For cost and registration information, contact:
Jonathan Cook
National Business Institute
1218 McCann Drive
Altoona, WI 54720
(800) 909-7689
jonathan.cook@nbi-sems.com

Among the notables who died either without a valid will or no will at all are Ross Alexander, Fatty Arbuckle, Anura Bandaranaike, Madhav Prasad Birla, Sonny Bono, George Brent, Lenny Bruce, Jacob A. Cantor, Kurt Cobain, Russ Columbo, Sam Cooke, James Dean, Sandy Dennis, John Denver, Divine, Duke Ellington, Cass Elliot, Chris Farley, Bobby Fischer, Redd Foxx, Mary Frann, James A. Garfield, Marvin Gaye, Ulysses S. Grant, Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, Shemp Howard, Howard Hughes, Andrew Johnson, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ernie Kovacs, Harry Langdon, Bruce Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Peter Lorre, Jayne Mansfield, Rocky Marciano, Karl Marx, Steve McNair, Sal Mineo, Carmen Miranda, Keith Moon, Rosa Parks, Pablo Picasso, Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Tupac Shakur, Don Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith, William Desmond Taylor, Sharon Tate, Tiny Tim, Ritchie Valens, Hervé Villechaize, Barry White, and Jimmy Witherspoon.

A 33-hour course, Estates, Wills & Trusts covers such topics as the use of various estate planning methods and devices, including wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care directives and beneficiary designations. The rules of intestate succession will be covered. Emphasis will be placed on planning tools and administration of estates.

The course is also designed to introduce the procedures and court proceedings required to manage probate and non-probate transfers in California. Students are required asked to prepare forms that are ordinarily required in formal California probate proceedings.

The course is taught Tuesday and Thursday evenings from October 6 through September 10th.

For more information, contact Mr. Printz at (858) 720-8250 or the University of San Diego Paralegal Program at (619) 260-4579.

Canyon Crest Academy
5951 Village Center Loop Road
San Diego, CA 92130

Parent Connection Family Swap Meet – this is a can’t miss regarding great deals on children’s gear…at amazing prices!

Families with infants, young children & parents with a baby on the way will find something special at The Family Swap Meet.

Admission is $2 per person (under 12 years old free). No pre-registration is required for attendees.

Vendors – Sorry, all selling space for this event has been sold out.

For any questions, please send an email to info@sandiegoparent.com or call The Parent Connection at 858-626-6944.

The title of the seminar is Estate Administration Procedures: Why Each Step is Important. Along with Mr. Printz, faculty will include Janathan Allen of Allen Barron, sole practitioner Stuart Schechter, and Charles T. Scott of Kimball, Tirey & St. John.

The seminar will provide the following credits: California MCLE Paralegal; CFP for Financial Planners - 8.0; CLE for Attorneys- 6.75; CTEC for tax preparers- 8.0; IACET – 0.7; CPE for accountants/NASBA – 8.0; and PACE (CLU, CASL, ChFC) – 8.0

To register, call (800) 930-6182 or go to www.nbi-sems.com.

This is a basic level seminar, and provides fundamental estate administration topics for: attorneys; accountants; paralegals; trust officers; estate planners; and financial planners.

Sempra Energy seeks a Paralegal- Litigation and Corporate Compliance in San Diego. Under the direction of an attorney, conduct legal and factual research, collect, analyze and organize documents, prepare discovery responses, and maintain legal files. For additional details go to: www.sempra.com/careers and refer to Paralegal- Litigation and Corporate Compliance req# 11-363. Sempra Energy has a competitive compensation and benefits package, and is an EOE.

Today I came across a well-written article that deals with these questions, and provides some practical tips for lawyers who tweet. It’s by Gina Rubel and was published online in the Legal Intelligencer Blog.  Here it is, reproduced in full:

Monday, March 14, 2011

There are many benefits of lawyers using Twitter. In fact, I know many lawyers who have met both referral sources and new business contacts using Twitter.

As far as having a plan to engage in Twitter communications, I recommend taking the following approach: Define Purpose > Follow > Listen > Create > Engage. Here’s how:

1. Define your purpose in using Twitter. Identify what you want to accomplish by using Twitter as a vehicle for communication.

2. Follow: Identify the target audiences you want to reach: business and community leaders, referral sources, colleagues, experts, media, prospective clients and other thought leaders. Research those within your target audience who are using Twitter. Search for them by name, company name, topic, hashtag, etc. Start by following those people who are thought leaders in your industry.

3. Listen: Pay attention to what others are saying online. Add each person you follow to a defined list. Keep the lists private. For example, you can have lists for colleagues, legal media, experts, etc. Be careful, however, how you name your lists, as nothing is every truly “private” online. For example, I don’t recommend naming a list “clients” or “referral sources.” Consider that T.M.I. (too much information).

