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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.

Pandemic

March 20, 2020

Legal Ethics in the Age of the Coronavirus

By Saul Jay Singer

With the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, we would all like to say goodbye to “the Queen of Corona,” but COVID-19 is likely to be with us for some time.

D.C. Bar

March 15, 2020

Bar License Renewal Process Goes Online

In line with its efforts to become more environmentally friendly, the D.C. Bar will no longer mail paper invoices for the collection of license fees for fiscal year 2020–2021.

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