Your smartphone might be second only to your home in its level of protection against warrantless searches by police.

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When implementing change in an organization, inclusion of members and adhering to your mission is key to a successful transition, something the Maryland State Bar Association should consider.

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Acing the Maryland bar exam means nothing if you were not completely honest on the application to take the test and truthful with representatives of the character committee, according to the State Board of Law Examiners’ director of character and fitness.

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The Baltimore County judge wants to continue the bar association's technological evolution while expanding programming to help lawyers in need.

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We are in the midst of an increased willingness of lawyers and litigants to use the judicial discipline commission to air their legitimate and illegitimate grievances.

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The link between the lack of progress toward abolishing contested judicial elections of circuit court judges and the failure of the state to create a rigorous but fair program of judicial performance evaluations is unmistakable.

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The organization's plan to modernize includes a new logo, the first in 25 years.

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Robert J. Zarbin, a trial lawyer who served in leadership roles on many professional associations and mentored many young attorneys, died Saturday following an illness. He was 56. Zarbin, an Upper Marlboro solo practitioner, served as the co-chair of the ...

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Longtime Baltimore attorney Jeffrey B. Smith Sr., who led the Maryland State Bar Association in the early 1980s, died June 17 in Sykesville. He was 90.

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More than 80 people took part in the Maryland State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section Sun Run on Friday in Ocean City. Lawyers and judges braved the humidity on an overcast morning to run or walk a 5K or 10K ...

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