Recent Updates
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State Bar scolds Robeson DA for media comments
Bar Associations 03/11/2008Robeson County District Attorney Johnson Britt has been reprimanded by the N.C. State Bar for talking too freely with the media about Robeson County deputies accused of corruption in the Tarnished Badge scandal.The State Bar licenses lawyers in North...
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Former bar presidents support Servaas
Bar Associations 02/28/2008Judge Steven Servaas, under pressure to resign his seat on the District Court bench, is getting support from fellow lawyers.A letter signed by 12 former Grand Rapids Bar Association presidents supports Servaas in his fight with the Michigan Judicial ...
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Lawyers ask for more time to redefine practice of law
Bar Associations 02/28/2008Hawaii attorneys have asked the state Supreme Court to give them more time to develop proposed rules that will define the practice of law. The Hawaii State Bar Association asked the court for an extension until March 28 to fine-tune its earlier propo...
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Massachusetts Bar to honor Nancy King
Bar Associations 02/14/2008The Massachusetts Bar Association said it will honor lawyers and law firms for providing free legal services to the public at a ceremony next month.The association added that it will bestow its Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously to Nancy King, t...