“Serving Our Seniors” is a pro bono estate planning project created by the American Bar Association. At the past two Annual Bar Meetings, members of the first two classes of the Arkansas Bar Association Leadership Academy program had an opportunity to participate in such a program with the help of Legal Aid of Arkansas and Mercy Senior Center in Hot Springs and provided pro bono estate planning services to area senior citizens. Similar programs have been conducted in partnership with Legal Aid and the two law schools to provide estate planning for first responders. YLS would like to partner with the two law schools and Legal Aid of Arkansas and provide at least two similar pro bono estate planning workshops during the next year. This past year, Cory Childs did an outstanding job chairing the Minority Outreach efforts. Because of the great work of Cory and his committee, I am pleased to announce that YLS will receive a $1,000.00 grant from the American Bar Association. This grant will enable YLS to continue and enhance its College Road Tour program. An outreach event is already scheduled for Southern Arkansas University in the fall, and plans are developing to revisit campuses previously vis-
ited as well as expand outreach to Northwest Arkansas to NWACC targeting Hispanic students interested in law. Cory Childs and Tessica Dooley will be co-chairing the Minority Outreach committee. Tasha Taylor has done an amazing job with YLS InBrief for several years. Tasha will continue to be involved, but YLS will be welcoming new faces to the Communications Committee to assist with the InBrief. Also, YLS will attempt to launch a periodic “e-bulletin” targeting YLS members only to keep members informed of service projects and other YLS events. Our state was quite fortunate to avoid any major natural disasters in 2011-12; however, YLS Disaster Committee is always ready to step in the event that disasters arise. The ABA hotline stands ready for activation in the event of a natural disaster in the state. Additionally, YLS will work on developing a disaster preparedness guide for citizens, accessible electronically through our Bar website. Brian Clary will be serving as chair of this Committee. Our Section membership is huge! As a result, YLS can encounter difficulties getting every member engaged. The Social/ Recruitment team will be working to get
YOU involved this year. YLS hopes to conduct a variety of social events outside the annual and mid-year meetings as well as have a presence on both law school campuses, targeting the future YLS members. Jennie Clark and Jessica Yarbrough are co-chairs of this committee. ****** The 2012-13 YLS relay team officially left the starting blocks on the relay of service for the Arkansas Bar at the conclusion of the June 2012 Annual Meeting. We are officially off and running! To make the relay of service a success, it will take participation in each leg of race, each Committee, and each YLS member. Won’t you come join the YLS relay team of service? n
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