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PRESIDENT
Susan M. Hoffman

NEW?

PRESIDENT-ELECT
Geoffrey M. Klineberg

SERVE AS A MOOT
COURT JUDGE
The D.C. Bar Communities Office is seeking licensed
attorneys to serve as guest judges for its 2020 D.C.
Cup Moot Court Competition in February. Judges will
score briefs and oral arguments during the preliminary rounds. Judges selected to score briefs will be
asked to evaluate a preassigned brief between
January 24 and February 7. Those who will hear oral
arguments should attend the preliminary rounds on
February 21. The deadline to apply is October 18.
dcbar.org/moot-court

SECRETARY
Courtney L. Weiner
TREASURER
Richard V. Rodriguez
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Jessica E. Adler, David W. Arrojo, Rodney J. Bosco,
Moses A. Cook,
Elizabeth
R. Dewey,
Elizabeth
A. J. S.R.Dhaliwal,
Dewey, A.J.
Elizabeth
S.
Dhaliwal,
"Sally"
Gere,
Elizabeth
Theodore
"Sally"
A. Howard,
Gere, Theodore
Su Sie Ju,A.
Howard,
June
B. Kress,
Su SieMegan
Ju, June
Lacchini,
B. Kress,Paul
Megan
S. Lee,
Lacchini,
Esther
Paul
H.
Lim,
S. Lee,
AmyPatrick
E. Nelson,
McGlone,
PeggyAmy
Lansbach
E. Nelson,
O'More,
Peggy Lansbach
Bridget
M. Rowan,O'More,
Saleema
Saleema
Snow, Keiko
Snow,K.Keiko
Takagi,
K.
Takagi,T.Leslie
Leslie
Thornton,
T. Thornton,
Benjamin
Benjamin
F. Wilson
F. Wilson
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Robert J. Spagnoletti
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Andrea T. Williams
MANAGING EDITOR
Fleur L. Harris
SENIOR CONTENT EDITOR
Susannah Buell
STAFF WRITERS
Jeffery Leon
Jleon@dcbar.org

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Jmurph@dcbar.org

HELP EVALUATE
D.C. COURT JUDGES

MANDATORY COURSE
COMPLETION REMINDER

The D.C. Bar Judicial Evaluation Committee is inviting
feedback on the performance of selected judges who
preside over the D.C. Court of Appeals and D.C.
Superior Court. Attorneys who have appeared before
one or more of the judges during the period covered
by the 2019-2020 evaluation will receive an email or a
postcard in mid-November informing them of their
eligibility to take this important survey.

New members of the District of Columbia Bar have 12
months from the month of admission to complete
the required Mandatory Course on the D.C. Rules of
Professional Conduct and District of Columbia
Practice. Bar members who have been inactive,
retired, or voluntarily resigned for five years or more
also are required to complete the course if they are
seeking active member status. In addition, members
who have been suspended for five years or more for
nonpayment of license fees or late fees must take the
course to be reinstated.

The survey opens on November 12 and is conducted
online only. All responses are kept confidential. Bar
members' input helps the chief judges of the D.C.
Courts address concerns about a judge's conduct, highlights best practices and conduct that should be commended, and allows the judges themselves to receive
vital feedback. The survey closes on January 10.

dcbar.org/mandatory-course

dcbar.org/judicial-evaluations

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