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COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF LEGAL EXCELLENCE,
COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND INCREASED MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN THE PRACTICE
OF LAW
PARTY
AROUND THE WORLD!
Recap.
The J. Franklyn Bourne Bar
Association, in conjunction with seven (7 local specialty bar
associations -- the Bar Association of Montgomery County, the Maryland
Hispanic Bar Association, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association
of Maryland, the Maryland Gay/Lesbian Bar Association, the Daniel O’Connor
Irish Law Society, the Montgomery County Chapter of the Women’s
Bar Association, and the Simon E. Sobeloff Jewish Law Society -- sponsored
a "Party Around the World" on Thursday, October 18, 2007 at
the Women’s Club of Chevy Chase. The evening reception was the
first time ever that a bar association event of this cooperative nature
has taken place.
Abigale Bruce Watson, President
The Honorable Hassan El-Amin, President , Sharon Burrell, Immediate
Past President , Marylin Pierre, Montgomery County Committee
liaison and representative in the Party Around the World Committee,
Donna Clemons-Sachs, Wayne Cooper, and Pauline Johnson
were among those who attended the Party Around the World.
The planning of this party alone has
brought together this group of bar presidents and has facilitated cooperative
work by the various bar associations on more serious tasks, such as
recommending appointees to Governor (Martin) O’Malley’s
Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission and to other committees
to better reflect our diverse population.
Background.
The J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, the Bar Association
of Montgomery County, the Maryland Hispanic Bar Association, the Asian
Pacific Bar Association, the Maryland Gay/Lesbian Bar Association, the
Daniel O’Donnell Law Society, the Montgomery County Chapter of
the Women’s Bar Association, and the Simon E. Sobeloff Law Society
are sponsoring a PARTY AROUND THE WORLD!
The Party Around The World concept was developed
to celebrate the contributions that make each bar association unique
in its own way. There will be no speeches or awards but we will have
a SPECIAL DOOR PRIZE consisting of Wine Tasting and Tour of Sugarloaf
Vineyard (For 10 People), in Comus, Maryland. The event costs $30.00
per person.
The Party Around The World will be held at the Women’s
Club of Chevy Chase, 7931 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland
on Thursday, October 18, 2007 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Please call the
Bar Association of Montgomery County, 27 West Jefferson Street, Rockville,
MD 20850 or call (301) 340-2534 if you have questions regarding this
event. CLICK
HERE TO REGISTER
President: Derron Parks
President-Elect: John Walker-Turner
Treasurer: Bridgette Greer
Corresponding Secretary: Nakia Gray
Recording Secretary: ShaRon Kelsey
Past President: Sharon Deberry
Executive Board Members: Hon. Sharon V. Burrell and William Snoddy |
October
Newsletter
CLICK HERE
President's
Message
CLICK HERE
Billy Martin Featured at Scholarship Awards Banquet
November 5, 2009
CLICK HERE
JFB Pro Bono Legal Clinics Bowie & Takome Park
October 31, 2009
CLICK HERE
JFB Election Nominations
CLICK HERE
JFB General Body Meeting & ELECTIONS
November 19, 2009
CLICK HERE
FOR THE BAR'S GOOD
Chief & Administrative Judge Missouri's Orders affecting the 7th Judicial Circuit
CLICK HERE
Billy
Murphy's Ultimate Trial Lawyer Reading List
CLICK HERE
With
Howard U. Sch. of Law
&
Black
Women's Bar Association of Suburban Maryland
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