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Bar News - September 5, 2003 Association News Dialogue Growing on Section Listservs SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE Bar’s section listservs (e-mail discussion groups) have surpassed 1,000, with dialogue and exchange between members increasing daily. Meanwhile, more information, documents and practice tools are being posted on individual section pages on the Bar’s Web site. The section Web pages are in the "For Members" area, which requires a user name and password. These pages are not limited to section members; they are open to all members of the Bar. According to the following list compiled by Member Services Coordinator Audrey Carrel, overall, 42 percent of each section’s members subscribe to a listserv, a free service limited to members of that section. Notably, the Elder Law, Family Law, Real Property, and Intellectual Property Law sections have been the most active users of the listservs. Typical exchanges include questions about complicated situations, advice on finding experts with particular expertise, and postings of noteworthy rulings or legal interpretations from New Hampshire or other jurisdictions. Carrel said that activity on a listserv is often encouraged by the section chair, although any member of a section may initiate a posting. The listservs are operated by YahooGroups and contain advertising controlled by Yahoo!, but the listserv subscription lists are not shared or used for other marketing purposes. Yahoo! recently implemented a couple of changes in how it will be operating its listservs, but these changes won’t affect the basic e-mailing/messaging capability, nor will it affect the cost, which remains absolutely free to users. At the Bar’s Web site, many sections are posting minutes from past meetings, materials from section CLEs and relevant articles from other publications. The section pages, accessed through the "For Members" area, are open to all Bar members, regardless of section membership. The sections are posting a variety of useful materials: for example, the Real Property Law section has posted several articles from past CLEs it has conducted, including an article on "Using a Qualified Personal Residence Trust" by Joe McDonald of McDonald & Kanyuk in Concord. The Labor & Employment Law Section has posted an article on "Tax Considerations of Judgments and Settlements" by Steven Burke of the McLane law firm. Contact Audrey Carrel at acarrel@nhbar.org for information on section membership. NHBA Section Listserv Subscriptions (As of Aug. 21, 2003)
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