News
- December Issue of Washington Lawyer Is Online
- December 3—The December issue of Washington Lawyer is online,
examining the tall order that awaits Barack Obama at the White House,
not least of which is jumpstarting the economy and courting a cynical
public to keep its faith in free markets…
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- Forum Assesses Impact of Sierra Leone International
Court on Rule of Law
- November 26—On December 9 key international figures will come together
to examine the work and impact of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in
a luncheon hosted by the D.C. Bar International Law Section’s Public
International and Criminal Law Committee…
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- Program Identifies Career Advancement Opportunities
in Times of Crisis
- November 26—On December 12 the Young Lawyers Committee of the D.C.
Bar Corporation, Finance and Securities Law Section will host a luncheon
where attorneys will learn how to put their careers on the fast track
even during an economic slowdown…
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- CLE Previews IP Court Decisions, Case Law in 2008
- November 26—On December 10 and 11 the D.C. Bar Continuing Legal
Education Program will hold a two-part series to assess significant
developments that occurred in 2008 in the field of copyright, trademark,
and patent law, including the “law of the Internet”…
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- Government Attorneys Get Ethics Check on Career Change
- November 21—Government attorneys contemplating a career shift will
benefit from a conflict-of-interest and ethics check from the D.C. Bar
Continuing Legal Education Program’s course “Leaving Government
Employment: Ethics Issues for Attorneys” on December 3…
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- Bush Considers Three Nominees for Superior Court
Vacancy
- November 21—The District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission
has forwarded to President Bush the names of three nominees—Teresa
A. Howie, Stuart Nash, and Maria “Maribeth” Raffinan—to
fill a judicial vacancy on the D.C. Superior Court…
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- Attorneys Tackle Ethical Issues Implicated in Lobbying
- November 19—On December 4 the D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education
Program will analyze the ethical implications of lobbying activities through
the course “For Lawyers (and Their Firms) Who Lobby: Legal Ethics
and Unauthorized Practice Update” …
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- Women’s Bar Holiday Tea Features Special Guest
Judge Wald
- November 13—On December 12 the Communications Law Forum of the
Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia will host its
annual Holiday Tea, featuring special guest Judge Patricia McGowan Wald…
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- Georgetown Opens Global Law School in London
- November 10—Georgetown University Law Center ushered in a new approach
to legal education this fall with the opening of a first-of-its-kind transnational
law center in London…
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- Bar Committee Sponsors Course Covering Basics of
Running a Law Firm
- November 5—The Practice Management Service Committee will offer
a course on the fundamentals of starting a law practice on December 5…
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- NABE Honors Bar Executive Kuhn With Leadership Award
- October 27—Cynthia G. Kuhn, an executive who has served 22 years
as director of Communications for the District of Columbia Bar, was
presented with the 2008 E. A. “Wally” Richter Leadership
Award…
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