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Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
Appellate Practice
Bankruptcy Law CLE
Blood Bank Committee
Business Law Committee
Circuit Court Civil Practice Committee
Client Relations Committee
Commercial & Business Litigation
CLE
Committee for Diversity & Inclusion
Community Association CLE
Construction Law CLE
Corporate Counsel Committee
Criminal Practice
Elder Law Affairs Committee
Employment/Labor Law CLE
Environmental & Land Use Law
CLE
Estate & Probate Law CLE
Family Law CLE
Guardianship Education Committee
Intellectual Property CLE
Judicial Relations Committee
Law Week Committee
Law Related Education Committee
Membership Committee
Personal Injury/Wrongful Death CLE
Probate & Guardianship Practice
Professionalism Committee
Real Estate Law CLE
Securities Law CLE
Small Claims Court Clinics Committee
Solo & Small Firm Practitioners
Committee
Technology Committee
Unified Family Practice Committee
Workers' Compensation Practice
Check if willing to serve as chair or vice-chair
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
Appellate Practice
Bankruptcy Law CLE
Blood Bank Committee
Business Law Committee
Circuit Court Civil Practice Committee
Client Relations Committee
Commercial & Business Litigation
CLE
Committee for Diversity & Inclusion
Community Association CLE
Construction Law CLE
Corporate Counsel Committee
Criminal Practice
Elder Law Affairs Committee
Employment/Labor Law CLE
Environmental & Land Use Law
CLE
Estate & Probate Law CLE
Family Law CLE
Guardianship Education Committee
Intellectual Property CLE
Judicial Relations Committee
Law Week Committee
Law Related Education Committee
Membership Committee
Personal Injury/Wrongful Death CLE
Probate & Guardianship Practice
Professionalism Committee
Real Estate Law CLE
Securities Law CLE
Small Claims Court Clinics Committee
Solo & Small Firm Practitioners
Committee
Technology Committee
Unified Family Practice Committee
Workers' Compensation Practice
Check if willing to serve as chair or vice-chair
DESCRIPTIONS
OF AVAILABLE COMMITTEES:
Alternative
Dispute Resolution Committee promotes
the use of ADR to lawyers, businesses and the
public by sponsoring programs which enhance
ADR skills.
Blood Bank Committee coordinates our
blood bank drives with the Palm Beach Blood
Bank.
Client Relations Committee handles minor
complaints from clients, mediates informally
in an effort to assist clients, and works to
avoid grievances against attorneys and promote
better public relations.
The Continuing Legal Education
Committees gives members an opportunity to interact
with others practicing in similar areas of law.
General committee meetings may be submitted
for possible CLER credit from The Florida Bar.
The function of each committee is to plan, organize
and conduct at least one CLE program per fiscal
year. Members are also asked to participate
in the Speakers’ Bureau by addressing community
organizations as requested.
Bankruptcy Law CLE
Commercial and Business Litigation CLE
Community Association Law CLE
Construction Law CLE
Employment / Labor Law CLE
Environmental and Land Use Law Committee
Estate and Probate Law CLE
Family Law CLE
Intellectual Property CLE
Personal Injury / Wrongful Death Law CLE
Real Estate Law CLE
Securities Law CLE
Court Advisory and Practice
Area Committees initiate and consider suggestions
to improve the practice in their respective
area. Members are also asked to participate
in the Speakers’ Bureau by addressing community
organizations as requested and assisting in
the coordination of the agenda for the annual
Bench Bar Conference.
Appellate Law Practice
Circuit Court Civil Law Practice
Criminal Law Practice
Probate & Guardianship Law Practice
Unified Family Practice
Workers’ Compensation Law Practice
Business Law Committee engages
the non-litigation section of the corporate
Bar to provide networking opportunities
between similar practice areas and non-lawyer
groups
Committee for Diversity and Inclusion
(CDI) The purpose of the CDI shall
be to promote principles of diversity and inclusion
as set out in the Bar’s Anti-Discrimination
Policy, and implement or continue programs designed
to increase the diversity of the Bar’s
membership and the local legal community.
Corporate Counsel Committee
focuses on solutions to corporate law and practice
issues through an exchange of ideas between
in-house
and outside counsel representing companies.
Membership will seek to be balanced between
in-house and outside counsel. The committee
may explore methods of controlling the cost
of corporate litigation through innovative billing
and budgeting techniques, imaginative litigation
management methods, alternatives to
litigation, and corporate compliance.
Elder Law Affairs Committee addresses
the needs of the elderly such as crimes against
the elderly, Alzheimer's, access to the Courts
and educating the elderly. Also sponsors a CLE
seminar for members of the Bar on elder law
issues.
Guardianship Education Committee staffs
guardianship education classes required for
all wards to attend. The committee also works
with the judiciary by reviewing the contents
of the classes.
Judicial Relations Committee serves as
liaison between the Bar and the Judiciary; plans,
implements and coordinates programs for better
understanding and relations between the Bench
and Bar including the bi-annual judicial evaluation,
judicial lunches and the Bench/Bar Conference.
Law Related Education Committee works
to promote effective law related education programs
for adults and students in Palm Beach County,
with an emphasis on respect for the legal system
and civics education. The committee seeks to
maintain and enhance the cooperative efforts
of attorneys and educators in the field of law
related education in Palm Beach County. This
committee may include ex officio members who
are not members of the Bar, but have an intereste
in promoting the committee's goals and objectives.
This committee will also include Lawyers
for Literacy programming to raise awareness
in the community about illiteracy.
Law Week Committee plans, organizes,
promotes and coordinates the activities of Law
Week 2012. These programs include conducting
mock trials in the schools as well as providing
various opportunities for the public such as
free legal clinics and dial-a-lawyer program.
Membership Committee serves to build
membership through creative programming, welcome
new members and review, identify and expand
proposed member benefits.
Professionalism Committee addresses ways
to foster professionalism in and among Bar members;
responds to negative publicity concerning the
legal profession; reviews complaints referred
to the Professionalism Council; works with many
of the Bar’s other committees to assist
in incorporating a professionalism component
to their programming; and oversees the annual
Professionalism Award given to an individual
attorney or organization.
Small Claims Court Clinics Committee
presents monthly clinics for the public on small
claims court procedures at locations throughout
the county. Participants must have
recent experience in small claims court matters
in order to participate on this committee.
Solo/Small Firm Practitioner's Committee
plans and hosts luncheons throughout
the year for the solo practitioner and small
firm attorney with the focus on networking and
seminars on topics relating to “The Business
of Law Meets the Practice of Law.”
Technology Committee
seeks ways to improve the practice of law with
regards to technology as well as works with
the Court and the Clerk's office on special
technology projects