IMPORTANT ALERT: Due to
the implementation of a new database system, member
passwords will change on February 22, 2008. A
letter is being mailed to all NCPJ members with the
new log-in information. After February 22,
2008, if you have trouble accessing the Members Only
pages, please contact
NCPJ.
Our Spring 2008
Conference will be at
Marriott St. Louis Airport, St. Louis, MO, May
18 - 21, 2008. We hope to see YOU
there. The
schedule and program have been set.
Remember that this is a "VALUE MEETING" with no
banquet. Please encourage all your friends and
associates to attend.
Registration Form.
The Board of Directors is accepting Nominations for
Officers for the 2008-2009 year. All
nominations must be in writing and must be submitted
prior to the end of the Spring Conference. To
download the Nomination Form,
click here.
William H. Rehnquist
Award for Judicial Excellence
- Deadline for nominations is May 23, 2008. To
read about the Award and the nominations process
click here.
NEWS YOU CAN USE...
A great way to start
your day 
Legacy Society -- Those who
have chosen to remember the College with their gifts
►
Florida Guardianship Statutes
and Florida
Probate Statutes online
►
Past Presidents
of the College ►
The
National Center's popular annual survey of
Judicial Salaries is now online ►
Guardianship
Monitoring -- a synopsis ►
Williamsburg pictures
courtesy of Judge Condon are posted!
The New York Times speaks
out against electing judges
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MORE
Here is a site that clues
you in to Supreme Court decisions around the world,
electronic courts and a lot more
l
MORE
President Egan's message to
judges l
MORE
Electronic Journal
Available for Members l
MORE
The Probate Judge and the
Undue Influence factor in Guardianship and Estates
cases. How to recognize it, how to deal with
it. The
CD is available from the Wisconsin Coalition Against
Domestic Violence.
MORE
Probate Judges are often
front and center in the Elder Abuse phenomenon.
Learn what is current in this difficult and
sometimes perplexing area of the law l
MORE
Is there an idea you would
like to bounce off NCPJ Membership? Has a
problem arisen in your court you would like some
other views about. Is there an event you would like
to make your fellow judges aware of? All this
is now possible when you become a member of the NCPJ
listserv.
Find out
how.
A Handbook for Judges --
Judicial Determination of
Capacity of Older Adults in Guardianship Proceedings.
An Online Book. This ground-breaking work provides
welcome tools for judges, attorneys, clinicians,
investigators, guardians ad litem, evaluators and
scholars
concerned with capacity issues facing older adults.
Maryland's Power of
Attorney booklet sets new standard of excellence:
Making Medical Decisions for Someone Else.
Elder Abuse Resource Guide sponsored by
the National Center for State Courts.
The
Anna Nicole Smith case and probate jurisdiction.
Elder
Friendly Courtroom developed at Stetson Law School l
MORE
The
Journal is online! Under Quick Links in
the upper right hand corner, click on NCPJ Journal
on the drop down menu.
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