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Ali Khan Regular Features 18 | YLS President 50 | Members in the News YLS and the Kansas High School Mock Trial program ....................................... Mitch Biebighauser 53 | Obituaries 20 | KBF President 55 | Appellate Decisions KBF Awards $382,500 to Eleven Organizations 63 | Appellate Practice Reminders ........................................................... Susan Saidian 2020 Vision for the New Year ........ Douglas T. Shima 23 | January CLEs The Weather Outside is Frightful, so Take a CLE 64 | Advertising Directory NEW 30 | Law Practice Management Tips and Tricks 65 | Classified Advertisements Spoofing on Caller I.D.: Problems for You and Your Clients...... Larry Zimmerman 45 | The Diversity Corner What is the Future of Title VII? KU Law Panel Weighs In ..................... Diana Stanley www.ksbar.org | January 2020 3 E Let your VOICE TH 2019-20 be KBA Officers & Board of Governors Heard! 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Find out more about your KBA-endorsed carrier at www.alpsnet.com/kbajournal malpractice insurance for the law firm www.ksbar.org | January 2020 5 (800) 367-2577 www.alpsnet.com [email protected] from the Chief Justice Change Brings Opportunity by Chief Justice Marla Luckert, Kansas Supreme Court hange is in the air at the Kansas Supreme Court. tion will continue Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and Justice Lee Johnson to execute ongo- recently retired, and two new justices will soon join ing initiatives, in- Cthe Court. The nearly simultaneous addition of two members cluding: to a court of seven is in itself major change. • Moderniza- The change does not stop there, however. On December 17, tion of judicial 2019, Chief Justice Nuss passed the gavel to me and I swore branch technol- to discharge the duties of chief justice. In assuming the con- ogy as we execute stitutional responsibility of efficiently administering Kansas the rollout of the courts, I have taken to heart the motivational speaker’s man- Odyssey case tra: “Change brings opportunity.” management sys- One opportunity arises simply because change provides the tem and unveil a impetus to reflect on where we have been and where we are Kansas judicial going. Meaningful reflection includes evaluating past prac- branch website. tices, seeking input from stakeholders and examining data • Implemen- about performance. The Supreme Court will soon undertake tation of Work- these tasks and discuss possible changes in court practices to, share, where court among other things, improve disposition time for appeals. employees in one More broadly, we will evaluate courts statewide and many of county use Od- our programs. yssey to assist re- Reflection and evaluation also require consideration of motely with the challenges faced by the Kansas courts