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January 8, 2014

35 Organizations to Share $603,000 in Grants

By Jessica Hilburn-Holmes Remember the bumper stickers and buttons from years ago that urged us to “think globally and act locally?” As I approach the...

October 17, 2013

R. Nicholas Gimbel Trial Advocacy Training Program

Earlier this month, the Philadelphia Bar Foundation and Rutgers University Law School-Camden partnered to provide trial advocacy training to 40 public...

October 7, 2013

Philadelphia Bar Foundation, in Partnership with Rutgers University School of Law - Camden, to Provide Trial Advocacy Training for Public Interest Attorneys

Philadelphia Bar Foundation, in Partnership with Rutgers School of Law–Camden, to Provide Trial Advocacy Training for Public Interest Attorneys On...

January 30, 2013

2013 - New Faces, Fresh Ideas

Deborah Gross begins her two-year term as President of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. Deborah has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2004...

November 27, 2012

Bar Foundation Board Elects Three New Trustees

(PHILADELPHIA, November 14, 2012) – The Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation has elected three new trustees. The Bar Foundation is...

November 7, 2012

The Board of Trustees Approves Strategic Plan

After a ten-month process coordinated by consultants Edward F. Swenson & Associates, Inc., the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation...

October 4, 2012

Bar Foundation Announces Winners of Two Prestigious Awards

Fox Rothschild LLP and Mary Catherine Roper, Esquire, senior staff attorney at ACLU of Pennsylvania, will receive two awards presented by the...