Fall Criminal Law
Committee ABA Solo Division Report 2017COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT FORM
Division Name and Number: Practice Specialty Division:
3
Division Director Name: Daniel Tann
Reporting Board or Committee: Criminal Law Committee
Completed By: Kenneth Vercammen Chair, Edison, NJ
1.
1.
What has your board or
committee done since its last report (e.g., conference call, meetings, use of
discussion lists, planning for CLE programs, publications and articles,
collaboration with other boards, committees, or sections)?
Since August:
-Provided manuscript for new ABA book Handling
DUI and Drug Possession Defense for Attorneys [over 250 pages]
--Sent another Request for Brown
Bag webinar
-Continue to Publicize ABA
“Criminal Law Forms” Book to help generate revenue for Division
-Registered to attend and
participate in leadership events at St. Paul Meeting
-Added
info to GP Solo Linkedin
-
Potential meeting at New Orleans
- Invited members to submit articles to GP Solo EReport
- Offered
forms for free to members from NJ Bar Annual seminar
For NJ Bar,
working on materials for Drug, DWI and Serious Cases seminar which eventually
will be 2nd edition of “Criminal Law Forms”
--Also helped publicize ABA book ABA’s “Smart Marketing for Smart Firm Lawyers” a
book from the American Bar Association. My staff implemented
many of the ideas to improve our law office.
Smart Marketing and the
Small Firm Lawyer
List Price: $59.95
Sponsor(s): Solo, Small
Firm and General Practice Division Publisher(s): ABA Book
-
Offered
to do program if there is a Solo day in Chicago 2018
2. What is the status of your board or
committee’s business plan for the year (e.g., participation of board or committee
members, goals achieved, and new goals)?
-Continue to
help promote ABA books to raise revenue for section
-Offer to GP
Solo members free portions of articles/ forms from NJ Bar Annual Drug DWI
seminar
- Waiting
for comments and revisions to book DUI and Drug possession defense
3.
Does your board or committee need
any assistance
from the Director, Staff, Division Officers, or Council? If yes, please
explain:
If
yes, please explain:
-
Help set up programs and brown bag webinar
Help promote the ABAS’
CRIMINAL LAW FORMS book
Book from the American Bar
Association
Solo
& Small Firm Division Author: Kenneth Vercammen
Criminal Law Forms helps lawyers face
the challenges of:
• Criminal defense
• DWI cases
• Juvenile offenses
• Domestic violence
• Traffic violations
• Auto Accidents
• and much more
-Also help
publicize ABA book ABA’s “Smart Marketing for Smart
Firm Lawyers” a book from the American Bar Association. My staff implemented many of the ideas to improve our law office.
Smart Marketing and the
Small Firm Lawyer
List Price: $59.95
Sponsor(s): Solo, Small
Firm and General Practice Division Publisher(s): ABA Book Publishing
ACTION ITEMS
List any action items to be presented
to Council. These are items that require discussion, reporting, and/or decision-making
on the part of the Council (e.g. a request for support of matters appearing
before the House of Delegates, revisions of Division policies, and requests for
use of extraordinary Division resources).
None for Fall
INFORMATIONAL
ITEMS
List any informational items to be
represented to Council. These items are
matters for the Council’s information and do not require action.
