Law Day

Patent Law’s Future Has Not Escaped Scrutiny of High Court

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In late November of last year, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the Oil States Energy Services LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group LLC patent case. What this means, said Luke Holst, patent attorney at McGrath North, is that they have been asked to decide whether the America Invents Act’s most popular patent review procedure, Inter Partes Review (IPR), is constitutional or not.

OBA Public Service Award: Law Library Deemed ‘Core of Our Enterprise as Omaha’s Law School’

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The Omaha Bar Association has chosen the Creighton Law Library as the recipient of its non-attorney Public Service Award, which was initiated on Law Day in 1983.

“While Creighton deans and professors have been previous award recipients, the law library has not,” said Dave Sommers, executive director of the OBA.

Robert M. Spire Award: Hon. Mike Heavican Celebrated For His Devotion to the Law

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The Chief Justice is in a unique position to honor the legacy of Robert M. Spire, the late lawyer for whom the Omaha Bar Association’s Public Service Award is named.

At the Law Day luncheon on May 1, Nebraska Supreme Court Justice Michael G. (he goes by Mike) Heavican will receive the award named for his mentor.

The Separation of Powers: Complicated, Sometimes Messy, but the System Works

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George Washington once complained that in Congress, “party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day whilst the momentous concerns of an empire ... are but secondary considerations. Business of a trifling nature and personal concernment withdraws their attention from matters of great national moment.”

There are those who would argue today that nothing has changed.

Law Day 2017

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Click here to read the e-edition of the Law Day 2017 issue.

Omaha Bar Brings Law Day to Area Students

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Attorney Larry Roland was one of about three dozen attorneys who visited fifth- and sixth-grade classrooms in the past month to conduct a show and tell about the legal profession, an annual event tied to the Omaha Bar Association’s observance of Law Day. The topic this year was the 14th Amendment, but as is usually the case, questions by students ranged all over the map.

Gamblers Are All-In at Omaha Law League’s Casino Night

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A little bit of Vegas came to Omaha in April, all in the name of raising funds for a noble cause. The Omaha Law League supports legal education in Omaha by giving courthouse tours for 2000 area 4th graders and supporting Creighton and UNL Law schools. The tours are one of the Law Day activities offered around May 1. For many years, the OLL held a luncheon and fashion show, A few years ago, the show moved to evening.

Legal Professionals Celebrate the Best

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2017-2018 Officers, from left: Donna Olson, Jeanne Mangimelli, Dave Raddatz, Shirley Sim-monds, ALS and Lynda Henningsen

 

The Omaha Legal Professionals Association (OLPA) held their annual awards dinner in April, celebrating those making contributions to the legal profession. The newly elected board was announced, and scholarships were awarded to both a high school and a college student with aspirations to pursue studies in the field of law.

Timeline of Selected Civil Rights Legislation in the United States

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Civil Rights Act of 1866: Guaranteed that all persons born in the United States are citizens, and guaranteed that all citizens of “every race and color” would have the same right in every state to make contracts, sue in court, and buy and sell property

Law Day 2017: Poster Contest Winners

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1st Place: Alexa Hall Pine Creek Elementary School, Bennington Teacher: Mrs. Kathleen Cannon

You’re driving down Dodge Street when you spot a large, colorful billboard, featuring a poster that proclaims “Law Day.” What’s that, you ask?

It is the first place poster in the Omaha Bar Association’s annual Law Day contest. Area fifth graders are invited to submit entries, which are judged by legal professionals under the guidance of the Nebraska Paralegals Association.

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