Vol. 32, No. 3, 1. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

• Author: By Sleeter C. Dover, Esq.

Wyoming Bar Journal

2009.

Vol. 32, No. 3, 1.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT

Wyoming LawyerIssue: June, 2009EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORTBy Sleeter C. Dover, Esq.How are we doing?

There is no doubt that the old adage regarding "the best laid plans...." is more or less true in the majority of cases. What about in the case of the Wyoming State Bar? As you have probably heard me say ad nauseum, the 2007-2008 Wyoming State Bar Strategic Plan was developed two weeks after my arrival on the scene as your Executive Director. Of course from my biased, and at the time, ignorant perspective (maybe still in some minds), I certainly thought the two-year plan of operation was suitable for expansive and substantive improvement of past and ongoing WSB initiatives. But what do I know!? From where I sit, my judgment must certainly be skewed. Therefore, dear reader, the final judgment rests solely and exclusively with you.

This month, your Officers, Commissioners and staff will once again sit down to carve out the direction and priorities for the WSB for the next two years.

Let's take a short trip down memory lane, and review where we were, and where we are.

Goal 1: The Wyoming State Bar will actively promote the role of law in society and raise awareness about the merits of our legal system.

Then (June 2007)

Development and implementation of the "Legally Speaking" two-minute television segments seen each Wednesday morning on the "Today in Wyoming" program on KCWY in Casper is showing initial signs of being very well received and viewed. On the Bar's website itself they were viewed 1,080 times in April 2009, and 2,080 times in May. Twenty-six very talented and knowledgeable members of the Bar volunteered their time and efforts to this project.

The WSB in cooperation with Wyoming Public Television, produced and aired "Inside a Wyoming Jury" featuring the Trusky murder case as an educational mock trial experience. The hour-long program attempted to raise public awareness about jury duty and boost enthusiasm for jury service. Two alternates from the real Trusky jury joined ten other experienced jurors to hear Wyoming attorneys Kelly Rankin and Diane Lozano deliver opposing theories about what might have happened to Martin Trusky. Judge William F. Downes, Chief Judge for the U.S. District of Wyoming, presided over the mock proceedings and...