May 04, 2023
Increasing member engagement and strengthening access to justice were the two main talking points of the two candidates running for D.C. Bar president-elect for the 2023–2024 term.
May 04, 2023
On May 3 the D.C. Bar Intellectual Property (IP) Community honored Judge Richard Linn of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit with its Champion of Intellectual Property Award.
May 04, 2023
The D.C. Court of Appeals closed more than 1,100 cases in 2021 and 2022 and reduced the median time on appeal in both years. The court still has one judicial vacancy, which has existed for 10 years. Meanwhile, in 2022 D.C. Superior Court disposed of more than 15,000 cases in the Civil Division, approximately 8,000 in the Domestic Violence Division, 9,329 in Family Court, 2,811 in the Probate Division — a 15 percent increase from 2021 — and nearly 10,000 in the Criminal Division.
May 03, 2023
D.C. Superior Court is reestablishing its Criminal Justice Act Panel in 2024. Attorneys who are members of the District of Columbia Bar and are committed to providing quality representation to indigent persons with matters in the court’s Criminal Division and Domestic Violence Division may apply.
May 03, 2023
On May 2 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued a series of orders regarding the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) Panel.
May 03, 2023
On May 3 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Promulgation Order 23-01.
May 02, 2023
At a crucial moment when the need for affordable legal services continues to rise, a panel of the District of Columbia’s top advocates of legal services met to discuss the importance, the challenges, and the future of access to justice in Washington, D.C.
May 02, 2023
Six current and former District of Columbia attorneys general and corporation counsel came together for a lively conversation about home rule at the Judicial & Bar Conference on April 28. Moderated by longtime D.C. political reporter Tom Sherwood, the panelists discussed “the good, the bad, and the funny” of serving as chief legal officer of the District government.
May 01, 2023
Approximately 600 members of the D.C. legal community gathered at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on April 28 for the biennial Judicial & Bar Conference, featuring D.C. Courts judges, former District mayors and attorneys general, members of the D.C. Council, and Bar leaders as speakers.
April 28, 2023
An overwhelming majority of U.S. residents believe civility is worse than it was 10 years ago, blaming social media and general media for the decline, according to the American Bar Association’s (ABA) fifth annual Survey of Civic Literacy released on April 27 in advance of Law Day, May 1.
