SR Vol 25 No 1, January 2007 - Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
SR Vol 25 No 1, January 2007 - Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
SR Vol 25 No 1, January 2007 - Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
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We’ve MovedYour one-stop shop has moved. So what’s different?<strong>No</strong>thing. We’ll still pickup and deliver any order while offeringthe same great print and legal copy service you’ve come to expect.E-mail us at info@fusionprint.ca for a pickup or call 442 5031.FuSion PriNt + imagiNg26 Crane Lake DriveHalifax, <strong>No</strong>va <strong>Scotia</strong> B3S 1B4t 902 442 5031 f 902 420 9357e info@fusionprint.ca w fusionprint.caWelcome to <strong>2007</strong>, and to this, the slightly new and improvedversion of the <strong>Society</strong> Record. As most of you are alreadyaware, the Record – in a bid to more productively make use ofour limited time and resources here in the <strong>Society</strong>’s Communicationsdepartment – will now be published on a quarterly basis.That means we’ll be coming to you every three months insteadof every two, while still delivering the same quality and contentyou’ve grown used to receiving. Also, in a bid to maximize thecommunications potential of the magazine, we’ve now added anew “<strong>Society</strong> News” section (which you’ll find located on pages14-15 of this issue). Through this new two-page section, we’ll bepassing along <strong>Society</strong> communications or “news” of interest andimportance; letting you know what’s happening in the <strong>Society</strong>’sfour departments: Administration, Admissions & ProfessionalDevelopment, Professional Responsibility, and Library & InfomationServices.And finally, I’d like to wish everyone health and happiness in<strong>2007</strong>, and send a warm thank-you to all those who contributed tothe magazine over the last year, as well as to those whose doorsI’ll be knocking on over the coming one.D e a r M e m b e r sWith this issue of the <strong>Society</strong>Record we embarkupon the next phase of the<strong>Society</strong>’s improved communicationswith our members.For, within weeks of receivingthis issue, our new websitewill be launched. This newsite will complement ourprint and electronic publications– which currently provide the more thoughtful and reflectiveinformation of the work of the <strong>Society</strong> and lawyers from allparts of the Province - by providing you with up-to-date information– truly at your fingertips.To free up resources needed to develop and maintain the websitewe will be reducing the number of issues of the record to fourper year. That is unfortunate, but we do want to maintain thequality you have come to expect, and with finite resources wecannot do everything we would like.Over the next few months we will be introducing other means toallow you to receive information more specifically tailored to yourindividual needs. Every member has a unique password for entryinto the <strong>Society</strong>’s database and we’ll soon be asking you to letus know about which areas of law you’d like to receive new casesfrom, or, in another vein, which areas of Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment most interest you. This new tool, which we refer to as“e-Communities” provides us with yet another way of improvingthe quality of the information you receive.These are exciting times and we are pleased to continue toenhance the quality of the services we provide, which in turnimproves your ability to practice better.Darrel Pink, Executive Director<strong>No</strong>va <strong>Scotia</strong> Barristers’ <strong>Society</strong>The <strong>Society</strong> Record