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Sadina Montani Wins as D.C. Bar President-Elect

Sadina Montani, a partner at Crowell & Moring LLP, has been elected president-elect of the D.C. Bar for the 2024–2025 term. Montani will serve in that position for one year starting July 1 before becoming president in 2025. With Montani’s installation, incumbent President-Elect Shaun M. Snyder will become the Bar’s 53rd president.

https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/sadina-montani-wins-as-d-c-bar-president-elect

Georgetown’s Paralegal Program for the Formerly Incarcerated Offers a Chance at Success

Someone wandering into Georgetown University Law Center’s Supreme Court Institute on the morning of August 27 might have thought this was another of the law school’s moot court competitions. What’s different about this particular moot court, however, was that Ford and the other students arguing motions before a panel of judges had all been formerly incarcerated.

https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/georgetown’s-paralegal-program-for-the-formerly-in

Public Statements for the Antitrust and Consumer Law Community

A collection of public statements for the Antitrust and Consumer Law Community.

https://www.dcbar.org/for-lawyers/communities/public-statements/public-statements-for-the-antitrust-and-consumer-l

D.C. Bar Announces 2025 Award Winners

The D.C. Bar has selected the winners of its 2025 Annual Awards honoring individuals and organizations whose outstanding work and exceptional projects benefited Bar membership, enriched the legal community, and expanded access to justice. The following awardees made important contributions to the advancement of the legal profession and provided critical assistance to the District’s most vulnerable populations.

https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-bar-announces-2025-award-winners

Former Government Officials and Judges Open Up About Threats to the Judiciary

For judges, stress comes with the territory — but the challenges they are currently experiencing, including controversial and politically charged cases and threats to themselves and their family members, are unprecedented.

https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/publications/d-c-bar-blog/former-government-officials-and-judges-open-up-abo

D.C. Bar Honors New President, 2025 Award Winners at Celebration of Leadership

On June 26 more than 300 members of the District of Columbia legal community gathered at the Westin DC Downtown hotel for the D.C. Bar’s Celebration of Leadership, featuring the installation of Sadina Montani as the Bar’s 54th president.

https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-bar-honors-new-president,-2025-award-winners-a

Tax Pros Outline Newest Developments in Global Tax Policy

On January 5, two days before the D.C. Bar held its 10th annual Tax Conference, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced that 147 countries and jurisdictions have reached an agreement on several crucial provisions of a global minimum tax regime for multinational corporations.

https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/tax-pros-outline-newest-developments-in-global-tax

D.C. Firms Contributed Almost 1 Million Pro Bono Hours in 2018

Law firms in the District of Columbia devoted almost one million hours to pro bono service in 2018, setting a new record, according to the latest D.C. Bar Pro Bono Initiative Report, an annual survey conducted by the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center.

https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-firms-contributed-almost-1-million-pro-bono-ho

D.C. Bar Communities Presents $2,000 to Banneker High School at Science Fair Awards

On October 24 the D.C. Bar Communities showed its continued support of Benjamin Banneker Academic High’s annual science fair, helping to present 47 prizes at its awards ceremony and announcing a $2,000 contribution to the school’s science department.

https://www.dcbar.org/news-events/news/d-c-bar-communities-presents-$2,000-to-banneker-hi

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