MCBA NEWS & EVENTS ...            CALENDAR OF EVENTS (click here) Books and Publications from MCBA Check out the list of publications available--from practice aids to  local legal history. Reasonable prices included! MCBA Classifieds Looking for a new job, office or services to support your practice? Check out the MCBA online classifieds page. 'Breakfast at the Bar' Resumes This all-member meeting on Friday, Sept. 12, features Catherine O'Grady, an associate dean at the ASU College of Law, on "Questioning Obedience" and a free breakfast (plus a drawing for prizes from Staples). Reserve now at rsvp@maricopabar.org.  More Baseball! More CLE! MCBA is doing it again--mixing a healthy dose of fun in with your CLE credits. It's all happening Sept. 16 at Chase Field, starting with a 1 hour CLE, "An Inside Look at Sports Law," presented by counsel from the Diamondbacks, Suns, and Coyotes, followed by Arizona Diamondbacks v. San Francisco Giants. Invite your friends and register now. Race Judicata 2008 Set for Sept. 21 The YLD's annual fundraiser is healthy fun for the whole family. Go here for details and to register.   County Law Firms Generously Support MCBA Diversity Committee's Outreach Programs Over a dozen firms generously supported the Diversity Committee's Summer Associates Social and the Minority Legal Writing Program last month. They have our thanks, and you'll find them listed here. LEGAL NEWS OF THE WEEK Incident may spur family split azcentral.com 8/7 Mortgages Ltd. faces securities inquiry azcentral.com 8/7 Phoenix bankruptcies doubled in July azcentral.com 8/7 Honduran faces execution in Texas azcentral.com 8/7 bin Laden driver to plead for leniency azcentral.com 8/7 Judge orders Detroit mayor jailed cnn.com 8/7 Defendant trades murder plea for KFC, pizza cnn.com 8/7   $300 million award vs. University of Phoenix parent tossed azcentral.com 8/6 Fifty charged in prostitution ring azcentral.com 8/6 Taking on Thomas azcentral.com 8/6 Mortgages Ltd. web site report called a 'glitch' bizjournals.com/phoenix 8/6 bin Laden's former driver guilty in terror trial cnn.com 8/6 Mexican executed after appeal denied in Texas cnn.com 8/6   Adjusters deny father's claim over rainy graduation azcentral.com 8/5 Priest sentenced for abusing Tucson teens azcentral.com 8/5 Tucson mother convicted in boy's death azcentral.com 8/5 Feds: Deportees can leave voluntarily azcentral.com 8/5 Jurors back to deliberate in first Gitmo trial azcentral.com 8/5 Delta terminates regional contract with Mesa Air bizjournals.com/phoenix 8/5   Legal trouble ahead? English-learners separated eastvalleytribune.com 8/4 Teens to face trial next year in girl's death azcentral.com 8/4 Ohio inmate says he's too fat for execution azcentral.com 8/4 Old crimes haunt legal immigrants azcentral.com 8/4 Co-defendant in OJ Simpsons case pleads guilty azcentral.com 8/4 Judge says Legislative Council description of transportation tax initiative is misleading bizjournals.com/phoenix 8/4 Rightpath pushes to convert Mortgages Ltd. Chapter 11 reorganization to Chapter 7 liquidation bizjournals.com/phoenix 8/4 Lawsuit blames pilot in deadly copter crash azcentral.com 8/1 House passes bill to combat gender-related discrimination bizjournals.com/phoenix 8/1

UPCOMING CLE... AUGUST 8  Getting Published for Business, Professional & Personal Development SEPTEMBER 9  The Client Experience--Your Competitive Marketing Edge 16  Contractual Requirements for Contract Administration 16  An Inside Look at Sports Law plus Diamondbacks vs. Giants 18  Employment Law Update 26  It Doesn't Make Sense and It's Costing Us Millions Find list of all CLE programs here MCBA Creates Hall of Fame, Seeks Nominees This is an opportunity to honor outstanding Maricopa County attorneys. Please read more details here and download the nomination form here. Arizona Paralegal Conference 2008-- Register Now! Set for Sept. 26, this is the premiere event for ALL paralegals in the state. Full details here. Golf Your Game? The Comerica Bank 2008 Pro Bono Golf Classic is set for Nov. 8. Find info and registration here. Thanks 2008 100% Club Members Go here to find out who they are.   TRIAL MEMBER