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The Mississippi Lawyer Winter 2016 39 The 2016 year has gotten off to a busy start for the Young Lawyers Division and the winter has been packed full of projects and events both for the commu- nity and for our young lawyers. I want to thank everyone for voting and selecting a great group of incoming officers and directors to serve on the YLD Board for 2016-2017. I know the YLD Board will be in good hands with Brad Reeves as YLD President-Elect and Mimi Arthur as Secretary. Thank you everyone for your willingness to serve The Mississippi Bar and help YLD continue to grow. The High School Mock Trial Com- petition wrapped up on February 27th with Sacred Heart Catholic High School prevailing in the Finals. I was fortunate enough to serve as a judge in the Final Round along with Mississippi Bar Presi- dent Roy Campbell Robert Gibbs Chad Russell and Clarence Webster. The win- ning team will travel to Boise Idaho in May to compete in the National Compe- tition. As always we could not have this competition without the generosity of our attorneys and judges in giving their time to judge the regionals and the statewide competition in January and February. A big thank you to all of our volunteers and a huge congratulations to all participants. We know Sacred Heart will make us proud in Idaho On December 10 2015 an additional 34 lawyers were sworn in at a ceremony held at the Mississippi Supreme Court. The YLD would like to congratulate these new lawyers and welcome them to the bar. This year YLD has concentrated on offering more services for our members. Under the leadership of Clarence Webster Chair of the Seminars Committee the CLE series Practice in a Flash Litiga- tion 101 Series has been very successful. This series is geared towards young law- yers and led by young lawyers and cov- ers the steps of the litigation process from the beginning to end with sessions on case investigation and evaluation depositions and discovery mediation and negotia- tion trial appeals and ethics and civility. The rst four were held on October 1st November 5th December 4th and March 3rd respectively. The appeals CLE will be held on April 7th and the Ethics and Civil- ity CLE will be held on May 5th. The inaugural Deposition Academy was held on November 12-13 2015 at the Mississippi Bar Center. It was a hugely successful two-day program that provided the 40 attendees with one day of instruc- tion and one day of mock depositions during which program attendees observed accomplished litigators conduct the de- position examination of a Rule 30b6 witness a party and an expert witness. The deposition academy was tailored to provide young lawyers practical and stra- tegic skills and tools for conducting suc- cessful depositions of various parties and witnesses by learning from and observing the deposition techniques of seasoned tri- al attorneys. TheYLD would like to thank the Litigation Division for partnering with us to make this event successful. We look forward to building on our active fall and winter as we head into the spring months. If you would like to be- come more involved with YLD please contact Rene Garner at rgarnermsbar. org or me at dialachaneymsn.com. Diala H. Chaney Young Lawyers Division President 2015-2016 Young Lawyers Division News LITIGATION MEDIATION SUPPORT ON REAL ESTATE ISSUES Real Estate Appraisers Mediation Consultants 100 Years Combined Experience Joe W. Parker MAI CRE Curtis A. Gentry IV MAI Edward W. Dinan MAI CRE Elizabeth S. West MAI CRE J. Neil Parker Services Litigation Support Expert Witness Legal Strategy Mediation and Mediation Support Appraisals Acquisition Disposition Arbitration Alternative Dispute Resolution Asset Management Strategic Positioning Corporate Real Estate Eminent Domain Environmental Government State Municipal Federal Investment Strategy Investment Management Market Studies Site Location Conservation Easements Feasibility Analysis 641 Lakeland East Drive Jackson MS 39232 601-664-2422 1-800-759-1849 Fax 601-664-1605 www.appraisalresearch.net 660 Katherine Drive Jackson MS 39232 601-664-2422 1-800-759-1849 Fax 601-66401605 www.appraisalresearch.net