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50 Spring 2015 The Mississippi Lawyer The Young Lawyers Division has always been focused on public service. Our members serve the public through a variety of projects including Wills for Heroes Lawyers in the Library Homeless Youth Clinics Lawyers in Every Mississippi Classroom Bullyproof and the High School Mock Trial Competition. We are very proud of our commitment to public service and to helping members of our communities and the public. We strive to better our commitment to public serv- ice each and every year. However this year in addition to our commitment to public service I sought to develop more services and programs for our members so that we can serve ourYLD members as well as the public. The planning phase to better the com- mitment to our membership and offer more services to our members began with planning sessions in Pittsburg last May at the ABA YLDs spring conference. It was in Pittsburg that I was able to participate in brainstorming sessions about how to better serve our membership. Out of that conference the idea to have the Litigation 101 CLE Series was born as well as the idea to further develop YLDs mid-year meeting. Our Litigation 101 Series consisted of six 2-hour CLE sessions which took the participants step by step through the liti- gation process with sessions of case inves- tigation and evaluation depositions and discovery mediation and negotiation trial appeals and ethics and civility. The series was a success and we look forward to continuing this CLE series in the future. A special thanks to our speakers - Aafram Sellers Andrew Neely Clarence Webster Graham Carner Charlie Swayze Craig Robertson Corey Hinshaw Matt Eichelberger Michael Bentley David McCarty and Missye Martin. The Second Annual YLD Mid-Year Conference was held in Jackson on March 27 2015 at the King Edward Hotel. The event kicked off with a reception at the King Edward Hotel the evening before the Conference. The conference featured a continuation of skill-based CLEs includ- ing voir dire and jury selection opening statements and closing arguments tips on successfully mediating a case and deposi- tion skills. We were honored to have accomplished practitioners teach the CLEs including Bobby Dallas Donald Dornan Will Manual Rocky Wilkins Rebecca Wiggs Amanda Green Alexander and Cindy Mitchell. Patrick Nelson COO and co-founder of Im ME spoke to the membership about the impor- tance and necessity of public service. The Honorable James E. Graves Jr. delivered the keynote address during the lunch hour. The day concluded with a panel discus- sion about professionalism and ethics from four Past-Presidents of The Mississippi Bar Nina Stubblefield Tollison Joy Phillips Cham Trotter and Rodger Wilder. As special thanks to all of the speakers that contributed to making the event a success. We look forward to continuing to offer more services to our members in the future. On April 30 2015 another successful Bar Admissions ceremony was held and we welcomed 96 new attorneys to our noble profession. Oaths were adminis- tered to the new admittees by Justice James W. Kitchens Judge J. Dewayne Thomas Judge Jane Virden Judge Daniel P. Jordan III and Judge Rhesa H. Barksdale. Dean Richard Gershon recog- nized the new admittees from the University of Mississippi School of Law and Dean Wendy Scott recognized the new admittees from Mississippi College School of Law. I had an opportunity to address the new admittees along with Mimi Arthur Chair of the Bar Admissions Ceremony and Eugene Harlow President of the Mississippi Bar. We are looking forward to finishing our year in Destin at The Mississippi Bars Annual Meeting. During YLDs General Assembly on Friday July 10 the Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year will be recognized. I am excited to announce that the keynote speaker at the YLD Assembly will be Edward W. Hayes a well-known attorney memoirist and political commentator from New York. Mr. Hayes is well-known for his role as the subject of Tom Wolfes novel Bonfire of theVanities. I hope that you will join us in Destin. As we move forward if you would like to become more involved with YLD please contact Rene Garner at rgarner msbar.org or me at jennie.eichelberger splcenter.org I Jennie Eichelberger Young Lawyers Division President 2014-2015 Young Lawyers Division News THE MISSISSIPPI BAR Young Lawyers Division General Assembly Friday July 10 800-900 a.m. Sandestin Hilton Sandestin Florida Keynote Speaker Edward W. Hayes