Spring 2006

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Member Profile: Carole Morris President's Message: Kristi Smith Pursuit of Excellence When Mistakes Happen I Have Three Words for You: Document, Document, Document  Annual Conference Remembering What You Read ALA Region 2 Educational Conference & Exposition From the Editor

Member Profile: Carole Morris 

As president-elect of the Atlanta chapter of the ALA, Carole Morris has set admirable goals. She's committed to welcoming new members and visitors, ensuring that they benefit fully from the chapter's resources. She is devoted to individually contacting all 250 members by the end of the year. But even more important is her personal goal.

"I want to make it through the end of the year without making a complete idiot of myself," Morris jokes.

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President's Message: Kristi Smith

It is amazing how quickly my year as President of the Atlanta Chapter has gone by and that this is my last President's Message. It has been a wonderful year! I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the opportunity to serve as your Chapter President. It has been a pleasure to lead the Chapter in a new and exciting direction. The experience provided many opportunities for personal growth and achievement and I wouldn't trade a minute of it. I would also like to thank the 2005-2006 Board of Directors for their hard work and dedication. Their enthusiasm and commitment to making our Chapter one of the best made my job that much easier. Also, I'd like to give a special thank you to all committee chairs, committee members and section chairs. Together these volunteers helped put together engaging educational sessions, enjoyable social and networking events, and beneficial community service projects. We have come a long way in one short year with many goals set and achieved.

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Pursuit of Excellence

This year marked the first of many impacts the local Atlanta chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators hopes to make on the futures of Young students. The Board of Directors voted to institute a scholarship fund dedicated to the furthering of education for a local Metro Atlanta Student that exhibited the same goals toward excellence that the AALA chapter does. Our search netted many fine candidates from across the Metro area, crossing many economic, racial and cultural borders to bring together some of the finer minds our community had to offer.

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When Mistakes Happen
By: Thomas P. Sukowicz, Director of Lawyers' Risk Management Services, Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

Everyone makes mistakes and lawyers are no exception. When lawyers make mistakes in the course of representing a client, however, they face potential civil liability, sanctions or disciplinary proceedings. Some mistakes have very serious consequences, such as the case being dismissed, a default judgment being entered, causes of action, parties or affirmative defenses being stricken. Lesser sanctions, such as monetary awards to opposing parties or opposing counsel, are costly and embarrassing.

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I Have Three Words for You: Document, Document, Document
By: Michael Kun, Esq.

The old realtor's maxim is that the three most important words in real estate are "location," "location," "location."

There should be a similar maxim for managers and human resources professionals. And it shouldn't be too hard for you to guess what the three most important words should be since they also appear in the title of this article: "document," "document," "document."

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Annual Conference

Don't miss out on éducation extraordinaire!

You have until April 21 to preregister for the 2006 ALA Annual Educational Conference and Exposition, May 1-4 in Montréal.

If you miss the registration deadline, you can register onsite for the entire Conference, or for just a day or two, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.

For complete details about the Conference, including a convenient Online Planner, see the ALA website at www.alanet.org.

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Remembering What You Read

Have you ever read something but don't know when, or if, you will ever need to actually use it? And if questioned a few weeks later about the subject, is your memory vague, at best?

Myth - I can't, nor will I, be able to remember everything I read.

Truth - You will remember what you choose to remember!

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ALA Region 2 Educational Conference & Exposition

Plan on attending the 2006 Regional Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, October 27 - 28. Register early for to save big!!!

Use this link to view further details.

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From the Editor

Welcome to AALA’s 2006 Spring Newsletter! I've enjoyed serving on the Board this year as your director of e-Newsletter. You will be in great hands as Marianne Lawhead takes over the helm. Marianne will bring a great fresh perspective to your newsletter and and I'm sure will provide you with interesting articles and information. Please feel free to give her any suggestions or input regarding "what you would like to have in your newsletter."

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