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Award Winners

May 05, 2020

D.C. Bar Announces 2020 Award Winners

By Jeremy Conrad

The District of Columbia Bar has announced the winners of its 2020 Annual Awards honoring those who have worked tirelessly to improve the profession and the greater legal community through public service, volunteer work to improve access to justice, and development of new projects and initiatives. 

Heart in Hands

March 30, 2020

Coping During COVID-19: You Are Not Alone

By Denise Perme and Tara Antonipillai

The past few weeks have brought tremendous change and challenge to all of us. Coping with how much life has altered in such a short time has been difficult, and many of us were already dealing with significant challenges before the coronavirus outbreak.

Douglas N. Letter, 2020 Beatrice Rosenberg Award for Excellence in Government Service.

March 30, 2020

House General Counsel Douglas N. Letter Wins 2020 Beatrice Rosenberg Award

By Jeremy Conrad

The D.C. Bar has selected Douglas N. Letter, general counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives and former director of Department of Justice’s Civil Division Appellate Staff, as the 2020 recipient of its Beatrice Rosenberg Award for Excellence in Government Service.

Lawyer and client

March 26, 2020

By-Laws Update for Retired Lawyers Doing Pro Bono Work

By Rebecca K. Troth

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.

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