YOU VOTE AND I WILL DO IT - COME TOGETHER!

YOU VOTE AND I WILL DO!

Come together

Yeah come together

Yeah come together

Yeah come together

Yeah come together

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Come together

Yeah come together

Regards, Janise xx

YOU VOTE AND I WILL DO IT - VOTE JANISE MACANAS

Dear Friends:

We all want a Bar that controls its expenses, listens to its Members, and provides tools for being successful in a tough economy.  

I have an unbeatable background of working for the State and service to the legal profession.  

I pledge to help give the BAR back to its Members.

YOU VOTE and I WILL DO IT!

Regards, Janise xx

YOU VOTE AND I WILL DO IT

Janise Macanas
Statement of Candidacy

Dear Friends,

It's Bar Election time, beginning April 1.






YOU VOTE AND I WILL DO IT!

Regards, Janise xx

YOU VOTE AND I WILL DO IT - GET IT STRAIGHT

 We need to get it straight!

I believe the Bar Commission should follow three core values:

1.   transparency in operations, 
2.  efficiency with membership dues 
3.  responsiveness to member needs

YOU VOTE AND I WILL DO IT!

Regards, Janise xx

YOU VOTE AND I WILL DO IT - RISE AND RISE AGAIN

I was born and raised in Hawaii on the North Shore.  

Life is a lot like the beach.  

If you get knocked down, no problem, just get up and rise again.

And have fun while doing it!

YOU VOTE AND I WILL DO IT!

Regards, Janise xx

Give Justice the WIN!

Help AND JUSTICE FOR ALL win $10,000 this Love Utah Give Utah

Dear Utah friends:  

Please help show how much the legal community loves justice with Love Utah Give Utah! 

Please pledge now to donate to Utah's 24-hour day of giving this March 26th. Pledging just $10 (or more) now will make a big difference And Justice For All clients.

ALL Love Utah Give Utah donations will be matched 2x (up to $5,500) by
generous supporters Gary and Darlene Sackett and Robert Lence!

Help And Justice For All win a $10,000 prize for having the most unique donors that day. Your generous support last year helped us win 4th place, and raised enough for 200 protective orders, including Kris's in the video below.

This year, Give Justice THE WIN!

What is "AND JUSTICE FOR ALL"?

“AND JUSTICE FOR ALL” serves as an umbrella organization for Utah’s nonprofit civil legal aid agencies-—the Disability Law Center, Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake, and Utah Legal Services. The mission for each of these organizations is to provide legal services to low-income and disabled Utahans. 

The mission of “AND JUSTICE FOR ALL” is to increase access to civil legal services for the disadvantaged and for individuals with disabilities in Utah by creating and sustaining resources to support civil legal services, sharing and consolidating resources so that services are delivered in a cost-efficient and effective manner, and strengthening the member agencies and the distinct roles they play in the delivery of civil legal assistance.

To find out more about our 15 years of strengthening civil legal aid organizations, providing efficient services, increasing legal community support and making history as the first organization in the nation to bring all state civil legal aid providers under one roof, please click on the corresponding links below.

Services

Community Legal Center

Organizations

Lawyers and Poverty

"Across the country, legal services attorneys play a largely hidden but essential role as first responders to American poverty. The family facing foreclosure after falling behind on the mortgage when both Mom and Dad lost their jobs in the recession. The mother of three, fleeing domestic abuse, who desperately needs a protective order to keep herself and her children safe. The woman with stage four cancer and six months to live, who has been wrongfully denied Social Security and Medicare. Without legal services, they would have nowhere to turn."

Read more about lawyers and poverty here

Stats from U.S. News

S. J. Quinney College of Law is 
ranked #49 by U.S. News

Quick Stats

332 S. 1400 E, Room 101
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Students

354

enrolled

Tuition

$23,489

per year (full-time, in-state)

$44,635

per year (full-time, out-of-state)

More Information

#49 Best Law Schools

(1)Specialties

Law School Overview

The S.J. Quinney College of Law at University of Utah has an application deadline of February 15. The full-time program application fee at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at University of Utah is $60. Its tuition is full-time: $23,489 per year (in-state) and full-time: $44,635 per year (out-of-state). The student-faculty ratio is 8.4:1. The S.J. Quinney College of Law at University of Utah has 67 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

U of U Law - Construction Update

 The new U of U Law School is nearing completion and everything looks fantastic! 

Some of my lawyer BFF's, including 2 judges, all U of U Law alumni (except me!!) donned hardhats, protective glasses, and bright neon vests to take a tour of the new school building.

Some of the most interesting features are full-size lockers for each student, an exercise and shower room, a nursing room for mothers, and an impressive auditorium that will hold 450. 

 6 floors up, view of the stadium, corner of future deck

Inside core; the interior will be comprised of glass walls and panels giving
it a very spacious and airy feel.  

Carpet   

construction guy on stilts!

A view from one of the classrooms --
will it be distraction?  

The southwest corner of the top floor with an
equally amazing view of Salt Lake City.

Thanks to U of U Law for letting us tour!

Mississippi Judge Bars Public Defenders from Representing Clients

Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) is asking the Department of Justice to investigate recent events in Hinds County, Mississippi, where a judge is refusing to allow public defenders to represent their clients in his court.

Judge Jeffrey Weill seems to believe public defenders should be more deferential to him and less passionate in the representation of their clients.  Apparently disapproving of the zealous advocacy of one public defender, Judge Weill removed the attorney from all of her cases.  

 read more here

Ever wondered about Chinese lawyers?

Nine Chinese lawyers take a stand against China's   "Four Absolute Nos" in Chinese universities:

1.  Under no circumstances allow into our classrooms any teaching materials that spread Western value systems.

2.  Under no circumstances permit any discussion that attacks or defames the Party's leaders or smears socialism to take place in college classrooms.

3.  Under no circumstances permit any discussion that violates the Constitution or laws to spread in college classrooms.

4.  Under no circumstances permit instructors to grouse and complain in the classroom, or inculcate a bad mood amongst the student body.

Interesting article about two rival law schools in Minnesota

Read here about two longtime rival Minnesota law schools that have announced plans to merge:

Hamline University School of Law

William Mitchell College of Law

Minnesota State Bar Association President Richard Kyle explains "the landscape for legal education has changed significantly, and law schools are looking for ways to adapt."

William Mitchell announced on it's website "The union will bring together two law schools that have shaped Minnesota's legal landscape for more than a combined 154 years..."

Both schools are ranked lower tier (William #135; Hamline #121 per U.S. News).

Sundance 2015 - "Cartel Land"

Each January in Utah, the Sundance Film Festival attracts the most innovative directors and creative storytellers to a 10-day celebration of the best independent films in the industry. 

It has always been fun to see which movie stars and celebrities will travel to Park City during the dead of winter.  

We really enjoyed the premier showing of "Cartel Land", a gritty documentary about the drug cartels south of the border.  

"Cartel Land" won for Best Directing (Matthew Heineman) 

and Special Jury Award for Cinematography (Matthew Heineman and Matt Porwoll).


Read the review of Cartel Land here

Think Big in 2015

It is time to resurrect this blog and start the new year thinking BIG!  Watch ahead for exciting developments!