The web site of the D.C. Bar http://www.dcbar.org Posted 3/7--On March 15 the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. will host "Reinvent: A Fundamentally New Approach to Thinking Critically About Your Cases" in the Sphinx Ballroom at the Almas Temple. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=tla_criticalthinking http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=tla_criticalthinking Posted 3/5--The D.C. Bar Nominations Committee has selected Brigida Benitez of Steptoe and Johnson LLP and Lorelie S. Masters of Jenner and Block LLP as candidates for D.C. Bar president-elect for the 2013-2014 term. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=nominees2013 http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=nominees2013 Posted 3/4--The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission has announced a vacancy on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia created by the retirement of Judge A. Franklin Burgess Jr. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=jnc_burgessvacancy http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=jnc_burgessvacancy Posted 3/4--On April 19 the D.C. Courts and the D.C. Bar will hold the District of Columbia Judicial and Bar Conference that focuses on access to counsel in both criminal and civil cases 50 years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in "Gideon v. Wainwright." http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=jb_conference http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=jb_conference Posted 2/28--On March 14 the D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education Program will present the course "Estate Planning After the New Year's Day Legislation." http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=cle_estate http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=cle_estate Posted 2/26--With his wife of 57 years by his side, John Jude O'Donnell died at his home on February 23 O'Donnell served on the D.C. Bar Board of Governors from 1981-84. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=odonnell_obit http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=odonnell_obit Posted 2/26--On February 21 Louis Oberdorfer, a senior judge serving on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, died on his birthday at age 94. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=oberdorfer http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=oberdorfer Posted 2/21--The D.C. Bar is seeking nominations for outstanding projects and contributions by Bar members, to be recongized at the Bar's 2013 Celebration of Leadership: The D.C. Bar Awards Dinner and Annual Meeting. The deadline for submissions is March 29. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=bar_awards http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=bar_awards Posted 2/21--On March 12 the D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education Program will offer the course "Nuts and Bolts Employment Discrimination Law With Recent Case Updates." http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=cle_employmentcases http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=cle_employmentcases Posted 2/21--The D.C. Bar Board of Governors is seeking candidates for appointment this spring to the Attorney/Client Arbitration Board, Judicial Evaluation Committee, Legal Ethics Committee, and the Bar Foundation, as well as to the Board on Professional Responsibiity of the D.C. Court of Appeals. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=bar_vacancies http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=bar_vacancies Posted 2/14--Su Sie Ju, Northwest Legal Clinic supervisor at Bread for the City, was named the winner of the 2013 Jerrold Scoutt Prize by the District of Columbia Bar Foundation. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=scoutt_prize http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=scoutt_prize Posted 2/13--Lawyers who want to learn how to run a solo or small firm may attend the next available Basic Training and Beyond (formerly Basic Training) offered on March 13 by the D.C. Bar Practice Management Advisory Service. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=pmas_lawyering http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=pmas_lawyering Posted 2/13--The District of Columbia Commission on Judical Disabilities and Tenure seeks comments from D.C. Bar members, court representatives, and the public regarding the appointment of Judge Rufus G. King III as a senior judge. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=judgeking_senior http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=judgeking_senior Posted 2/13--The D.C. Bar Litigation Section and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia will tackle the issue of bullying at the 14th Annual Youth Law Fair on March 9. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=youthlaw_fair http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=youthlaw_fair Posted 2/7--The American Bar Association Task Force on Gatekeeper Regulation and the Profession has worked with other entities to develop voluntary good practices guidance for lawyers to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=aba_taskforce http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=aba_taskforce Posted 2/4--The American Mock Trial Association is seeking volunteers to judge the 29th annual national championship tournament, held April 12-14, in Washington, D.C. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=mocktrial_volunteers http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=mocktrial_volunteers Posted 1/30--The pro bono fair, where legal services providers talk online about their organizations, was an idea that the D.C. Pro Bono Week Celebration Planning Committee had been mulling over for a while. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=probono_virtualfair http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=probono_virtualfair Posted 1/30--The National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts will hold its 25th Annual Conference and Meeting on March 20 to 23 under the theme "Celebrating the Past as We Envision and Embrace the Future." http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=consortium_conference http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=consortium_conference Posted 1/30--Marriage equality has become a hard-fought ideological and political battle. The February issue of "Washington Lawyer," now online, explores whether a change in public perception, however minimal, can influence the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears two cases on the subject. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=wl_february2013 http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=wl_february2013 Posted 1/23--Changes in the Bar's By-laws remove the office of president-elect from the list of positions for which individuals may be nominated by petition and set a new threshold requirement for petiion candidacies for the remaining elected leadership positions. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=bog_bylaws http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=bog_bylaws Posted 1/15--For the first time, the 2013 section steering committee elections will be conducted primarily online with paper ballots only available on request. