7 www.loubar.org March 2024 Self-Injury Awareness Day: March 1st National Sleep Awareness Week: March 10-16 World Sleep Day: March 15 Brain Awareness Week: March 11-17 National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week: March 18-24 National LGBT Health Awareness Week: March 20-24 World Bipolar Day: March 30 MARCH 2024 AWARENESS CALENDAR Monthly Health & Wellness Corner Monthly Health & Wellness Corner PODCAST RECOMMENDATION The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will change the way you think about happiness. ARTICLE RECOMMENDATION Making the Case for Sleep: New Science for the Legal Profession https://www.lclma.org/2021/01/27/making-the-case-for- sleep-new-science-for-the-legal-profession/ BOOK RECOMMENDATION Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most Serving your practice as our own For more information call us at 502-568-6100 or Submit for a quick quote at www.LMICK.com Recruitment Notice for the Criminal Justice Act Trial Attorneys and Mentorship Program Participants Pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, as amended (18 U.S.C. § 3006A) (the “CJA”), the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky has adopted a plan for providing representation to individuals who are financially unable to retain counsel in certain circumstances. The plan provides for the establishment of panels of private attorneys who are eligible and willing to be appointed to provide representation under the CJA. Attorneys seeking admission to one of the Court’s CJA Panels must be members in good standing of the Kentucky Bar Association for at least four years and admitted to practice before this Court for at least two years preced- ing the application. Applicants must additionally maintain an office in the division of the CJA Panel for which they seek membership. Specific qualifications are contained in Section VII(C) of the Court’s CJA Plan located on the Court’s website. To apply: Attorneys interested in being appointed to a CJA Panel should submit an application, which can be found on the Court’s website at https://www.kywd.uscourts.gov/cja, via e-mail to [email protected] anytime from March 1 to March 31, 2024. Approval of attorneys for membership on a CJA Panel and the CJA Mentorship Program will be made by the Court after review of all eligible applications, consideration of relevant case data and consultation with the CJA Panel Committee. For more information, please visit www.kywd. uscourts.gov/cja. n Probate E-Filing As of January 1, 2024, all probate cases must now be e-filed. This raises an obvious question for most probate practitioners – namely, how to get a hearing date when you e-file that you know will work for you? To help deal with that, the Jefferson County Clerk’s office offers two options for obtaining a date with a new probate filing. First, when filing the petition, you can send a note to the clerk through the eQueue of dates you are available or dates to avoid and the processing clerk will send a confirmation back to you with the scheduled date. Second, you can call the Probate Division for available dates and then put the date you received by phone from the division in your efiling. Although the new system may not have the same personal interaction as taking a new filing to the probate clerk’s office, it at least allows a practitioner to obtain a date they are available. n COURT NEWS 2024 PRO SE DIVORCE CLINICS Pro Se Divorce Clinics are part of the LBA’s public outreach to assist pro se litigants complete the self-help proceedings necessary to file for divorce. In 2023, we hosted 13 clinics where attorney volunteers helped assist pro se litigants in completing their divorce paper- work. On average, each clinic assists four litigants. Clinics are typically held on Fridays at the Jefferson County Law Library (514 W. Liberty, 2nd Floor). Appointments are available on the hour between 9 a.m. and noon. All necessary training is provided. We need 22 attorneys to volunteer JUST THREE HOURS to help us assist divorcing parties who can’t afford an attor- ney! To make an appointment or to volunteer, please contact Marisa Motley at [email protected] or (502) 583-5314. Friday, March 1 Friday, March 15 Friday, April 19 Friday, May 17 Friday, June 21 Friday, August 2 Friday, August 16 Friday, September 6 Friday, September 20 Friday, October 18 Friday, November 1 Friday, November 18 2024 CALENDAR volunteers needed!
