Dear Division Member:

Below is the first issue of Law Trends for the 2007-08 bar year. This is a very exciting issue and I am very happy to present it to you. As with prior issues, this e-newsletter includes articles, checklists, and other valuable practice information and practical tips, all from each of our substantive practice areas in the General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division. This issue highlights some emerging areas, some interesting checklists, the use of e-discovery in various applications, and much more.

With this issue, Law Trends is now four years old. We hope you agree that with each edition, Law Trends continues to provide meaningful articles for each of you and continues to improve. We trust that this edition, like the others, continues to be helpful to you in your daily practice. I encourage you to take just a few moments to read the list of articles included below. Of course, it is yours to download and keep as a reference for the future. And, as in the past, you can either download specific articles or you may download the entire newsletter by clicking the PDF link.

There are many Division members integrally involved in putting this e-newsletter together. Their hard work and dedication are certainly present. I thank them for producing this issue for the Division.

I hope each of you enjoys this issue of Law Trends. The publication will continue quarterly and we hope you continue to find it a source of valuable information. If you are interested in either writing an article or participating in the production of the newsletter, please contact Jim Schwartz at attyjls@aol.com.

I hope to see you at the ABA Mid-year Meeting in Los Angeles!

Best regards,

Keith B. McLennan
Chair, GP|Solo Division

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  By Marion J. Browning-Baker

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  By Jonathan G. Stein
• »  Improving Your Personal Injury Practice and Service to New Clients
  By Kenneth A. Vercammen

Jessica K. Ferrell    Featured Author

Jessica’s practice focuses on environmental and natural resource litigation. She has special expertise in endangered species and marine resource issues in the western United States. Jessica received her B.A. from Cornell University and her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School, where she obtained a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law, won the Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing award, and served on the Editorial Board of the Environmental Law Review.

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  By Jessica K. Ferrell
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  By Frank D. Prestia

Editor James Schwartz  |  Assistant Editors Kathleen Hopkins, Jane Kow, Scott Laufenberg, William Schwab  |  Practice Area Group Coordinators Lloyd Cohen, Richard DeMichele, Henry DeWoskin, Kenneth Vercammen, Randi Whitehead  |  practice area group newsletter editors James Menton, Joan Swartz, Kenneth Vercammen, Randi Whitehead, David Wolfe  |  Practice Area Division Director Jennifer Rymell