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- Communities Newsletter
- Annual Well-Being Summit
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Legal Ethics
- Rules of Professional Conduct
- Ethics Opinions 210-Present
- Ask the Ethics Experts
- Court of Appeals Adopts Amendments to IOLTA Rules
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- D.C. Bar Voluntary Standards of Civility in Professional Conduct
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- Speaking of Ethics Columns
- Legal Ethics Opinions 2-209
- Practice Management Advisory Service
- Mandatory Course
- Lawyer Assistance Program
- Career Center
- External Resources
- Fee Dispute Program
The Communities experience expands member benefits and opportunities to grow your network while maintaining focus on practice-specific career development.
Administrative Law and Agency Practice
The Administrative Law and Agency Practice Community addresses issues at the forefront of administrative law and procedure at both the federal and local levels.
Antitrust and Consumer Law
The Antitrust and Consumer Law Community deals with business competition, trade regulation, and consumer protection under national, international, state, and D.C. law.
Arts, Entertainment, Media and Sports Law
The Arts, Entertainment, Media and Sports Law Community explores the legal and business issues in the arts, entertainment, sports, and media fields.
Corporation, Finance and Securities Law
The Community serves lawyers interested in the practice of corporation, finance, or securities law.
Criminal Law and Individual Rights
The Community sponsors educational and practice-building programs in the areas of criminal law and protection of individual rights.
District of Columbia Affairs
The District of Columbia Affairs Community serves all attorneys who live, work, or have interest in the District, and members who practice before or work with the D.C. Council and the Executive Branch or the court system.
Early Career Lawyers
The Early Career Lawyers Community serves new attorneys navigating the early years of their career through networking, educational, and pro bono program opportunities.
Environment, Energy and Natural Resources
The Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Community focuses on new and significant legislative, regulatory, judicial, and policy developments in the fields of environmental, energy, and natural resources.
Estates, Trusts and Probate Law
The Estates, Trusts and Probate Law Community, through programs, a newsletter, and a case digest, advises its members of judicial, procedural, legislative, and practice developments pertaining to estate planning and administration.
Family Law
The Family Law Community offers educational programs of interest to attorneys and other professionals in private practice, government, alternative dispute resolution, and academia.
Government Contracts
The Government Contracts Community provides programs to advance the development of its members and foster discussion of developments and issues affecting federal and local government procurement law and litigation.
Health Law
The Health Law Community focuses on issues of interest to practitioners in the field of health law through programs and publications.
Intellectual Property Law
The Community sponsors committees in the areas of copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret law—and one for new practitioners—that organize and sponsor programs throughout the year on topics of general interest, current issues and practice tips.
International Law
The International Law Community addresses international legal issues through programs, community outreach projects, and publications.
Labor and Employment Law
The Labor and Employment Law Community members include plaintiff- and management-side attorneys, federal and D.C. agency counsel, corporate, trade association and labor organization association counsel, judicial officers and others.
Law Practice Management
The Law Practice Management Community is made up of lawyers (and other professionals) in private, government, corporate, nonprofit, and academic legal practices.
Law Student
Your Law Student Community membership will provide resume and skills boosting opportunities and one-on-on access to local practicing attorneys.
Litigation
The Litigation Community is involved in a wide range of activities that present the opportunity for continuing professional growth and networking.
Public Interest and Courts
The Public Interest and Courts Community concentrates on ways the courts and the Bar can improve access to justice in the District of Columbia.
Real Estate, Housing and Land Use
The Real Estate, Housing and Land Use Community focuses on issues of interest to real estate, housing, and land use practitioners through programs and publications.
Taxation
The Taxation Community focuses on federal, state, and local tax issues of interest to private, government, and institutional tax professionals.
Tort Law
The Tort Law Community sponsors an array of programs covering substantive areas of tort law, including products liability, personal injury, insurance law, medical and legal malpractice, premises liability, toxic torts, and worker’s compensation.
- Membership
- Continuing Legal Education
-
Communities
- Join A Community
- About Communities
- Programs and Events
- Publications
- Connect
- Leadership Resource Portals
- Communities On-Demand Library
- Public Statements
- Communities Elections
- Leadership
- Podcasts
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Resources
- Communities Newsletter
- Annual Well-Being Summit
- D.C. Bar Communities Lawyer of the Year Awards
-
Legal Ethics
- Rules of Professional Conduct
- Ethics Opinions 210-Present
- Ask the Ethics Experts
- Court of Appeals Adopts Amendments to IOLTA Rules
- Ethics Advice
- Ethics Opinions Substantively Affected by the Amended Rules
- D.C. Bar Voluntary Standards of Civility in Professional Conduct
- Publications
- Additional Resources
- Speaking of Ethics Columns
- Legal Ethics Opinions 2-209
- Practice Management Advisory Service
- Mandatory Course
- Lawyer Assistance Program
- Career Center
- External Resources
- Fee Dispute Program