Vol. 31, No. 4, #3. Executive Director's Report.

• Author: Author: Sleeter C. Dover

Wyoming Bar Journal

2008.

Vol. 31, No. 4, #3.

Executive Director's Report

Wyoming Bar Journal Issue: August, 2008 Author: Sleeter C. Dover Executive Director's Report

Coming Soon!Fall 2008 promises exciting and dynamic changes in the judicial and legal infrastructure of Wyoming. The anxiously awaited renovation and remodel of the Wyoming Supreme Court building is moving forward and promises to be one of the most exciting physical enhancements to the pursuit of justice in Wyoming in our lifetime. And a little bit closer to home, the new Wyoming State Bar building is likewise moving full throttle towards a fall completion.

Consistently, the need and advantages that this new facility will bring are being demonstrated almost on a weekly basis. Our diminishing ability to adequately accommodate depositions and mediation facilities in our cramped quarters is becoming even more pronounced as we strive to provide first class support services to our members. A major feature of our new facility will be the addition of two designated and furnished Deposition/Conference rooms that will better serve both parties to any action. These offices, along with our Officers and Commissioners board room will provide much needed and more appropriate legal services space than we could ever provide currently. An added feature of the planned board room will be the ability to "convert" from the normal formal board/meeting configuration to classroom configuration which will allow for CLE and other training opportunities for up to 20 participants per session. It is the intent and hope of the Officers and Commissioners to truly develop our offices into the Willis Van Devanter Law Center in fact, and not just in name only as is the case presently.

We are in the early planning stages of producing radio and television "legal minute" type programs for distribution statewide where members will have the opportunity to tape short, law-related messages for regularly scheduled legal issues presentations to the general public. One radio station here in Cheyenne is most interested in having a regularly scheduled "ask a lawyer" type program where members can participate as legal experts in their chosen areas of expertise. This program would run for approximately 20 minutes either weekly or monthly focusing on different areas of the law during each...