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Hundreds of Philadelphia Students, Officials to Celebrate Innovative Citywide Classroom Civics Program May 30

More than 100 students from Philadelphia public schools will join judges and leaders of the Philadelphia legal community on Thursday, May 30 at 9:30 a.m. at the James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse at 601 Market St. in the Ceremonial Courtroom on the ground floor for a mock Supreme Court session to celebrate the success of the award-winning Advancing Civics Education (ACE) program. | read more

Chief Justice Castille, Other Members of Civil Legal Justice Coalition to Speak on Plight of Low-income Pennsylvanians Without Legal Representation at Public Hearing of Pa Senate Judiciary Committee May 23

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille will offer remarks along with other judges, low-income Pennsylvanians and the lawyers who help them, and community and business leaders at a Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee Public Hearing, "Civil Legal Representation of the Indigent: Have We Achieved Equal Access to Justice?" on Thursday, May 23 at 9:30 a.m. at the Philadelphia Bar Association, 1101 Market Street, in the 11th floor Conference Center. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Stewart J. Greenleaf (R-Montgomery, Bucks) will chair the hearing. | read more

Justice O'Connor to Speak at June 12 Quarterly Meeting

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will be on hand when the award named in her honor is presented to Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Anne E. Lazarus at the June 12 Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon. U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Marjorie O. Rendell, a previous recipient of the O'Connor Award, will deliver the Judge A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Public Interest Lecture at the event. | read more

"Civil Justice Gap" Stories from Low-income Pennsylvanians Without Legal Representation to Highlight Public Hearing of Pa. Senate Judiciary Committee May 7

Low-income Pennsylvanians and the lawyers who help them will testify along with community and business leaders and judges at a Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee Public Hearing, "Civil Legal Representation of the Indigent: Have We Achieved Equal Access to Justice?" on Tuesday, May 7 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 8E-B in the East Wing of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Stewart J. Greenleaf (R-Montgomery, Bucks) will chair the hearing. | read more

Career Wardrobe to Honor Wilkinson June 5

Chancellor Kathleen D. Wilkinson will accept this year’s Fashioning Futures for Women Award at Career Wardrobe's annual fundraising auction and fashion show, "A Perfect Fit: Celebrating a Story of a Suit" on Wednesday, June 5 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia. | read more

Save the Date: Friends of Farmworkers Reception

Friends of Farmworkers will celebrate, honor and thank FOF General Counsel Arthur Read and outgoing Board members Dan Sipe, Kathleen D. Wilkinson, Kenneth I. Trujillo and Louis S. Rulli for their outstanding service to the organization. | read more

Judge Lazarus to Receive O'Connor Award at June 12 Quarterly

Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Anne E. Lazarus will be presented with the Association's Sandra Day O'Connor Award at the Wednesday, June 12 Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon. | read more

Testimony of Chancellor Kathleen D. Wilkinson April 18

Testimony of Kathleen D. Wilkinson Chancellor, Philadelphia Bar Association, Before Pennsylvania House of Representatives Judiciary Committee – Subcommittee on Courts Regarding HB 79 – Mandatory Retirement Age for Judges in the Commonwealth | read more

Judge Rendell to Deliver Higginbotham Lecture June 12

U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Marjorie O. Rendell will deliver the Judge A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Public Interest Lecture at the Association’s Wednesday, June 12 Quarterly Meeting and Luncheon. | read more

Bench-Bar Returning to Revel Oct. 4-5

Revel, the Atlantic City casino resort that hosted the Philadelphia Bar Association's wildly successful and popular 2012 Bench-Bar & Annual Conference, will host this year's conference on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4-5, 2013. | read more

Philadelphia Bar Receives Grant From ABA Access to Justice Commission Expansion Project

The Philadelphia Bar Association announced on March 21 that it has received formal approval from the American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education for a grant as part of the ABA’s Access to Justice Commission Expansion Project. | read more

Statement of Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor Kathleen D. Wilkinson on the Announced May 1 Resignation of Suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin

"On behalf of the 13,000 members of the Philadelphia Bar Association, I urge Governor Corbett to nominate, and send to the state Senate for consideration, a qualified candidate to fill the vacancy created by Justice Orie Melvin’s resignation as soon as possible, so that the state Supreme Court can be restored to its full complement of seven justices to ensure unfettered access to justice for the citizens of Pennsylvania." | read more

Statement of Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor Kathleen D. Wilkinson on the Conviction of Suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin

"This is a sad day for the justice system in Pennsylvania," said Kathleen D. Wilkinson, Chancellor of the 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association. | read more

Chancellor Urges City to Delay Implementation of Conflicts Counsel Reforms

Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor Kathleen D. Wilkinson sent the following letter Feb. 21 to Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Everett A. Gillison urging the City to delay implementation of proposed reforms in the system of providing legal representation for indigent defendants, in order to more thoroughly consider possible models and alternatives. | read more

Chancellor Issues Statement on Traffic Court Indictments

The 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association released the following statement from Chancellor Kathleen D. Wilkinson regarding the indictment announced today of nine current or former Philadelphia Traffic Court judges and others. | read more

New Professional Liability Insurance Coming for Bar Members

With the new year comes an exciting change to the Philadelphia Bar Association's Insurance Program - a new and much-improved lawyers' professional liability product offering. | read more

Dandridge Voted Vice Chancellor

Albert S. Dandridge III, a partner with Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, has been elected Vice Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association. | read more

Inaugural Address of Kathleen D. Wilkinson, 86th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association

On Dec. 4, 2012, Kathleen D. Wilkinson, 86th Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, delivered the following address at the Bar Association's 2012 Annual Meeting. | read more

Bar Executive Director Kenneth Shear to Retire in 2013

The 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar Association has announced that Kenneth Shear, 67, the Association’s Executive Director, will retire from the Association on December 31, 2013, after more than 37 years with the organization. Shear will continue in his current capacity through the end of 2013. | read more

Bar Supports Examining Women Participation on Executive Boards in Companies That Do Business With the City of Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Bar Association's Board of Governors on July 26 voted unanimously in favor of a resolution supporting and commending Mayor Michael A. Nutter and City Council on examining the level of women participation on executive boards in companies that contract with the City of Philadelphia. | read more

Get One Month Free with Lawyer Profiles

Association members can now showcase their professional profile on the website of the oldest association of lawyers in the United States and receive one month free. | read more

Announcing a New Court Reporting Services Benefit - Exclusively for Bar Members

The Philadelphia Bar Association is now offering its members a substantial discount on court reporting services offered though Love Court Reporting, Inc. Available exclusively to Association members, the special discounted pricing and other exclusive benefits provide significant saving over standard rates. The larger your needs, the more you save! | read more

Notice Regarding Bar Association Privacy Policy

Effective September 7, 2011, Philadelphia Bar Association members are hereby advised that the Association has changed its Privacy Policy, specific to Section 4, "Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties." Members are urged to review this new language, which pertains to the provision of contact information to outside vendors. | read more

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Launches Judicial Fellowship Program

Thirty-five judges of The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas have agreed to host up to 45 law school graduates as judicial fellows to provide them with substantive legal experience while benefitting the court system with this additional legal talent. | read more

Bar Association Launching Online Classified Advertising

Attorneys looking for jobs and employers looking to fill vacancies will have a new resource available on the Philadelphia Bar Association website. | read more

Philadelphia Bar Association Historical Society Launches "Chancellors of the Philadelphia Bar Association" Highlights Video

The Philadelphia Bar Association Historical Society unveiled on Sept. 22 a "highlights" video of interviews with past Chancellors of the Association as part of its 2010 Chancellors' video project. | 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