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Mitchell courthouse in Baltimore evacuated due to fire
The Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore City was evacuated Tuesday afternoon due to a fire.
Baltimore office of trailblazing Black lawyer to be restored
Baltimore's federal delegation stood in front of boarded-up bay windows to announce $1.75 million in funding that will help restore a historic law office in the city's Upton neighborhood.
Baltimore legal museum fundraising effort still underway
The Museum of Baltimore Legal History has reached the halfway point in its fundraising efforts to update the museum for the first time in its 30-year history. The museum has […]
Baltimore legal museum launches renovation project
Supporters of the Museum of Baltimore Legal History unveiled plans to renovate and modernize the 30-plus-year-old attracting inside the Mitchell Courthouse.
Want to buy these classic Baltimore courtroom sketches? Here’s how.
Courtroom sketch artist Beth Otter, a fixture in Baltimore courthouses in the 1980s and ‘90s, left her drawings of courtroom life to her family after her death in 2013. But […]
Baltimore courthouse to reopen Wednesday after fire
The Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse will reopen to the public Wednesday after a fire forced a three-week closure while crews repaired damage. The April 26 fire, thought to be […]
Additional courtrooms planned in Mitchell Courthouse
A Pennsylvania-based architecture firm has been selected to create two new courtrooms in Baltimore’s historic Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse.
Burst pipe closes Baltimore courthouse
Baltimore City Circuit Court's Courthouse East closed Monday after a pipe burst on the building’s fourth floor.
Law schools need money whoas
Former and current law school deans discussed theoretical ways to cut tuition Thursday, but none had concrete plans for slashing the rising cost of legal education.
Conaway faults courthouses’ safety, upkeep
Calling conditions at Baltimore‘s two circuit courthouses “deplorable,” Clerk of Court Frank M. Conaway Sr. sent a letter to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake asking for help making the long-sought fixes to […]
Power restored at Courthouse East
Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge W. Michel Pierson says electricity has been restored to the top four floors of the Courthouse East building. Normal operations will resume in the courthouse […]
Power outage closes part of Baltimore City Circuit Court
The top four floors of the six-story Courthouse East in Baltimore are closed due to electrical problems, grinding to a halt most legal proceedings in one of the two Baltimore […]
