April 15, 2021
Nearly 19,000 unaccompanied minors crossed the southern U.S. border in March 2021, the highest ever monthly record. Meredith Linsky, director of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Immigration, attributed the unprecedented surge to gang violence, poverty, natural disasters, sexual- and gender-based violence, and the breakdown of civil society throughout Central America.
April 15, 2021
On April 13 the D.C. Bar Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Community hosted a panel discussion marking the 75th anniversary of the Indian Claims Commission Act and Native Americans’ redress for damages by the United States.
April 13, 2021
On April 12 the D.C. Bar Public Interest and Courts Community, in partnership with the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, presented the program “Racial Equity in the Criminal Law Context,” which focused on policing and social justice issues.
April 13, 2021
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is seeking to fill vacancies on three committees. Members of these committees will serve a three-year term starting on July 1, 2021. Applications are due May 10.
April 12, 2021
On April 9 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Administrative Order 21-04 authorizing the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) to provide the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education (ODME) with identifiable information on juveniles arrested for carjacking and gun-related offenses from January 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021.
April 09, 2021
The D.C. Bar is honoring Mary Catherine Malin of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Legal Adviser and the late George Valentine of the D.C. Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel with the 2021 Beatrice Rosenberg Award for Excellence in Government Service.
April 07, 2021
On April 7 the chief judges of the District of Columbia federal courts honored 39 Washington, D.C., law firms for their outstanding leadership and commitment to volunteer service over the past year.
April 06, 2021
When it comes to stepping up to the plate to lend her expertise in voluntary roles, antitrust attorney Ellen M. Jakovic understands what it means to make that commitment. For the past two decades, Jakovic, of counsel in Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s antitrust practice group, has been actively involved in several voluntary bar associations and served two terms on the D.C. Bar Board of Governors.
April 02, 2021
The 2021 D.C. Bar general and Communities elections will run from April 29 to May 24. Voting is exclusively online.
April 02, 2021
On April 1, the DC Police Reform Commission released a report outlining its proposals to reimagine policing in the District to enhance public safety and end “harms associated with over-reliance on law enforcement.”
