December 09, 2020
The D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Committee has issued Opinion 379 (Attorneys’ Charging Liens and Client Confidentiality), providing guidance in contingency fee matters on a predecessor lawyer’s ability to ethically provide notice of a charging lien to successor counsel.
December 04, 2020
Senior Judge Harry T. Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit gave close to 100 attendees a rare peek into the appellate decision-making process during the D.C. Bar CLE Program’s Appellate Advocacy class on December 4.
November 24, 2020
The D.C. Bar mourns the passing of former D.C. Court of Appeals chief judge William C. Pryor, who dedicated more than 50 years of his life to serving on the D.C. bench. Judge Pryor died on November 19 in Silver Spring, Maryland, from renal failure. He was 88.
November 24, 2020
Even when courts begin to resume normal operations, law practice will be increasingly digital and remote, as evidenced by the D.C. Superior Court’s recent introduction of an eSummons jury notification system and significant investment in expanding its remote courtroom capacity.
November 19, 2020
On November 17, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Administrative Order 20-14 relating to access to juvenile justice data.
November 16, 2020
On November 13, the D.C. Bar Law Student Community hosted its second annual Leadership Fellowship training, attended by 21 students from eight law schools, including all six D.C.-area schools, the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in New York, and the Southern University Law Center in Louisiana.
November 13, 2020
The District of Columbia Bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee is seeking comments from D.C. Bar members, other lawyers, law firms, corporate legal departments, and non-lawyers about a group of proposed amendments to the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct that would address issues arising from client-generated engagement letters and outside counsel guidelines.
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November 13, 2020
D.C. Bar Members Among Honorees at Southern Center for Human Rights Awards Dinner
November 10, 2020
The D.C. Access to Justice Commission raised a record $6.3 million during its 2019 Raising the Bar in D.C. Campaign, with 44 law firms donating a portion of their D.C. office revenue toward enhancing access to civil legal services in the District.
November 06, 2020
In their recently released book Marriage Equality: From Outlaws to In-Laws, Yale law professor William N. Eskridge Jr. and Columbia law lecturer Christopher R. Riano detail the legal, social, and political journey that led to the legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States.
