Events & News – A Lot Coming Up!
EVENTS!
Member Lunch Buffet
Come enjoy a lunch buffet for all Harford County Bar Association Members at Liberatore’s Restaurant on Tuesday February 7, 2017 starting at 12:00pm!
Start:
February 7, 2017 12:00 PM
End:
February 7, 2017
Location:
Liberatore’s Restaurant
562 Baltimore Pike
Bel Air MD
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Pro-Bono Training
Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland and various co-sponsors are hosting TWO in-depth LIVE trainings on Friday, February 24, 2017— 1.) Name Change and Gender Identity Petitions, AND; 2.) Tax Sale Prevention in Baltimore City.
We also have CLE course spots available. Please help us to spread the word about these trainings for volunteer attorneys by distributing this email to your contacts. Thank you!
Upcoming Pro Bono Training Opportunities:
Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland is proud to co-sponsor two important upcoming trainings for pro bono attorneys in February:
Friday, February 24, 2017 – Tax Sale Prevention in Baltimore City
Co-sponsored by Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
REGISTER NOW: ATTORNEYS CLICK HERE | HOUSING COUNSELORS CLICK HERE
Friday, February 24, 2017 – Name Change and Gender Identity Petitions (Representing Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Clients Effectively)
Co-sponsored by FreeState Justice.
REGISTER NOW: CLICK HERE
For more information or to register for any of the above, please visit: www.probonomd.org/training
Questions? Contact Kiah Pierre at 443-703-3046 or kpierre@probonomd.org.
PBRC also offers various online courses and a selection of MSBA CLE courses
at no cost for volunteer attorneys who make a pro bono commitment.
Divorce Tax Workshop (MSBA CLE Course)
Will Drafting in Maryland (MSBA CLE Course)
Effective Advocacy at Administrative Hearings (MSBA CLE Course)
Veterans Affairs and Benefits (MSBA CLE Course)
SAVE THE DATE – The Maryland Partners for Justice Conference is Thursday, May 18, 2017 – featuring Morning Plenary Speaker Donna Edwards & Keynote Speaker Dean Strangfrom Netflix’s Making a Murderer. For more information – email kpierre@probonomd.org. For sponsorships visit: http://www.probonomd.org/conference
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Bowling with The Bar!
The Best 4 Person Bowling Team over 3 games will win the
President’s Trophy!
Open to attorneys, staff, spouses.
Teams must have at least 3 bar members or firm employees,
+ 1 “ringer” per team allowed.
If you do not have a team, we will find you one!
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Thursday Lunchtime Speaker Series
Please join us for a brief one hour lunchtime CLE presentation. This month’s topic will be Navigating Arbitration Clauses in Consumer Contracts.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Harford County Government Building
220 South Main Street, 1st Floor Conference Room
Bel Air, Maryland 21014
Speakers: Martin Wolf
Free – HCBA Members
$10.00 – Non-Members
Please bring your own lunch and refreshments
Start:
March 9, 2017 12:00 PM
End:
March 9, 2017 1:00 PM
Contact:
Elizabeth H. Thompson, Esquire
Website:
Email:
ethompson@starkandkeenan.com
Telephone:
410-879-2222
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Evidence with The Honorable Joseph F. Murphy, Jr. (Retired)
Please join us for a presentation on Evidence by The Honorable Joseph F. Murphy, Jr., (Retired), Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Circuit Court for Harford County
Ceremonial Courtroom
Bel Air, Maryland 21014
Start:
March 22, 2017 4:00 PM
End:
March 22, 2017 5:30 PM
Location:
Circuit Court for Harford County
20 West Courtland Street
Ceremonial Courtroom
Bel Air MD
Contact:
Elizabeth H. Thompson, Esquire
Website:
Email:
ethompson@starkandkeenan.com
Telephone:
410-879-2222
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Dynamic Guest Lecture
Please join the Harford County Chapter of the W.B.A. of Maryland in celebrating National Women’s History Month!
They will be hosting Dynamic Guest lecturer Marlene Trestman who will be discussing her book “Fair Labor Lawyer,” the remarkable life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin.
For more information please click the link below:
Start:
March 28, 2017 5:00 PM
End:
March 28, 2017
Location:
Liberatore’s
562 Baltimore Pike
Bel Air MD United States
Contact:
Kristen Barrett
Email:
kbarrett@starkandkeenan.com
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Implicit Bias in the Courtroom and ABA Resolution on Implicit Bias in Law Firms and Corporations
On Wednesday, March 29, 2017, the Bar Association of Baltimore City, in partnership with the American Bar Association, University of Baltimore School of Law, and the Maryland State Bar, will host a one-day conference on Implicit Bias in the Courtroom and ABA Resolution on Implicit Bias in Law Firms and Corporations to be held at the University of Baltimore School of Law in the John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Moot Court Room from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
The program will feature an in-depth examination of bias in the courtroom, as seen from the perspective of nationally recognized members of the bench, bar, and academia.
For more information please see the flyer below!
If you wish to Sponsor this event please find more information in the attached Sponsorship form:
Implicit Bias Sponsorship Flyer
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The 10th Annual Ann F. Matukaitis Family Law Symposium
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Circuit Court Judges’ Panel
Come out and participate in a discussion with the judges of the Circuit Courts for Baltimore, Harford and Cecil Counties to learn tips from these different jurisdictions.
