

A new addition to this year's conference will be a Law Practice Management track among the 22 CLE seminars that will be offered. Seminars are being offered by the Business Litigation Committee, Civil Gideon and Access to Justice Task Force, Civil Legal Justice Coalition, Criminal Justice Section, Diversity in the Profession Committee, Family Law Section, Insurance Programs Committee, Professional Responsibility Committee, Public Interest Section, State Civil Litigation Section, Women in the Profession Committee, Workers' Compensation Section and Young Lawyers Division. Another highlight of the weekend will be the Friday night reception at Revel's HQ nightclub.
Ken Gormley, dean and Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law, who will discuss the 40th anniversary of the “Saturday Night Massacre” that led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon at the Opening Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 4.
The two-day Bench-Bar & Annual Conference provides attendees with the opportunity to earn continuing legal education credit while networking with colleagues and members of the bench. Hundreds of attorneys and judges are expected to attend.
Prices for the 2013 edition of the Bench-Bar & Annual Conference are being kept at 2012 levels. In addition, we are pleased to offer a special REVEL hotel room group rate to our Bench-Bar attendees. A rate of $179 plus tax is available Friday, Oct. 4 and a limited number of rooms are available at $149 plus tax for Thursday, Oct. 3. You must be a registered attendee of the Bench-Bar & Annual Conference in order to reserve a room at the group rate. Once you are registered for the conference you will receive instructions on how to make your room reservation.
Sponsors for the 2013 Bench-Bar & Annual Conference include USI Affinity; The First Judicial District of Pennsylvania; iDiscovery Solutions; Insurance Adjustment Bureau, Inc; Esquire Deposition Solutions; Frankly Legal; JAMS, The Resolution Experts; Kaplan, Leaman & Wolfe Court Reporting & Litigation Support; Lexis Nexis; Love Court Reporting; M. Burr Keim Company; Robson Forensic, Inc.; State Civil Litigation Section; US Claims Inc; and Wilkie Lexus. For sponsorship information, contact Tracey McCloskey at 215-238-6360 or tmccloskey@philabar.org.
Through the program, a young lawyer will be paired with a Philadelphia nonprofit service organization so as to observe that organization's board activities during the one-year program. If you are a young lawyer interested in becoming a Board Observer or if you are a nonprofit organization and would like to express an interest in having an Observer next year, click here.