2010 YCBA OFFICERS

Yolo County Bar Association Officers for 2010 are:

VIP MENTORS

The Yolo County Bar Association is proud to support VIP Mentors (VIP) in its application for the Second Chance Act Mentoring Grant for Nonprofit Organizations.

VIP provides an extremely important support network for parolees, and is a sound investment of funds because it reduces recidivism, saves judicial, law enforcement, and correctional resources, and most importantly makes a positive difference in the lives of its participants and its mentors. We strongly support this program, and recognize the vital gap that VIP fills in our community.

VIP Mentors invites you to participate in its program. VIP Mentors (VIP) is the only program in California that recruits attorneys, and only attorneys, to be guides, advisors, friends and role models for men and women on parole as they struggle to turn their lives around. Although all VIP mentors are attorneys, they are not required or permitted to offer legal assistance to their mentees. Instead, time is spent however you and your mentee choose, and usually involves one phone call a week and one to two meetings throughout the month. Whether you grab a cup of coffee, see a game, play sports, or go for a walk, the most important thing is that you listen and encourage as the parolee learns how a successful person lives his or her life.

Please contact Jesse Navarrete, the Sacramento/Yolo Program Director, with any questions you might have, or to sign-up as a mentor. Jesse can be reached by phone at (916) 324-4141 ext 259, or by email at vip-sacramento@vipmentors.org. VIP Mentors' website, www.vipmentors.org, also has a wealth of information including a short video on what mentoring is all about.

LAW LIBRARY NEWS

The Law Library has recently acquired new:

• Rutter Title: California Motions in Limine
• Nolo Titles:
    California Workers Comp
    Deeds for California Real Estate
    The Foreclosure Survival Guide
    Living Wills and Powers of Attorney in California
• CEB Titles: 2009 California Guardianship Practice
• OnLaw Titles:
    Advising California Partnerships
    California Law of Contracts
    Effective Direct and Cross Examination
    CJER Felony Sentencing Handbook
    Handling Post Mortem Trust Admin.
    Effective Introduction of Evidence in California
• Solano Press: 2009 California Land Use and Planning Law

2010 MEMBERSHIP DUES

The Yolo County Bar Association is always happy to accept new members. The Application for 2010 YCBA Bar Membership is HERE.

Dues are $50 for private sector attorneys and $25 for government sector attorneys.

If you would like to become a member, please download and complete the application and mail it in with your payment. The mailing address is: Yolo County Bar Association, P.O. Box 1903, Woodland, CA 95776-1903.

Bar Association Committees - When filling out your application please express your interest in participating in the several committees that help our group serve our community.

The YCBA committees include:

Your Practice Area - Be sure to complete the part of the application that deals with your area of practice. Your contact information, including areas of practice, is listed on the Member Lookup area of the website, which can be searched by name and by area of practice. There were over 1,300 searches on that information in 2009. If you are a current member, please check your listing here.

Bilingual? There have been a number of requests for information about attorneys who provide services in languages other than English. There is a place in the 2010 application where attorneys can provide this information, which will then be listed in the Member Lookup area of the website.

Support the Yolo County Law Library - When completing your YCBA membership for 2010, please consider including a donation to the Yolo County Law Library. Please see the renewal application for more details.