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Vacancy

January 28, 2020

Bar Seeks Candidates for Committee and Board Vacancies

The D.C. Bar Board of Governors is seeking candidates for appointment this spring to the Attorney/Client Arbitration Board (ACAB), Clients’ Security Fund, Legal Ethics Committee, and Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee, as well as to the Board on Professional Responsibility (BPR) of the D.C. Court of Appeals and the board of directors of the D.C. Bar Foundation (DCBF).

Mental Health

January 14, 2020

Groundbreaking Survey to Take Closer Look at Attorney Mental Health

By John Murph

The D.C. Bar is participating in a new pivotal research project that seeks to provide deeper insight into mental health struggles in the legal profession, including risk factors, triggers, and what could be done to improve lawyer well-being.

Tom Williamson

December 16, 2019

Endowment Fund Honors Past Bar President Tom Williamson

Covington & Burling LLP and the Neighborhood Legal Services Program (NLSP) have established the Tom Williamson Endowment Fund to commemorate their five decades-long trailblazing pro bono partnership and to honor a former D.C. Bar president’s pro bono legacy.

D.C. Superior Court

December 04, 2019

Superior Court Adds Rule 19 to Small Claims Rules

On November 26 the Board of Judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Rule Promulgation Order 19-06 adding Rule 19 (Collection and Subrogation Cases) and approving a conforming amendment to Rule 4 (Service of Process) of the Superior Court Rules of Procedure for the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch.

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