After tonight’s Primary Election results, in which the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention was cited as the authoritative source for information on judicial candidates on the ballot, the Association stands proud to have helped inform Philadelphia voters.
The Philadelphia Bar Association's Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention has provided its slate of judicial ratings at ElectQualifiedJudges.com as a voter guide for the May 21st primary election.
Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor Rochelle M. Fedullo today joined Philadelphia City Councilmember Helen Gym (At-Large), and other community legal organizations and Philadelphians, at a press conference at City Hall. During the press conference, Councilmember Gym announced the introduction of “Right to Counsel” legislation to expand access to legal representation for Philadelphians facing eviction. Fedullo applauded Gym for her legislation calling it a “significant step forward.”
The Philadelphia Bar Association's Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention today released its final slate of judicial ratings ahead of the May 21st primary election.
The Philadelphia Bar Association's Board of Governors adopted three resolutions in April, calling on the Pennsylvania Courts and Administrative Law Agencies to implement policies limiting communication with ICE by court or agency personnel and monitoring ICE access to courthouses, hearing offices and probation offices for immigration enforcement; increasing the annual dues of the Workers’ Compensation Section; and calling on the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons to expedite the process by which pardon applications from non-incarcerated citizens can be heard.
The Philadelphia Bar Association is pleased to announce the Legal Writing Competition in honor of the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. In so doing, the Bar Association recognizes the importance of excellence in legal writing and seeks to award a student enrolled in an ABA-approved Philadelphia-area law school for authoring a top-quality competition submission.
The Board of Governors will meet on Thursday, April 25, 2019, at 4 p.m. in the 10th Floor Board Room at the Philadelphia Bar Association.
The Philadelphia Bar Association is in need of volunteers to promote its ratings of candidates running for state judicial office and help break the wheel of reliance on ballot position. The Association's Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention thoroughly investigates and rates all candidates running for judge in Philadelphia, and needs your help to get its ratings in the hands of voters as they go to the polls…
A new web publication that links lawyers to local legal news and analysis.
The Association's monthly newspaper. It focuses on Association activities, member participation and services.
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