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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/pro-bono/news/superior-court-names-additional-attorneys-eligible
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
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-
D.C. Bar Invites Press to June 9 Election Results Call Following Record Voter Turnout
On Monday, June 9, D.C. Bar CEO Robert Spagnoletti will hold a press call to release the results of the Bar’s 2025 elections, announcing the organization’s president-elect, treasurer-elect, and new members of the D.C. Bar Board of Governors.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-bar-invites-press-to-june-9-election-results-c
Bar Leaders Sound Alarm on Steep Cuts to D.C. Civil Legal Aid Funding
D.C. Bar President Charles R. Lowery Jr. and D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center Executive Director Kelli Neptune joined more than 100 representatives of legal services organizations on April 25 in calling for the restoration of more than $21 million in access to justice funding that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking to cut in her fiscal year 2025 budget proposal.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/bar-leaders-sound-alarm-on-steep-cuts-to-d-c-civil
Bar Leaders Sound Alarm on Steep Cuts to D.C. Civil Legal Aid Funding
D.C. Bar President Charles R. Lowery Jr. and D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center Executive Director Kelli Neptune joined more than 100 representatives of legal services organizations on April 25 in calling for the restoration of more than $21 million in access to justice funding that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is seeking to cut in her fiscal year 2025 budget proposal.
https://www.dcbar.org/pro-bono/news/bar-leaders-sound-alarm-on-steep-cuts-to-d-c-civil
D.C. Council Rejects Proposal to End Eviction Moratorium
On May 18, the D.C. Council voted to maintain the city’s eviction moratorium. The moratorium protects tenants from eviction for nonpayment until 60 days after the public health emergency (which the Mayor just extended to July 25) ends.
https://www.dcbar.org/pro-bono/news/d-c-council-rejects-proposal-to-end-eviction-morat
Superior Court Judge Judith A. Smith Seeks Senior Status
The D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure is reviewing the qualifications and fitness of D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith A. Smith, who is seeking initial appointment as senior judge on the Superior Court following her retirement.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/superior-court-judge-judith-a-smith-seeks-senior-s
