The Maryland State Bar Association provides a valuable service to its members in establishing listservs that its members may access and participate in. On the listservs, members can exchange information, seek referrals and make information available about services.

Tagged with: editorial advisory board legal news maryland

The Maryland Judiciary’s annual pro bono report demonstrates a very high level of pro bono activity by Maryland lawyers. Among full-time lawyers actively practicing in Maryland in 2013, more than 60 percent rendered some type of pro bono service.

Tagged with: editorial advisory board legal news maryland pro bono

Phoebe Haddon is leaving the Deanship at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law after five successful years. The success of those years can be measured in part by the new name of the school—the Francis King Carey name has been added as a result of a $30 million bequest, at the time the largest gift ever received by an American law school.

Tagged with: editorial advisory board legal news University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

After the election of Gregg Bernstein as State’s Attorney for Baltimore City in 2010, the Greater Baltimore Committee formed an Ad Hoc Committee to study and report on “Best Practices” employed by prosecutors.

Tagged with: editorial advisory board Greater Baltimore Committee legal news maryland

It looks to us that when the Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s decision in DeWolfe v. Richmond, it triggered a General Assembly-created cow pie. A large and gooey one.

Tagged with: editorial advisory board General Assembly legal news maryland maryland court of appeals

A Special Joint Commission of the General Assembly recently issued a report regarding security in Baltimore City’s correctional facilities.

Tagged with: editorial advisory board General Assembly maryland maryland department of public safety and correctional services