Chancellor Scott Cooper Interviewed on CBS3

Click here to see Chancellor Scott F. Cooper's interview with Pat Ciarrocchi on CBS3's "Newsmakers." Cooper talked about current legal issues in the news and his agenda for the year. | read more

Volunteers Needed for Earth Day Event

The Philadelphia Bar Association will mark the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by planting trees on the morning of Saturday, April 24. | read more

Sandra Day O'Connor Award Nominees Sought

The Women in the Profession Committee is seeking nominations for the 2010 Sandra Day O'Connor Award. Deadline for nominations is Monday, March 22. | read more

Soccer Program with Philadelphia Union to Launch New Bar Association Academy, March 29

On March 29, be there for the launch of the brand-new Philadelphia Bar Association Academy by joining Philadelphia Union President Tom Veit for an exclusive look at Philadelphia's newest sports franchise and its first-ever major league soccer team. Click here to register | read more

Sharon Pinkenson, Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, to Speak at YLD Annual Meeting, March 31

On March 31, hear from the woman who has helped bring more than 200 film, television and video productions to the City of Philadelphia. Sharon Pinkenson, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, will share her inside knowledge of the film industry and discuss new projects slated for the city at the Annual Meeting of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division, to be held at Table 31 in the Comcast Center, 1701 JFK Boulevard, at 12 p.m. | read more

Ginsburg Writing Competition

Entries are now being accepted for the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Eighth Annual Legal Writing Competition in honor of the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. | read more

FJD Training Session on E-Filing Rescheduled for April 22

The First Judicial District training session on electronic filing scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 17 has been postponed and rescheduled for Thursday, April 22. | read more

Bar-News Media Committee Lunch Program April 22

The Association' s Bar-News Media Committee program “How and When to Share Your Opinion with the Press – Submitting to Editorial Pages” will take place April 22.

Members will hear from editorial page editors from several area newspapers. Panelists will include Bernard Dagenais, Editor of the Philadelphia Business Journal; Hank Grezlak, Associate Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Legal Intelligencer; Lisa Hostein, Executive Editor of the Jewish Exponent; Irv Randolph, Managing Editor of The Philadelphia Tribune; and Guy Petroziello, Editorial Page Editor, Bucks County Courier Times. Additional panelists will be announced. The program will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Bar headquarters, 1101 Market St., in the 11th Floor Conference Center. | read more

CNN's John King to Speak at March 17 Quarterly Meeting

On the heels of being announced as host of CNN's new primetime news program "John King, USA," CNN Chief National Correspondent John King will address Bar members at the Association's Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon on Wednesday, March 17. | read more

Save the Date for Bench-Bar and Annual Conference 2010

The Philadelphia Bar Association’s popular Bench-Bar and Annual Conference is returning in 2010, moving back to The Borgata in Atlantic City, N.J. for the weekend of Oct. 15 and 16. | read more

Haiti Relief Effort Donation Resources

Click here for a list of donation resources to support humanitarian relief efforts currently underway in Haiti. | read more

Free One-Year Bar Memberships Now Available

Attorneys working full-time for a federal, state or local governmental agency or a public interest agency who have never before been members of the Philadelphia Bar Association are now eligible for a free-one year membership in the Association. | read more