December 14, 2021
Thank You from Toys For Tots
On Friday, December 10, while the WV State Bar Toys For Tots donations were being loaded into a truck, an uninvited guest was larking about in the bushes. THE GRINCH! (Aka Jim Dodrill) Luckily, representatives of the United States Marine Corps and the Charleston Police Department were here to save the toys.
Thank you to everyone who helped out today:
The Grinch: Jim Dodrill
CPD Officers: Nick Stone & Duke Grant.
USMC: Capt Ryan Gallagher, Gunnery Sgt Adam Chaney, Gunnery Sgt Rob Davilla, Sgt Xavier Tillis-Ray, and Sgt Nick Whitehead.
Others: President Tom Scarr, Mike Mellace, Angie Volk, Kathy Henning, Anita Casey, Angelo Moore and Berry Turley.
News
Nominations for Young Lawyer of the Year 
and Mentor of the Year now being accepted

Young Lawyer of the Year Nominations
The 2022 Young Lawyer of the Year Award will be presented at the 2022 State Bar Annual Meeting held at the Embassy Suites in Charleston on Sunday, April 10, 2022. To obtain information regarding the awards process click here.

Mentor of the Year Nominations
The 2022 Mentor of the Year Award will be presented at the 2022 State Bar Annual Meeting held at the Embassy Suites in Charleston on Sunday, April 10, 2022. To obtain information regarding the awards process click here.

Nominations must be received by noon on Monday, March 7, 2022
"Tuesday Legal Connect" Needs Your Help
The State Bar is in need of volunteer attorneys for the evening of December 21st and all Tuesday evenings in January 2022 to field legal questions from the public as part of the "Tuesday Legal Connect" program. Volunteers from anywhere in the state can take calls remotely from their home, office, etc. All you need is a telephone and a computer/laptop/tablet. Volunteers are eligible to receive 1 pro-bono CLE credit for each two-hour shift completed. If you would be interested in helping in December, please email David Frercks at dfrercks@lawv.net as soon as possible. 
West Virginia State Bar
Executive Director Position
The West Virginia State Bar, with the support of Association Options, is recruiting and evaluating candidates for the position of Executive Director.

Questions may be directed to Meggan Teague, Vice President of Strategy and Executive Search, at mteague@associationoptions.com
Events
The Law Awakens to Project Management - Webinar
 
Sponsor: The West Virginia Bar Association 
Location: Online (Zoom) 
CLE Credit: WV – 1.20 hour; applied for OH – 1 hour 
Speaker: Larry Bridgesmith, Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University
Event is FREE for WV Bar Association members and $10 for non-members. 
SAVE THE DATE
January 26, 2022 -- 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
CROSS EXAMINATION FROM BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PERSPECTIVES
Seminar/Webinar

Speakers: Mark Neil, Tammy Bowles-Raines, and John McGhee

More information coming soon
CLE Announcements
Temporary Waiver of Online and In-house
Continuing Legal Education Credit Limit

Due to ongoing concerns associated with the COVID-19 virus, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has granted a request from the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for a temporary waiver of current CLE rules and regulations which limit the CLE credits for online and in-house credits to 12 credits, or half of the mandatory continuing legal education requirements FOR THE 2020-2022 reporting period.
Extension of the Bridge the Gap Requirement
Attorneys admitted to the WV State Bar between July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2020 have been granted a one-year extension of time to complete the mandatory Bridge-the-Gap Program.
The extension was based on a determination by the Court that attorneys within that time frame were adversely affected by the cancellation of the Bridge-the-Gap program scheduled in April 2020 due to COVID.
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