IMPORTANT ALERT: Due to the implementation of a new database system, member passwords will change on February 22, 2008.  A letter is being mailed to all NCPJ members with the new log-in information.  After February 22, 2008, if you have trouble accessing the Members Only pages, please contact NCPJ.

The Fall 2008 Conference is scheduled for November 12- 15 at the DeSoto Hilton in Savannah, GA.  Please mark you calendars now and plan to attend this conference.  The conference schedule and program schedule may be viewed here.  Note that there will be a special treat this year: for the Banquet, instead of the traditional keynote address, we will be entertained by Jill Elliott, Lawyer-Comedienne from Atlanta.  The Registration will also be posted as soon as it is ready.  Savannah is a wonderful place with much to do and see.  The Savannah Area Convention & Visitors Bureau offers a great deal of information.

The Spring 2008 Conference at Marriott St. Louis Airport, St. Louis, MO, May 18 - 21, 2008 was wonderful!  The schedule and program and the speakers were all great.  Thanks go to Judge Mike Wood, Curriculum Chair, for his good work.  This was our first-ever "VALUE MEETING" with no banquet.  Attendance was, overall, down, but there were quite a number of first-time attendees.  The Board will be considering carefully the evaluations of the conference by those who attended.

NCPJ would like to thank our Exhibitors at the Spring 2008 Conference.

The National Guardianship Association has scheduled its 2008 Conference on Guardianship for October 4 - 7, 2008, in Nashville, TN.  The Conference brochure, which includes the Registration form and the Conference Schedule may be viewed here.

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Is there an idea you would like to bounce off NCPJ Membership?  Has a problem arisen in your court you would like some other views about. Is there an event you would like to make your fellow judges aware of?  All this is now possible when you become a member of the NCPJ listserv.  Find out how.

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