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Charles R. Lowery Jr. Wins as D.C. Bar President-Elect
Charles R. Lowery Jr., director of legislative policy and external affairs at New American Funding, has been elected president-elect of the D.C. Bar for the 2022–2023 term. He will serve in that position for one year starting July 1 before becoming president in 2023. He will continue in office a third year as immediate past president. With Lowery’s installation, incumbent President-Elect Ellen M. Jakovic will become the Bar’s 51st president.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/charles-r-lowery-jr-wins-as-d-c-bar-president-elec
Superior Court Authorizes DCALF Employees to Provide Pro Bono Services
On August 12 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Administrative Order 22-20 , authorizing DC Affordable Law Firm (DCALF) employees who are not members of the District of Columbia Bar to provide pro bono and low bono legal services in the court’s Family Court, Probate Division, and Domestic Violence Division.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/superior-court-authorizes-dcalf-employees-to-provi
Superior Court Names Additional Attorneys Eligible for Pro Bono Appointments
In Administrative Order 22-02 issued on February 4, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia named three Hogan Lovells US LLP attorneys who are permitted to receive pro bono appointments in serious misdemeanor and low-level felony cases involving adults.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/superior-court-names-additional-attorneys-eligible
Apply to the Superior Court’s Family Court Panels
The Superior Court of the District of Columbia seeks qualified attorneys to apply for its Family Court Panels, which represent low-income parties in several types of proceedings, including abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, mental health and mental habilitation, juvenile post-commitment, and special education.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/apply-to-the-superior-court’s-family-court-panels
D.C. Courts Seek Input on Limited Legal Services Providers
To help ease the gap in access to justice, the D.C. Courts’ Civil Legal Regulatory Reform Task Force is investigating a new approach — allowing people who are not lawyers, but who have sufficient qualifications and training, to provide limited legal services in certain areas of the law where there are high rates of pro se litigants (such as family, housing, consumer, and probate law).
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-courts-seek-input-on-limited-legal-services-pr
D.C. Court of Appeals Seeks Attorneys to Handle Criminal Appeals
The D.C. Court of Appeals is seeking attorneys to represent low-income appellants in criminal appeals on both paid and pro bono basis.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-court-of-appeals-seeks-attorneys-to-handle-cri
Representing Yourself
Representing Yourself
Corporation
Legal resources for Corporation
https://www.dcbar.org/for-the-public/legal-resources/corporation
By-Laws Update for Retired Lawyers Doing Pro Bono Work
On January 1, 2019, the D.C. Court of Appeals’ amendments expanding the pro bono exception to Rule 49 (Unauthorized Practice of Law) became effective. Rule 49 now allows D.C.-licensed retired lawyers (in addition to active and inactive lawyers) to do pro bono work in the District.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/by-laws-update-for-retired-lawyers-doing-pro-bono-
D.C. Bar Members Among Honorees at Southern Center for Human Rights Awards Dinner
D.C. Bar Members Among Honorees at Southern Center for Human Rights Awards Dinner
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-bar-members-among-honorees-at-southern-center-
