Subject: December 2014 E-Brief
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Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:00:00 -0500

D.C. Bar E-Brief 

* December 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. 

*Leadership Academy Applications Due by 5 p.m. on December 5* The John
Payton Leadership Academy is not your ordinary seminar. The intensive
training program helps attorneys to develop necessary leadership
skills alongside the best and brightest in the legal community. Apply
now
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/173957/63696847/9939/3/>… 
*Judicial Evaluations Continue* The D.C. Bar Judicial Evaluation
Committee is asking attorneys who have appeared before selected judges
of the D.C. Court of Appeals and D.C. Superior Court to offer feedback
through an online survey. The survey closes January 11.  Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/173957/63696847/7488/4/>… 
*Want to Join Bar Leadership?*Do you have innovative ideas to move the
D.C. Bar’s mission forward? The Bar is now accepting nominations from
members interested in running for leadership roles in the 2015
elections. The deadline is January 5. Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/173957/63696847/9940/5/>… 
*Shop With a Smile* The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program has partnered with
AmazonSmile just in time for the holidays. Every time you shop on
Amazon through a special link, a percentage of your purchase will be
donated to the Pro Bono Program. Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/173957/63696847/9941/6/>… 
*Bar Welcomes Nominees for 2015 Rosenberg, Brennan Awards*The D.C. Bar
is looking for nominees whose career and public service represent the
exceptional achievements of legal legends Beatrice Rosenberg and
William J. Brennan Jr. Nomination materials are due January 30. Read
more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/173957/63696847/9942/7/>… 
*Bar Seeks Candidates for Committee, Board Vacancies* The Board of
Governors is accepting applications until February 10 for members
interested in serving on the D.C. Bar Foundation’s board.
Additionally, members can apply by March 13 for current D.C. Bar
committee and board vacancies, including the Attorney/Client
Arbitration Board, Clients’ Security Fund, Judicial Evaluation
Committee, Legal Ethics Committee, and Board on Professional
Responsibility. Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/173957/63696847/9943/8/>… 
*Your Dollars Make a Difference*Each year the D.C. Bar Pro Bono
Program provides critical access to justice services for thousands of
people across the District, but thousands more need help. Donate to
the Pro Bono Program and help to transform lives. Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/173957/63696847/9944/9/>… 
*Judge Dixon Retirement Opens Vacancy on Superior Court*The D.C.
Judicial Nomination Commission is accepting applications for a
judicial vacancy on the D.C. Superior Court created by Judge Herbert
B. Dixon Jr.’s retirement. Application materials are due January 23. Read
more <http://info3.dcbar.org/t/173957/63696847/9945/10/>… 
*'Tis the Season to Take Advantage of the Membership Benefits Program*Business
and personal solutions from the D.C. Bar Health Exchange, the Group
Umbrella Insurance benefit, Verizon, and more.  Read more
<http://info3.dcbar.org/t/173957/63696847/7735/11/>… 

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