View email in browser window | Unsubscribe | Member Login | OSB Forms Library In this issue: . Board of Governors and Other Groups Seek Public Members . Grow Your Practice with OSB’s Lawyer Referral Service . Honoring the Best of the Bench and Bar . The Complete Lawyer – New Levels of Leadership for Lawyers Board of Governors and Other Groups Seek Public Members The OSB is recruiting members of the public (non-lawyers) to serve on various committees and boards. Public member opportunities for 2008 include one OSB Board of Governors position, one PLF Board of Directors position and several openings on various committees, disciplinary process boards and the House of Delegates. If you know someone who may be interested in serving as a public member on one of these groups, please encourage him or her to apply. Applications are due on Friday, June 22, and are available on the bar’s website. Relevant links: Public Member Application Grow Your Practice with OSB’s Lawyer Referral Service The bar’s Lawyer Referral Service (LRS) is positioned as the first contact point for Oregonians in need of legal help and can be a valuable business development tool for your practice. Last year, more than 80,000 potential clients contacted LRS for referrals, a 7 percent increase over the year before. The new LRS program year begins July 1, 2007. This year, we’ve expanded the program by adding new, emerging legal topics to our list of referral areas. For more information about LRS and a registration form, see the bar’s website. Relevant links: Lawyer Referral Service Information and Newsletters Lawyer Referral Service Registration Form Honoring the Best of the Bench and Bar The OSB Board of Governors and the Oregon Bench and Bar Commission on Professionalism are seeking nominations for their annual awards. The bar presents the Award of Merit, President’s Awards and the Wallace P. Carson, Jr., Award for Judicial Excellence. The professionalism commission presents the Edwin J. Peterson Award. More information and nomination forms are on the bar’s website. Relevant links: Award of Merit, Carson Award and President’s Awards Nomination Form Edwin J. Peterson Professionalism Award Nomination Form The Complete Lawyer – New Levels of Leadership for Lawyers Leadership is an imperative. As successful attorneys and firms are rapidly learning, they can only expand their businesses if they’re committed to a strategic course guided by a clear vision and mission, and supported by a culture of leadership. The May-June issue of The Complete Lawyer e-zine explores this important topic: What is leadership? Who has it? Can it be taught and learned? What new levels of leadership can lawyers aspire to and attain? Visit The Complete Lawyer to find out about these matters and more. Please note: The Complete Lawyer is a free electronic publication for legal professionals. In the future, OSB members will be able to sign up to receive notice whenever a new issue of The Complete Lawyer is posted. More details will be provided as they become available. Relevant links: The Complete Lawyer e-zine Email addresses: . Information or an event to add? Email barnews@osbar.org with details. . Need to change your email address on file with the bar? Email addresschanges@osbar.org. . To unsubscribe from Bar News Online messages, please reply to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. Past Bar News: . April 2007 . February 2007 . January 2007 . November 2006 . August 2006 . June 2006 Copyright© 2007 Oregon State Bar®. All rights reserved. Oregon State Bar | 5200 SW Meadows Road | Lake Oswego, OR 97035 (503) 620-0222, toll-free in Oregon (800) 452-8260