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=sections_voteonline http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=sections_voteonline Posted 12/14--The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is seeking comments on a proposed new Rule XIV of the D.C. Court of Appeals Rules Governing the Bar. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=iolta_comments1212 http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=iolta_comments1212 Posted 3/2--On February 29 the D.C. Bar Board of Governors transmitted to the D.C. Court of Appeals a revised proposed new Rule XIV of the D.C. Court of Appeals Governing the Bar. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=iolta_rulerevised http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=iolta_rulerevised Posted 2/13--D.C. Bar members have inquired about the nature of the D.C. Bar's relationship with Seattle-based Avvo, Inc., an Internet-based for-profit attorney marketing service. http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=membership_AVVO http://www.dcbar.org/inside_the_bar/bar_news/shell.cfm?filename=membership_AVVO Mandatory Course - March 9, 2013 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C859927 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C859927 C859927 ADR Skills Conference and Symposia http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=20130114 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=20130114 20130114 free symposium http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=20130226 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=20130226 20130226 CAMBA's conversations over dinner, First Event of the Year http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=201303072 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=201303072 201303072 Seminar-educational http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=20130307 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=20130307 20130307 To prepare volunteers to advocate on behalf of indigent clients in asylum cases. (This training has reached capacity) http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=7522172 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=7522172 7522172 The panelists will discuss probate issues in real estate conveyances and also review types of tenancies for practitioners. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=081307ETP-7 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=081307ETP-7 081307ETP-7 Employment leave is an increasingly important and complex issue. Join a panel of attorneys from the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for the first in our two-part series on employment leave fundamentals. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=131305GEN http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=131305GEN 131305GEN During this session, panelists from key federal agencies will provide an overview of the recently-released, long-awaited final HIPAA omnibus final rule, as well as discuss the implications of key provisions for the electronic health information exchange. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=201306GEN http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=201306GEN 201306GEN The Media Law Committee meets monthly at the Washington Post to discuss timely media and communications law developments. Guest speakers discuss relevant topics in an informal lunch atmosphere. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=211303MLC http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=211303MLC 211303MLC Join us for a panel discussion of the newly enacted WPEA with MSPB and OSC officials. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=131306GEN http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=131306GEN 131306GEN Nancy Wiltshire (IRS, LBandI), Thomas Sawyer (DOJ, Tax), and Douglas Andre will discuss the cross-border discovery tools available to the IRS, foreign governments, and US taxpayers in audits and litigation of international tax controversies. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=161362TAS http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=161362TAS 161362TAS Michele Zavos and Brenda Jackson-Cooper will discuss recommended planning techniques and recent developments regarding estate planning for same-sex couples. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=161319EPS http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=161319EPS 161319EPS This event will be a panel discussion with young partners and senior associates who will provide their insights and tips on being a successful associate, rising through the ranks and setting yourself up for partnership. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=031320YLC http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=031320YLC 031320YLC This essential course for new or seasoned attorneys teaches participants how to recognize and correct common writing problems. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850334 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850334 C850334 Find out what the American Taxpayer Relief Act, passed by Congress on January 1, 2013, means for estate and tax planning in 2013 and beyond. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850333 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850333 C850333 Learn about key issues in health care transactions and the impact of certain healthcare regulatory schemes. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850329 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850329 C850329 To hone your skills, this dynamic course will focus on the use of negotiation in the litigation context. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850231 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850231 C850231 This class will begin with an overview of the different types of trademarks, their use, and basis for a claim of ownership. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850336 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850336 C850336 This new class, designed and taught by D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Counsel, focuses on the supervisory ethical duties of attorneys. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850331 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850331 C850331 This interactive program will use hypotheticals to discuss ethical issues involving witnesses and more. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850337 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850337 C850337 Learn the basics of employment discrimination law with recent case updates from the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850330 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850330 C850330 This course offers a practical approach to preparing your clients for trial and more. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850332 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850332 C850332 This course is ideal for estate planning lawyers, family law practitioners, and anyone who wants to better understand this rapidly developing area of law. http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850335 http://www.dcbar.org/for_lawyers/events/details.cfm?eventCD=C850335 C850335