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Barristers Enjoy Summer Sizzle With Friends, Colleagues

Published by admin on Tue, 09/03/2019 - 2:00am

The Omaha Barristers’ Club presented the 2019 Barristers’ Steak Fry, sponsored by The Daily Record, at Elmwood Park on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019.

Below, a crowd of more than a hundred attorneys, judges, friends and family to socialize and enjoy a cool breeze on a summer evening.

Daily Record Publisher Jason Huff met with guests at the steak fry. Huff took over as publisher of the newspaper earlier this year.

“It went very well,” Huff said.

The Omaha Bar Association will hold its 49th annual Fall Kickoff barbecue this Thursday.

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Admirers Line Up to Wish Johnson Farewell

Published by admin on Tue, 09/03/2019 - 1:00am

The staff of CASA for Douglas County pose with Judge Douglas F. Johnson at his retirement party Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. (Photo by Scott Stewart)

Judge Douglas F. Johnson held a retirement party at the Douglas County Courthouse on Thursday, Aug. 20.

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Meetings & Seminars For the Legal Community

Published by admin on Tue, 09/03/2019 - 12:00am

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Nebraska State Bar Association
Resolving Federal Cases Using ADR

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College Launches Program to Train Courtroom Interpreters

Published by admin on Tue, 09/03/2019 - 12:00am

Norfolk – In an effort to increase the number of interpreters to work in courtrooms across the state, Northeast Community College is partnering with the Nebraska Supreme Court to offer training to certify individuals to help alleviate the shortage.

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Court of Appeals to Mark Constitution Day at Concordia

Published by admin on Mon, 09/02/2019 - 12:00am

In honor of Constitution Day, the Nebraska Court of Appeals will convene Sept. 10 on the campus of Concordia University in Seward.

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Mary Murphy Schroeder Broke Barriers From the Start

Published by admin on Mon, 09/02/2019 - 12:00am

In 1979, Mary Murphy Schroeder joined a historic class of women judges who transformed the federal judiciary, but her law career nearly ended before it began.

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Nebraska Supreme Court Justices Share Best Practices With Appellate Attorneys

Published by admin on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 12:00am

Lincoln – Attorneys who practice appellate law gathered in the law library in the State Capitol to hear directly from justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court about the best way to approach writing briefs, oral arguments and filing motions in state appellate courts.

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Nebraska Appleseed Says PromiseShip, St. Francis Contracts In Violation of Nebraska’s Constitution

Published by admin on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 12:00am

Nebraska Appleseed demanded that the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services halt the privatization of child welfare care management in the Omaha area because it alleges that continued privatization violates the Nebraska Constitution.