ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Fall 2008 Conference is scheduled for November 12- 15 at the DeSoto Hilton in Savannah, GA.  Please mark you calendars now and plan to attend this conference.  The conference schedule and program schedule may be viewed here.  Note that there will be a special treat this year: for the Banquet, instead of the traditional keynote address, we will be entertained by Jill Elliott, Lawyer-Comedienne from Atlanta.  The Registration form and the Golf Registration form are now available.  Savannah is a wonderful place with much to do and see.  The Savannah Area Convention & Visitors Bureau offers a great deal of information.

The Spring 2008 Conference at Marriott St. Louis Airport, St. Louis, MO, May 18 - 21, 2008 was wonderful!  Click to see the schedule and program.  Thanks go to Judge Mike Wood, Curriculum Chair, for his good work.

NCPJ would like to thank our Exhibitors at the Spring 2008 Conference.

MARK THE DATE: Spring 2009 Conference is May 20 - 23, 2009 at the Coeur D'Alene Resort in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho.

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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 ►

The New York Times speaks out against electing judges  l 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.

Elder Friendly Courtroom developed at Stetson Law School l MORE