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Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts was established as a result of a Pennsylvania Judicial Reform Commission report from 1988, which revealed that public...

By Leslie E. John, partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, and president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. Each year, many class action lawsuits are filed...

This week, the Philadelphia Bar Foundation joined the Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia’s inaugural Equity Cohort. Executive Director Jessica...

We are excited to announce this year’s Judge William M. Marutani Fellows, Nicholas Chan and Lisa Riley! The Judge William M. Marutani Fellowship...

By Leslie E. John, partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, and president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. Financial gifts to the Bar Foundation make a...

The International Law Lyon Internship (ILLI) Fund awarded its first fellowship to Penn Law student Andrew J. Timmick. In 2018, the Philadelphia Bar...

The Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project (YSRP) uses direct service and policy advocacy to transform the experiences of children prosecuted in the adult...