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Experts Predict Another Transformative Supreme Court Term
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in its 2021–2022 term shifted the ground under U.S. law, greatly impacting courts, governmental actions, and individuals’ rights regarding speech, religion, guns, and, most dramatically, access to abortion. Court watchers predict more consequential decisions in the upcoming term beginning this October.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/experts-predict-another-transformative-supreme-cou
D.C. Council At-Large Candidates Face Off in Virtual Debate
On October 19, the D.C. Bar District of Columbia Affairs Community hosted a virtual debate among seven of the eight candidates running for two at-large seats on the D.C. Council in November. Moderated by Washington Post local government reporter Julie Zauzmer Weil and Washington Informer political reporter James Wright, the candidates discussed where they stood on a range of issues, from the housing crisis to abortion rights to D.C. statehood.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-council-at-large-candidates-face-off-in-virtua
Chad T. Sarchio Wins D.C. Bar President-Elect Post
Chad T. Sarchio, an associate chief counsel at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), has been elected president-elect of the D.C. Bar for the 2020–2021 term.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/chad-t-sarchio-wins-d-c-bar-president-elect-post
Building a Case Virtually: Discovery and Mediation During COVID-19
Given the state of the pandemic, fluctuation of coronavirus rates in the region, and physical distancing guidelines, there is no telling when courts will return to full operations. State and federal courts are thus managing their civil dockets, as best as possible, by conducting hearings remotely using telephone and video-conferencing platforms and continuing to suspend civil jury trials until they are safe to resume.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/building-a-case-virtually-discovery-and-mediation-
CLE Institute Explores Practice Considerations Surrounding Seniors
On September10, more than 100 attorneys participated in the D.C. Bar’s virtual CLE Institute on Aging and the Law, a daylong event that offered an in-depth look at the legal issues affecting elderly clients, wards, and others working with the aging community.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/cle-institute-explores-practice-considerations-sur
Election Law Experts Discuss Threats to Youth Vote at Bar Conference
Experts in civil rights and election law gathered virtually at the D.C. Bar’s 2020 Conference on October 20 to 21 to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, and to discuss the current state of voting rights in this country.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/election-law-experts-discuss-threats-to-youth-vote
Get to Know D.C. Bar President-Elect Candidate Ellen M. Jakovic
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.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/get-to-know-d-c-bar-president-elect-candidate-elle
Mary Catherine Malin and George Valentine Named Rosenberg Award Recipients
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.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/mary-catherine-malin-and-george-valentine-named-ro
ABA Panel Discusses Legal, Humanitarian Needs of Child Migrants
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.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/aba-panel-discusses-legal,-humanitarian-needs-of-c
Chad T. Sarchio Installed as 50th President of the D.C. Bar
A virtual audience of more than 250 attended the D.C. Bar’s 2021 Celebration of Leadership on June 24, featuring the formal swearing in of Chad T. Sarchio as the Bar’s 50th president and the presentation of awards to outstanding members of the Bar and the legal community.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/chad-t-sarchio-installed-as-50th-president-of-the-
Remembering Karen Hastie Williams, Legal Trailblazer Who Opened Doors for Many
The D.C. Bar joins the legal community in mourning the loss of Karen Hastie Williams, who passed away at age 76 earlier this month, leaving behind a legacy of shattered glass ceilings and generations of women and African American attorneys inspired by her trailblazing career.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/remembering-karen-hastie-williams,-legal-trailblaz
Experts Explore the Tensions Between Cryptocurrency Regulation and Innovation
On October 12 the D.C. Bar Corporation, Finance and Securities Law Community brought together a group of key figures in cryptocurrency and financial regulation to discuss the delicate task of introducing regulatory structures to the digital financial marketplace.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/experts-explore-the-tensions-between-cryptocurrenc
