas
azcentral.com 2/4
Motivational speaker charged in sweat-lodge deaths
azcentral.com 2/4
U.S. baptists to appear before Haitian prosecutor
azcentral.com/USA Today 2/4

Attorneys could owe Maricopa County money
azcentral.com 2/3

Maricopa County Sheriff's official faces hearing
azcentral.com 2/2
High court campaign finance opinion roils dozens of cases
law.com/The National Law Journal 2/2
Lapse in tax law may have estate lawyers hustling for nothing
law.com/The National Law Journal 2/2
Blind law school grad gets say in bar exam accommodations
law.com/The Recorder 2/2
Snooping by detective 'legitimate' part of divorce process, judge finds
law.com/New York Law Journal 2/2

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Your Life in the
Law--A Primer for
New Lawyers

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MARCH 25-26, 2010
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UPCOMING CLE . . . . 

Purchase your 2010 CLE Series Ticket
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FEBRURARY
------------------------------11  Trial Practice Nuts & Bolts
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9  Real Estate Litigation 101/Session II: Title and Escrow Disputes
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11  Introduction to Probate
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16  Real Estate Litigation 101/Session III: Land-Lord Tenant Disputes (Commerical & Residential)
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23  Real Estate Litigation 101/Session IV: Foreclosure and Trustee Sales (Commercial & Residential)
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25  "Repeal" of the Federal Estate Tax in 2010--Advising Clients in Uncertain Times

MARCH
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2-30 - Package of 5 Family Law 101 Programs--
Save $55!
(or pick and choose)

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2  Family Law 101/Session I: Meeting the Client and Getting Started
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9  Family Law 101/Session II: How the Court Determines Child Support and Spousal Maintenance
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9  Got Sanctions? The 2009 eDiscovery Year in Review
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16  Family Law 101/Sesson III: Identifying Property Types and How the Court Will View Each
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16  BASKETBALL & CLE: Negotiating Sponsorships PLUS Suns vs. Minnesta
------------------------------ 19  Forensic Psychiatric and
Psychological Expert Consultation in Criminal Cases
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23  Family Law 101/Session IV: Dividing Community Property
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25-26  Your Life in the Law: A Primer for New Lawyers
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30  Family Law 101/Session V: Ask the Experts
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