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KBA COVID-19 Response and Help Center Your Partner in the Profession | April 2020 • Vol. 89 • No. 4 KBA COVID-19 Response and Help Center www.ksbar.org/COVID19 COVID-19 and the New Normal Lawyers Don’t Shut Down: You are Essential to the Survival of Our Country by Mira Mdivani, President of the KBA P 8 Serving in Time of Crisis by Karla Whitaker, Interim Executive Director, KBA/KBF P 7 Top 10 Tips for Lawyers “Zoom”ing into Remote Work During the Pandemic by Susan Berson P 10 Now more than ever, we need to stay connected. Celebrating April as National Poetry Month 8 | Lawyers Don’t Shut Down: You are Essential to the Survival of Our Country by Mira Mdivani 7 | Serving in Time of Crisis by Karla Whitaker 10| Top 10 Tips for Lawyers “Zoom”ing into Remote Work During the Pandemic by Susan Berson Cover Design by Ryan Purcell April Substantive Article 20 | Professor Prufrock Revisited: Poetry and the Law .......................... Robert W. Parnacott Special Features 16 | Lucky Number Seven: Kansas Bar Foundation Scholarships 30 | Sestina and Compassion Fatigue ......................................................Elizabeth L. Oliver 36 | Poetry and the Law: Members’ Poetry Regular Features 14 | April and May CLEs 49 | Members in the News Don’t Duck Out of Your CLEs 51 | Obituaries 41 | Substance and Style Mind Your virtual Manners: A Brief Guide to Social 55 | Appellate Decisions Graces in Online Writing ................... Joyce Rosenberg 64 | Advertising Directory NEW 44 | The Diversity Corner Fighting Lawyer Loneliness? ................. Diana Stanley 65 | Classified Advertisements 47 | Law Students’ Corner Overcoming Imposter Syndrome One Docket at a .. Time .................................................Zach Palominor www.ksbar.org | April 2020 3 THE Let your VOICE 2019-20 be Heard! JOURNAL KBA Officers & Board of Governors OF THE KANSAS BAR ASSOCIATION President Mira Mdivani, [email protected] President-elect 2019-20 Charles E. Branson, [email protected] Journal Board of Editors Vice President Cheryl Whelan, [email protected] Emily Grant (Topeka), chair, [email protected] Secretary-Treasurer Nancy Morales Gonzalez, [email protected] Sarah G. Briley (Wichita), [email protected] Hon. David E. Bruns (Topeka), [email protected] Immediate Past President Hon. Sarah E. Warner, [email protected] Richard L. Budden (Kansas City), [email protected] Boyd A. Byers (Wichita), [email protected] Young Lawyers Section President Mitch Biebighauser, [email protected] Jennifer Cocking (Topeka), [email protected] Connie S. Hamilton (Manhattan), [email protected] District 1 Michael J. Fleming, [email protected] Michael T. Jilka (Lawrence), [email protected] Katie A. McClaflin, [email protected] Lisa R. Jones (Ft. Myers, FL), [email protected] Diana Toman, [email protected] Casey R. Law (McPherson), [email protected] District 2 Hon. Robert E. Nugent (Wichita), [email protected] Bethany Roberts, [email protected] Professor John C. Peck (Lawrence), [email protected] District 3 Rachael K. Pirner (Wichita), [email protected] Angela M. Meyer, [email protected] Richard D. Ralls (Overland Park), [email protected] District 4 Karen Renwick (Kansas City), [email protected] Brian L. Williams, [email protected] Jennifer Salva (Kansas City), [email protected] District 5 Teresa M. Schreffler (Wichita), [email protected] Vincent Cox, [email protected] Richard H. Seaton Sr. (Manhattan), [email protected] Terri J. Pemberton, [email protected] Sarah B. Shattuck (Ashland), [email protected] District 6 Richard D. Smith (Topeka), [email protected] Tish S. Morrical, [email protected] Marty M. Snyder (Topeka), [email protected] District 7 Patti Van Slyke, Journal Editor & Staff Liaison, [email protected] Gary L. Ayers, [email protected] Hon. Jeffrey E. Goering, [email protected] Catherine A. Walter (Topeka), [email protected] Megan S. Monsour, [email protected] Meg Wickham, Dir. of Communications & Member Svcs., [email protected] District 8 Issaku Yamaashi (Overland Park), [email protected] Gaye B. Tibbets, [email protected] Natalie Yoza (Topeka), [email protected] District 9 Aaron L. Kite, [email protected] The Journal Board of Editors is responsible for the selection and editing of all substantive legal articles that appear in The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association. District 10 The board reviews all article submissions during its quarterly meetings (January, Gregory A. Schwartz, [email protected] April, July, and October). If an attorney would like to submit an article for District 11 consideration, please send a draft or outline to Patti Van Slyke, Journal Editor Mark Dupree, [email protected] at [email protected]. District 12 Alexander P. Aguilera, [email protected] Ryan Purcell, graphic designer, [email protected] Bruce A. Ney, [email protected] John M. Shoemaker, [email protected] At-Large Governor The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association (ISSN 0022-8486) is published Eunice Peters, [email protected] monthly with combined issues for July/August and November/December for a total of 10 issues