Bar News

• Publication year: 2002
• Pages: 4
• Citation: Vol. 31 No. 2 Pg. 4

31 Colo.Law. 4 Colorado Lawyer 2002.

2002, February, Pg. 4. Bar News

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Vol. 31, No. 2, Pg. 4

The Colorado Lawyer
February 2002
Vol. 31, No. 2 [Page 4]

Bar News
Bar News
by Molly Osberg

CBA NEWS

New Editor at The Colorado Lawyer: The CBA welcomes Lisa Goldoftas as the new assistant editor at The Colorado Lawyer She is primarily responsible for the publication's specialty law columns. For information about getting an article published in the nation's best state bar journal contact Lisa at (303) 824-5326, (800) 332-6736, or lgoldoftas@ cobar.org

Diversity Mentoring Reception: The University of Colorado ("CU") School of Law held a kick-off reception for its "Minority Mentorship Program" in November 2001. Approximately 100 minority law students from CU School of Law and the University of Denver College of Law were paired with mentors. More than eighty-six students and lawyer/judge mentors attended the event, which was hosted by Holme Roberts & Owen LLP. The Mentorship Program is partially funded by a grant from the LexisNexis program entitled "Lawyers For One America."

Lisa Goldoftas

CBA SECTIONS AND COMMITTEES

The CBA International Law Committee will meet on February 20, 2002, at noon at the Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm Place. David Weinstein is the featured speaker. Weinstein is a Denver-based intellectual property lawyer whose practice emphasizes trademark and copyright protection in the United States and other countries. He will discuss the challenges and joys he experienced while on short-term assignments to write new trademark laws for Bulgaria and Egypt, as well as his participation as a presenter on intellectual property issues in Jordan, Botswana, Benin, and Tanzania. Program attendees also will be told of opportunities for assignments in foreign countries. To register for this program, fax your reservation by noon on February 18, 2002, to Tom McNamara at Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP: (303) 893-1379, or send an e-mail to: tom.mcnamara@dgslaw.com. The cost is $18.50 for committee members and $20 for all others. One CLE credit will be available.

The CBA Family Law Section newsletter reported that treasurer Bonnie Schriner was unable to attend meetings because she has been on call since September 11, 2001, to fly to Manhattan to assist in the search and rescue efforts at the World Trade Center with her certified search and...