Young Lawyers' Section

• Publication year: 2010
• Pages: 0275
• Citation: Vol. 71 No. 4 Pg. 0275

YOUNG LAWYERS' SECTION
Vol. 71 No. 4 Pg. 275
The Alabama Lawyer
JULY, 2010

ROBERT N. BAILEY, II
rnb@lanierford.com

YLS members from the Mobile area recently signed up 47 new members for the Mobile VLP and eight for the state bar's VLP.

Young Lawyers Answer the Call!

It has been President Methvin's mission this year to increase membership in the Volunteer Lawyers programs (VLP) of Alabama, and I am proud to say that your Young Lawyers' Section has answered the call. On April 7^th and April 26^th , we conducted a statewide, five-location phone-athon to increase membership in the programs of Alabama. All total, we recruited over 160 new members to the various VLP in just two days.

In Mobile, we recruited 55 new members, 47 for the Mobile VLP and eight for the state bar's VLP Larkin Peters coordinated the Mobile effort with help from Brian Murphy, Katie Hammett, Jennifer Morgan, Brandon Hughey, Timothy Heisterhagen, Lacey Smith, Chip Tait, and Brad Hicks.

In Birmingham, 40 new members joined the VLP The Birmingham site was directed by J. Long with help from Jimbo Terrell, Nick Armstrong, Andrew Nix and Hall Eady.

In Huntsville, we signed up 28 new members for the Madison County VLP. Volunteers included Mark Bledsoe, Dale Gipson, the Madison County VLP Director Angela Rawls and me.

In Montgomery, we recruited 24 volunteers for the ASB's VLP. Navan Ward directed the effort with help from Chris Waller, Bill Robertson, Parker Miller, Chris Boutwell, Nathan Dickson, John Tomlinson, and Kyle Wiedman.

And, in Florence, we recruited 15 new members for the state bar's VLP Nathan Ryan directed this site with help from Douglas Hargett and Katy Beth Lewey.

Our section's commitment to service was also exemplified by our award-winning Minority Pre-law conferences, which we held March 10^th in Birmingham and April 21^st in Montgomery. J.R. Gaines, Sancha Howard and Kitty Brown put a great deal of time, effort and energy into coordinating and planning these events and did a fantastic job in putting on exceptional programs. Additionally, these firms and organizations sponsored the YLS Minority Pre-law conferences:

Wiggins Childs Quinn & Pantazis LLC
Burr & Forman LLP
Hand Arendall LLC
White Arnold & Dowd PC
McCallum, Methvin & Terrell PC
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Maynard Cooper & Gayle PC
Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles PC

On May 14^th and 15^th , we hosted our annual Sandestin Seminar. Brandon Hughey, Katie Hammett, Clay Lanham, Larkin Peters,...