a year. Periodical Postage Rates paid at Topeka, Kan., and at KDJA Representative additional mailing offices. The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association is published Hon. James R. Fleetwood, [email protected] by the Kansas Bar Association, 1200 SW Harrison St., Topeka, KS 66612-1806; KBA Delegate to ABA House Phone: (785) 234-5696; Fax: (785) 234-3813. Member subscription is $25 a year, Natalie G. Haag, [email protected] which is included in annual dues. Nonmember subscription rate is $45 a year. Eric Rosenblad, [email protected] The Kansas Bar Association and the members of the Board of Editors assume ABA State Delegate no responsibility for any opinion or statement of fact in the substantive Linda S. Parks, [email protected] legal articles published in The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association. YL Delegate to ABA House Copyright © 2017 Kansas Bar Association, Topeka, Kan. Joslyn Kusiak, [email protected] For display advertising information, contact: Interim Executive Director Bill Spilman at (877) 878-3260 toll-free, (309) 483-6467 or Karla Whitaker, [email protected] email [email protected] For classified advertising information contact Patti Van Slyke at (785) 234-5696 or email [email protected]. OUR MISSION Publication of advertisements is not to be deemed an endorsement of any TheKansas Bar Association is dedicated to advancing the professionalism and product or service advertised unless otherwise indicated. legal skills of lawyers, providing services to its members, serving the community POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Journal of the Kansas Bar through advocacy of public policy issues, encouraging public understanding of Association, 1200 SW Harrison St., Topeka, KS 66612-1806. the law, and promoting the effective administration of our system of justice. 4 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association Protect Your Firm. Help More People. Be the Lawyer You Want to Be. Find out more about your KBA-endorsed carrier at www.alpsnet.com/kbajournal malpractice insurance for the law firm (800) 367-2577 www.alpsnet.com [email protected] |e Aprilt.c 2020om 5 Get your CLE credits online with the KBA New Orders from the Office of Judicial Administration mean attorneys have until September 30, 2020 to complete 12 CLE Credits (including 2 hours of Ethics) for the 2019-2020 compliance year. Any attorney who cannot meet the June 30 deadline will be granted an automatic extension. All credits may be earned online. You can complete ALL of your hours online! Don’t procrastinate. Check out our online CLEs today! www.ksbar.org/CLE When the professional stakes are highest, put the deepest legal experience on your side. We assist Attorneys with all professional licensure issues, including initial applications for admission to the bar, responses to ethics complaints, and petitions for reinstatement. Through investigations or hearings, we ensure any allegation against you is challenged with the strongest possible defense. Christopher M. Joseph Diane L. Bellquist KANSAS CITY LAWRENCE TOPEKA WICHITA 10990 QUIVIRA, #200 5200 BOB BILLINGS PKWY., #201 1508 SW TOPEKA BLVD. 500 N. MARKET OVERLAND PARK, KS 66210 LAWRENCE, KS 66049 TOPEKA, KS 66612 WICHITA, KS 67214 913.948.9490 785.856.0143 JosephHollander.com 785.234.3272 316.262.9393 6 The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association from the interim executive director Serving in Time of Crisis by Karla Whitaker, KBA/KBF Interim Executive Director s the COVID-19 crisis has arrived in Kansas, one thing As live events have been postponed or canceled, a growing is clear: the delivery of legal services has never been number of online resources are being made available to KBA more important. In fact, the statewide Stay Home di- members. The first Town Hall Webinar focusing on technol- Arective specifically cites “Preserving Constitutional or Legal ogy and practicing remotely drew nearly 200 lawyers from Rights” as an essential service in Kansas. Kansas lawyers and across the state. These webinars will provide a forum for shar- judges have always had great stamina, strength and the stabil- ing information and will continue throughout the crisis. ity to serve those in need. Those services are now being pro- The Association is also providing a growing number of we- vided from a distance greater than six feet away, by telephone, binars for CLE credit, to help you meet your annual CLE text, email or video “Zoom.” Despite the COVID-19 restric- requirements. I encourage you to continue checking the KBA tions, the judicial system is adapting in its continuing work to website for more CLE offerings. maximize access to justice for all Kansans. The KBA will also continue to provide resources for man- The Kansas Bar Association is prepared to help. We have aging your practice and for encouraging health and wellness. established the KBA COVID-19 Response and Help Center We will advocate for emerging issues during these trying to serve as a source of the most current information during times.
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