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February 12, 2019
Trainings, Fellowships, and Programs at the Bar Foundation
By Leslie E. John, partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, and president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. Many of you are familiar with the Philadelphia Bar...
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February 1, 2019
2019 Samuel T. Gomez Award Presented
This year’s Samuel T. Gomez Award was presented to Sarah Lucia Winston on Friday, February 1st during the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of...
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February 1, 2019
Board Observer Program Launches 2019 Cohort
We kicked off the eighth year of our Board Observer Program on January 31st, 2019. Board Observer Program alumni and supporters gathered at the...
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January 28, 2019
Nonprofit Partners’ “Philadelphia Model” for Open Rape Cases Goes International
Canadian police departments are looking to Philadelphia to implement the city’s model for handling open rape cases. Led by the Women’s Law Project...
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January 28, 2019
Nonprofit Partners Support Case Challenging School District Plan to Arm Teachers
Our nonprofit partners CeaseFirePA, Education Law Center, and Public Interest Law Center, with Public Citizens for Children and Youth, filed an amicus...
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January 10, 2019
Meet Our New Board President
By Leslie E. John, partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, and president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. This is my first column as President of the...
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December 18, 2018
Public Interest Attorneys Participate in Three-Day Trial Advocacy Training
PHILADELPHIA – 33 local public interest attorneys participated in the Philadelphia Bar Foundation's R. Gimbel Fund for Legal Excellence Trial Advocacy...