March 23, 2021
The D.C. Bar has named David Reiser of Zuckerman Spaeder LLP the recipient of its 2021 William J. Brennan Jr. Award for his decades of service advocating for access to justice for the “poor and powerless.”
March 23, 2021
On March 18 the Washington Foreign Law Society and the American Society of International Law wrapped up its two-part series on attorney-diplomats with a conversation with Jeffrey H. Smith, former general counsel for the Central Intelligence Agency.
March 23, 2021
On March 20 multiple high schools in the District sent some of their brightest future lawyers to participate in the 22nd annual Melvin R. Wright Youth Law Fair, sponsored by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and D.C. Bar Communities.
March 19, 2021
The recent Atlanta spa shootings were top of mind when D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine delivered the 28th annual Joseph L. Rauh Lecture on March 17 to more than 100 attendees of the virtual event.
March 19, 2021
The Board of Governors of the D.C. Bar grieves with our Asian American members and neighbors over the horrific murders in Atlanta earlier this week.
March 10, 2021
On March 9 the Board of Judges of the D.C. Superior Court approved amendments to Rules of Civil Procedure 4, 5, 5-III, 10-I, 12-I, 16, 40-III, and 45.
March 10, 2021
In honor of Women’s History Month, the D.C. Bar Law Student Community’s “Let’s Brief It” podcast has partnered with the Law Association for Women (LAW) at George Washington University Law School for a special episode celebrating women in the legal profession.
March 10, 2021
The Superior Court of the District of Columbia has completed its review of proposed amendments to the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure 10-I and 30, permitting the use of a substitute address in court filings consistent with the District of Columbia’s Address Confidentiality Program and requiring that self-represented parties provide their email address.
March 09, 2021
On April 15 the D.C. Court of Appeals Committee on Admissions will be transitioning to a new system to process bar applications. Any applications that are currently open, or that will be submitted before the transition, must be completed by 5:00 pm Eastern Time on April 15.
March 05, 2021
On March 4, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Administrative Order 21-01 authorizing the Office of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia (OAG) to share only de-identified case records and law enforcement records of juveniles in the delinquency system for the purposes of evaluating its restorative justice prosecution program.
