This year’s virtual ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, January 28, at 3:30 p.m.
The Florida Bar will recognize 21 lawyers for their work on behalf of low-income and disadvantaged clients at a January 28 ceremony streamed live online by the Supreme Court of Florida.
Established in 1981, The Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Awards are intended to encourage lawyers to volunteer free legal services to the poor by recognizing those who make public service commitments and to raise public awareness of the substantial volunteer services provided by Florida lawyers to those who cannot afford legal fees. Florida Bar President Dori Foster-Morales will present the 2021 awards.
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Effective January 1, 2021, New Jersey attorneys must complete 5 Ethics credits (up from the 4 previously needed), 2 of which must be Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias (DIEB). The total number of credits needed to meet the full CLE requirement is still 24. This change affects all attorneys due December 31, 2021 and later.
Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias programs address diversity and inclusion in the legal system of all persons regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disabilities. Possible topics may include ways to create diversity programs in law firms, transformational leadership, ways to identify and eliminate unconscious bias, and culturally competent lawyering.
Work in the Age of Anxiety is Thomas Gagne s latest essay now available in the November 2019 issue of South Carolina Lawyer Magazine.
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The Thomas Gagne Law Offices, P.A., is pleased to announce that Mr. Gagne s essay, Work in the Age of Anxiety, is now available online at the South Carolina Lawyer Magazine s website, http://www.scbar.org, in the November 2019 issue. GREENVILLE, S.C. (PRWEB) January 13, 2021 The Thomas Gagne Law Offices, P.A., is pleased to announce that Mr. Gagne s essay, Work in the Age of Anxiety, is now available online at the South Carolina Lawyer Magazine s website, http://www.scbar.org, in the November 2019 issue.
Gov. Abbott appoints Ann-Marie Carruth to 72nd Judicial Court, formerly occupied by Ruben Reyes Ann-Marie Carruth By KCBD Staff | January 11, 2021 at 12:34 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 1:22 AM
LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Ann-Marie Carruth as Judge of the 72nd Judicial District Court in Crosby and Lubbock Counties for a term set to expire on December 31, 2022, or until her successor shall be duly elected and qualified.
Ann-Marie Carruth of Lubbock is Judge of Lubbock County Court at Law #3, and previously served as Lubbock County Justice of the Peace Precinct #4. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Lubbock Area Bar Association, life fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a board member of the Texas Bar College, and an honorary lifetime member of the West Texas Justices of the Peace & Constables Association. She also a course director for Continuing Legal Education advance civil trials and summer school for the State Bar of