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Nicole Cober: Turning Setbacks Into Solutions
Nicole Cober: Turning Setbacks Into Solutions
https://www.dcbar.org/about/who-we-are/member-spotlight/nicole-cober-turning-setbacks-into-solutions
Court News and Judicial Notices
The latest updates and notices released by the both the D.C. Superior Court and D.C. Court of Appeals, as well as judicial notices from independent agencies.
https://www.dcbar.org/for-lawyers/career-center/court-news-and-judicial-notices
Marblestein-Deare, Rickard Take Seat as New Superior Court Magistrate Judges
The District of Columbia Superior Court has added two new magistrate judges. On August 15, Judges Adriane R. Marblestein-Deare and Stephen Rickard were sworn in by Superior Court Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring, filling out the court’s complement of 26 magistrate judges.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/marblestein-deare,-rickard-take-seat-as-new-superi
Local Students See the Law in Action at 2023 Youth Law Fair
On March 18 more than 100 local middle and high school students attended the 24th annual Melvin R. Wright Youth Law Fair, held in person at the D.C. Superior Court for the first time since the pandemic.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/local-students-see-the-law-in-action-at-2023-youth
D.C. Legal Services Community Relaunches Housing Right to Counsel Project
Today Legal Aid DC announced the relaunch of the Housing Right to Counsel Project, a joint initiative that includes the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, Bread for the City, Legal Counsel for the Elderly, Neighborhood Legal Services Program, and Rising for Justice.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-legal-services-community-relaunches-housing-ri
D.C. Courts Appoint Herbert Rouson as Executive Officer
Herbert Rouson Jr. was sworn in as executive officer of the D.C. Courts on July 19 following his appointment in May by the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-courts-appoint-herbert-rouson-as-executive-off
LinkedIn for Lawyers: How to Optimize Your Profile
LinkedIn can be a lawyer’s “most valuable piece of virtual real estate,” and so it’s important for attorneys to learn how to leverage their profiles to improve their career or grow their business, said Annette Choti, founder and owner of Law Quill, a full-service digital marketing team for law firms.
D.C. Bar Global Legal Practice Committee Seeks Public Comment on Rule of Professional Conduct 5.4
The D.C. Bar Global Legal Practice Committee (GLPC) is studying and seeking feedback on the changing models for obtaining and delivering legal services in the United States and abroad, including alternative business structures (ABS) and multidisciplinary practice (MDP).
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-bar-global-legal-practice-committee-seeks-publ
D.C. Legal Community Pays Tribute to Justice Ginsburg
When U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18, the enormity of the gap she leaves in American jurisprudence quickly became evident as tributes flowed from the D.C. legal community.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-legal-community-pays-tribute-to-justice-ginsbu
Tenant Advocacy Continues as D.C. Evictions Resume
A November 15 webinar co-sponsored by the D.C. Bar Real Estate, Housing and Land Use Community and the Programs Committee of the District of Columbia Affairs Community highlighted D.C. government support for tenants, the challenges housing providers have faced during the pandemic, and the legal services available for renters.
https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/tenant-advocacy-continues-as-d-c-evictions-resume
Too Much to Do, Too Little Time? Techniques to Tackle Your Top 10 Tasks
Margaret Spencer Dixon, president of Spencer Consulting offers proven techniques to manage tasks efficiently.
James Finch Takes Readers From Burma’s Boardrooms to the Bush
James Finch’s novel, Silence in the Land of Gold, introduces readers to a Burma whose history of ethnic and political conflict renders it a minefield for outsiders. Finch’s tale employs a shifting perspective, following foreign attorneys Molly Durberville and George Wilford as they investigate a plane crash and its connection to local struggles between the Burmese military and the Kachin Independence Army. As personal and political histories unravel, the reader is taken on a whirlwind tour of in
