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D.C. Paid Family Leave: Notice Requirements Are Effective February 1, 2020
D.C. Paid Family Leave: Notice Requirements Are Effective February 1, 2020
Overtime Regulations Could Change in 2016
Overtime Regulations Could Change in 2016
Ethics Opinion 322
Whether a Nonlawyer Employed by a Law Firm May Be Partly Compensated by a Percentage of the Profits of the Cases on Which He Works
https://www.dcbar.org/for-lawyers/legal-ethics/ethics-opinions-210-present/ethics-opinion-322
D.C. Courts Receive $605K Grant to Support Eviction Diversion Initiatives
On June 1 the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) announced that it has selected the D.C. Courts as one of the beneficiaries of a $10 million grant it received from Wells Fargo Foundation to improve housing stability across the country.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-courts-receive-$605k-grant-to-support-eviction
Amos Jones Shows How to Make a Broader Impact as a Solo Attorney
If you ask Amos Jones, founding principal of Amos Jones Law Firm, how he ended up specializing in constitutional law, he will tell you it was not by design. “I didn't choose constitutional law; constitutional law chose me,” he says.
Law Firm Survey Shows Revenue Growth, Workplace & Technology Shifts in 2021
Despite pandemic disruptions, the legal sector had its “best year ever” in 2021, according to Sherry Cushman of the global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, which recently released its ninth annual Bright Insight: 2022 National Legal Sector Benchmark Survey results.
Housing Right to Counsel Project
Housing Right to Counsel Project
https://www.dcbar.org/pro-bono/what-we-do/housing-right-to-counsel-project
From Starting a Hive to Going Into Dark Social, Practice 360° Looks at Ways to Build Community
On September 14 the D.C. Bar Practice Management Advisory Service held its annual Practice 360°, a daylong program addressing a wide array of issues that impact solo and small firm practitioners.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/from-starting-a-hive-to-going-into-dark-social,-pr
Magistrate Judge Tyrona De Witt Stays Grounded Despite Weight of Judicial Responsibility
Appointed to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by former chief judge Robert Morin in 2016, Magistrate Judge Tyrona De Witt has served as the presiding judge over the Family Treatment Court and the Juvenile Behavioral Diversion Program.
Michelle Bradford Extends Her Prosecutorial Expertise to White Collar Defense
While attending Georgetown University Law Center, Bronx, New York, native Michelle Bradford enjoyed the feel of a somewhat smaller city. After earning her JD in 2000 and practicing at a large firm in New York for two years, she returned to Washington, D.C., for a federal clerkship and has lived here ever since. Bradford served as assistant U.S. attorney (AUSA) in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia from 2006 to 2018 before returning to private practice. In 2020 she joined
D.C. Bar Panel Discusses Impact of Sweeping Overhaul of District’s Criminal Code
It’s been more than 121 years since Washington, D.C., had a criminal code imposed on it by Congress. The city and the nation have evolved a lot since then, but the District’s criminal code has not. That is about to change.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-bar-panel-discusses-impact-of-sweeping-overhau
Supreme Court Review Takes Deep Dive Into Top Employment Cases of the Past Term
With a 6–3 conservative majority, the U.S. Supreme Court issued several landmark rulings during its 2021–22 term, including on hot-button issues relating to guns, abortion, and religion. On December 13, employment law expert Robert B. Fitzpatrick led a D.C. Bar virtual program summarizing some of the Court’s key holdings in cases dealing with employment law and arbitration.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/supreme-court-review-takes-deep-dive-into-top-empl