Do you have questions that you’ve always wanted to ask of the different judges? Would you like to know how these particular courts operate and what are their internal procedures concerning juries, emergencies, ex parte hearings and scheduling? What tips each of them would offer?
Please e-mail your questions to Tracy Delp, Bench/Bar Committee Member at tjdelp@harfordcounty.gov.
All questions will remain anonymous.
Participating Panelists:
The Honorable Kathleen Gallogly Cox
Circuit Court for Baltimore County
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The Honorable Yolanda M. Curtin
Circuit Court for Harford County
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The Honorable Keith A. Baynes
Circuit Court for Cecil County
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Moderated By:
The Honorable Mimi R. Cooper
District Court of Maryland for Harford County
Start:
April 12, 2017 4:00 PM
End:
April 12, 2017 5:30 PM
Location:
Circuit Court for Harford County
20 West Courtland Street
1st Floor Conference Room
Bel Air MD
Contact:
Elizabeth H. Thompson, Esquire
Website:
Email:
ethompson@starkandkeenan.com
Telephone:
410-879-2222
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SAVE THE DATE – 1st Annual Spring Gala
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MEMBERS NEWS!
Civics and the Law Academy
The Outreach committee is presenting the Civics and the Law Academy on Friday March 31, 2017, beginning at 8:30. Civics and the Law is an educational session begun by the American Bar Association and adopted by the Maryland State Bar Association. The session is designed to be interactive sessions with high school students to demonstrate to them the importance of civics in their daily lives. The curriculum was developed by the ABA but it is sufficiently broad to allow the students to guide the discussions. This year it will be held at Edgewood Hall at Harford Community College, because we have outgrown the capacity of the high schools. We are looking for attorneys and judges who are interested in presenting. Please contact Diane Tobin either by phone or email deadkins@harfordcountymd.gov if you are interested or if you have any questions about it.
Thank you.
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Harford County Bar Foundation seeking new Board Member!
Interested in making a difference in our community?
HCBF is in search of a new board member to fill a vacancy!
Please submit a letter of interest and resume to Jennifer Vido, executive director of the HCBF, at jen@harfordcountybarfoundation.org.
To learn more about our organization and how we serve the community, please visit our website at www.harfordcountybarfoundation.org.
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Volunteers needed at C. Milton Wright High School!
A Message from Heather Floros at C. Milton Wright High School:
We are in need of volunteers, with experience in the field of Law, to present in my Honors English I classes; I’m hoping you are willing and able to help as we study argument. Currently, students in Honors English I are reading To Kill a Mockingbird and studying rhetoric. As a way to connect their reading and their writing, as well as to put a real-world twist on their writing, students will be crafting a closing argument for a mock-trial. The class will be deciding who will be put on trial for the murder of Tom Robinson, a character in Harper Lee’s novel. Each will need to decide to either defend or prosecute the person chosen, and they will need to write and present their closing argument to the class (either in person or on video). They will need to support their arguments with convincing evidence from the text, and they may also use any research they complete on any issues related to this case.
As students begin to prepare their closing arguments, it would invaluable for them to hear from guest speakers who have experience with this type of writing and speaking. You’d be acting as a type of “guest coach.” I’d like to arrange for speakers to present on what makes an effective closing argument, offer suggestions and tips for preparation, answer student questions about the process, and perhaps even offer examples of this type of writing. This year, I’d also like to add in an extra opportunity for students to work with you, the experts. I’m hoping that you will be willing to further work with students in small groups to hear or examine the drafts of their closing arguments before they submit their final version, giving them some feedback on the strength of their argument and perhaps some extra tips on presentation and delivery.
If you possess this type of experience and expertise and would like to help us, the following are the dates and times we need filled. I have 5 sections of Honors English I this year, so there are many times open; you are welcome to volunteer for one or as many openings as will fit your schedule. On the days and times available under the “small group work” heading, it would be wonderful to have 3-4 people available to work with several groups of students at the same time. I have 5 sections of Honors English I this year, so there are many times open; you are welcome to volunteer for one or as many openings as will fit your schedule.
Introduction: elements an effective closing argument, suggestions/tips for preparation, examples, student Q&A,
February 10
* 7:50-9:00
* 11:35-12:30
February 13
* 9:20-10:30
* 11:35-12:30
* 12:45-1:50
Small group work: review drafts of students’ closing arguments, feedback on the strength of their argument, tips on presentation and delivery.
February 27
* 9:20-10:30
* 12:45-1:50
February 28
* 7:50-9:00
* 11:35-12:30
* 12:45-1:50
Please let me know as soon as possible if you are able to present for one or more of these sessions. If you have any questions or need any further details, don’t hesitate to ask. If you are not able to present, but know someone who might be, please feel free to pass on this email and my contact information. Thank you for all you do to support the students at CMW. I look forward to hearing from you. My students are very excited about the opportunity to work with you.
Sincerely,
Heather Floros
Heather.floros@hcps.org
443-643-6643
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Beam of Light Award – Now accepting nominations!
The Harford County Bar Foundation is now accepting nominations for the Beam of Light Award! All nominations should be submitted to the HCBF by March 1, 2017. The nomination form can be found below!