Archive: Philadelphia Bar Association

Hot Topics in ADR

Judge Richard Klein and Charles Forer, Co-Chairs of the ADR Committee of the State Civil Litigation Section, moderated “Tips from the Top: Hot Topics in ADR” [Alternative Dispute Resolution] on November 17, 2022. Attorneys Denise… Read More

Creating and Managing Effective Client Relationships

If you’re like me, you automatically ignore CLEs offered solely by a sponsor. Since it was offered through the Bar and by an attorney, I took a second look at the April 22 “Creating and… Read More

To Combat Stress, Make Time for Self-Care

Laurie Besden, Esquire, Executive Director at Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL) presented this December 21 ethics CLE. No job in the legal profession is nine-to-five, but now the lines are blurred – we respond to… Read More

Posted: February 1st, 2022
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Eileen Murphy Gets the Chair!

  We’re very proud of Eileen Murphy, who took over as the Philadelphia Bar Association Family Law Section Chair on December 7, following in Joni Berner (1994), Margaret Klaw (2002) and Megan Watson’s (2012) footsteps…. Read More

Posted: December 7th, 2020
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Cirko v. Commissioner of SSA

At the heart of Cirko is that claimants have statutory rights to due process hearings before an ALJ with a valid appointment and that harm is presumed from the fact that they did not have a hearing before a properly appointed officer.

Posted: May 11th, 2020
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Philadelphia Legal Name Change Clinic and CLE

BKW attorney Phillip Sylvester attended the Philadelphia Bar Association’s February 1, 2020 legal name change continuing legal education course and clinic that followed immediately thereafter. The course was taught by the Bar Association’s LGBTQ Committee… Read More