Subject: August 2014 E-Brief
From: DC BAR Ebrief <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:00:00 -0400

D.C. Bar E-Brief 

* August 2014 E-Brief * 

Welcome to the D.C. Bar _E-Brief_, a monthly electronic newsletter
providing updates and breaking news important to you and your
practice. 

*Legal Ethics Committee Releases Opinion 367* The recently published
ethics opinion addresses the ethical implications for an attorney
seeking employment with a person or entity adverse to his client, or
with the adversary’s lawyer. Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/170208/60010274/9013/0/1/>… 
*Bar Seeks Candidates for Various Committee, Board Vacancies* Want to
be a part of the Bar’s leadership? Apply to serve on one of our
dynamic committees or boards this fall. Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/170208/60010274/8873/0/2/>… 
*CLE Course Takes Home Award of Professional Excellence* The
Association for Continuing Legal Education has honored the CLE
Program’s new class “Objection! Objection! Making and Responding to
Objections” with an award in the best program category. The
interactive course modeled after “Jeopardy!” is next scheduled for
October 29. Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/170208/60010274/9014/0/3/>… 
*Performing Pro Bono Work Gets Easier in the District* An order issued
by the D.C. Court of Appeals amends its rules and allows attorneys who
are not members of the D.C. Bar to provide pro bono legal services in
the District, as long as they meet certain requirements. Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/170208/60010274/9015/0/4/>… 
*JNC Narrows List to Three Candidates for Superior Court Vacancy*The
D.C. Judicial Nomination Commission has recommended Philip Christopher
Andonian, Robert Alan Salerno, and Darlene Michele Soltys to fill the
vacancy on D.C. Superior Court created by the retirement of Judge
Robert I. Richter. Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/170208/60010274/9016/0/5/>… 
*Chat Live With D.C. Superior Court* The four branches of the D.C.
Superior Court’s Civil Division have opened their virtual doors to the
public through a new live chat feature on the court’s Web site. Read
more <http://info3.dcbar.org/t/170208/60010274/9017/0/6/>… 
*Pro Bono Participation Rising* A new D.C. Bar Pro Bono Initiative
Report shows that pro bono participation in the District is
increasing, with 61 law firms contributing a total of 880,145 pro bono
hours in 2013. Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/170208/60010274/9018/0/7/>… 
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*Find Your Next Job on JobTarget* The D.C. Bar has partnered with
JobTarget to deliver career opportunities to members and a talent
resource to employers. Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/170208/60010274/7735/0/9/>… 

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