4. Create: Create and or share content and information of value, such as breaking news, important news stories, upcoming events, resources, interesting observations, industry trends, articles, blogs posts, valuable website content (articles, practice area information), etc.

5. Engage: Engage in two-way conversation by direct messaging, mentioning others and retweeting information of value to your target audiences.

Twitter is an excellent tool to add to the mix of communication vehicles that you are using to build or reinforce your brand, increase referrals, build community relations, share information and build your network. Other benefits include crisis management, issue advocacy, marketing, public relations, media relations, reputation management and thought leadership. Just be smart about using social media, encourage the implementation of a social media policy in your firm and always be sure to adhere to the rules of ethics proscribed by the states within which you practice law. 

Gina F. Rubel is the owner of Furia Rubel Communications Inc., a public relations and marketing agency with a niche in legal communications. A former Philadelphia trial attorney and public relations expert, Rubel is the author of “Everyday Public Relations for Lawyers.” Rubel and her agency have won numerous awards for legal communications, public relations, media relations, strategic planning, corporate philanthropy and leadership. She maintains a blog at www.ThePRLawyer.com and is a regular contributor to The Legal Intelligencer blog. You can find her on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/ginafuriarubel or follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ginarubel.  For more information, go to www.FuriaRubel.com.

Imagine hundreds of parents of young children, each with a two-parking space booth, selling all of their gently used clothing, toys, and equipment. If you are a parent of a young child, toddler, or infant (or one on the way!), this is a “can’t miss.”

Admission is only $2 per person (under 12 years old free). No preregistration is required for attendees. 

This Spring’s Parent Connection Family Swap Meet will be held on March 27, 2011.  Information is as follows:

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Place: Canyon Crest Academy parking lot, in Carmel Valley (east Del Mar). 

Address: 5951 Village Center Loop Road, San Diego, CA 92130

Vendors – costs for Seller space is $30/PC members, $45 nonmembers. Spaces are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.  Register early as this event usually sells out.

If you want to open your young person’s creative juices to the written word, or encourage their writing talents, consider attending “Igloos in Oceanside,” a March 26, 2011 (rescheduled from February 26th) event hosted by Kid Expressions.  Time and Place: 9:00 a.m. at 802 South Tremont Street, Oceanside, California.

At Igloos in Oceanside, rigid styro-foam triangles each about three feet tall will be used to create a geodesic half-dome  about twelve feet in diameter, and big enough to cozy up inside away from the California rainstorms! Your child can claim a triangle of his own, and draw, paint, scribble, or write anything he wants onto it.  The event is free, but a donation is requested, as is online registration.

The event will be catered by The Flying Pig, and is meant to bring attention to Kid Expressions’ program of children’s writing workshops.  Young writers will be divided into three classes by experience: Beginning Writers, Advanced Writers, and Authors, each mentored by adults.  90-minute seminars will be presented once a week for eight weeks, covering topics such as: “Character Development” and “Writing From Experience.”

I learned about this event from noted designer and children’s book illustrator Teri Rider. For myself, I just hope they’ll still be offering seminars when my little “Samuel Clemens” has learned to write his ABC’s.  For the rest of you, good luck!

“What would happen to my children if something happened to me and my spouse? How do I protect my children as a new parent?” With simple estate planning, you can easily ensure that your children would be raised by the person you choose and that your children would not inherit everything at age 18, but at the ages and stages you want them to inherit. 

San Diego’s “The Parent Connection,” a non-profit sponsored by Scripps Hospitals, is hosting a seminar with guidance for new parents.

Estate planning and early financial decisions are  important for every new parent.  Making plans for your possible death or incapacity is an important part of your new responsibilities.  It may not be an pleasant task, but that doesn’t mean that you can just cross your fingers and hope that the worst won’t happen to you.  A well-versed estate planning lawyer can walk you through the maze of choices you need to make as a responsible parent.

Daniel K. Printz, Esq., an estate planning attorney and adjunct faculty member at the University of San Diego, and Kristin Barron, a financial planner,  will discuss how to avoid probate, how to be prepared to cover the issues of incapacity, how to secure your financial future as well as your child’s college education. You’ll have the opportunity to learn about 529 plans, education and Roth IRAs, UTMA accounts and alternative investments.

Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011          **** Activities will be available for children ****

Time: 9:30 am to 11:30 am

Location: Scripps Coastal Medical Center, Eastlake — 971 Lane Avenue, Chula Vista, 91914 

This event is free for Parent Connection members, $10 for nonmembers. Registration for nonmembers will be reimbursed; provide receipt at the event.  Register by calling the Law Office of Daniel K. Printz at (858) 720-8250 OR online at http://www.sandiegoparent.com/TPC/event/signup.html.