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NEWS 2011

10.20.11 - CMBA President Barbara Roman on American Law Radio. Click to listen to the mp3 files Part 1 and Part 2.
10.17.11 - Bar Foundation to Host 10th Halloween Run for Justice
09.13.11 - Bar Foundation to Host 65th Annual Public Servants Luncheon
07.18.11 - Bar Foundation Announces Officers and Trustees for 2011-12 Fiscal Year
06.30.11 - CMBA Annual Meeting Recap and Videos
06.22.11 - ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct Vol. 27 Number 13 covered the CMBA's 4/15/11 ethics advisory opinion
06.21.11 - CMBA Honored Award Recipients at its Fourth Annual Meeting
06.13.11 - Bar Association Response to Conviction of Judge Steven J. Terry
06.01.11 - CMBA Announces Officers and Trustees for 2011-12 Fiscal Year
05.19.11 - Women in Law Plan "Food Fight" to Benefit Women in Greater Cleveland
05.19.11 - Women in Law Host "On the Go!"
04.26.11 - ABA President Coming to Cleveland for Law Day
04.20.11 - Earth Day Recycling Drive
04.15.11 - CMBA issues ethics advisory opinion No. 2011-1 on Ohio Rule regarding sexual activity with clients
04.01.11 - Annual Greater Cleveland Bench-Bar Memorial Program Set for April 4
04.12.11 - Task Force on Judicial Excellence Holds Third Public Forum
03.25.11 - CMBA President Reponds to McCafferty Conviction
03.01.11 - Ohio Mock Trial Cuyahoga Regional Competition Rescheduled and Expanded
02.28.11 - “Rock the Foundation” Returns to House of Blues on March 19
02.24.11 - CMBA Hosts Annual Ohio Mock Trial Cuyahoga Regional Competition
02.15.11 - Task Force on Judicial Excellence Holds Second Public Forum
02.10.11 - Local Bar Associations Partner to Fundraise for Environmental Internships at Love, Law & Chocolate
02.07.11 - 14 High School Teams Advance to the Ohio Mock Trial Cuyahoga Regional Competition
02.03.11 - CMBA Hosts 28^th Annual Ohio Mock Trial Cuyahoga District Competition
01.18.11 - CMBA Appoints Michael D. Makofsky to Chair Its Corporate and Business Law Section

NEWS ARCHIVES

Annual EVENTS and PROGRAMs

Many of these opportunities are open to the members and the public. In addition to items listed below, we encourage you to visit our Section and Committee pages for information on their activities.

For information on participating in or sponsoring an event, please contact Rita Klein. To view a calendar of all activities taking place at the CMBA, click here.

January February Mock Trial – Cuyahoga District Competition Mock Trial – Cuyahoga Regional Competition March Diversity Networking Conference Rock the Foundation April Greater Cleveland Bench-Bar Memorial Program May Law Day Mock Trial – Cleveland Greet the Judges & GCs and Celebration for New Lawyers 3Rs – Show What You Know Competition June Annual Meeting Golf Outing Minority Summer Associate Program July THE CMBA SINGS at Nighttown August Past President's Reception Minority Clerkship Program (late summer) Judicial Externship Program (late summer) 1Ls Welcome Events (CWRU and Cleveland-Marshall)	September Public Servants Luncheon (9/16/11) David Webster "Greener Way to Work" Day (9/23/11) October National Pro Bono Celebration (10/23/11-10/29/11) Halloween Run for Justice (10/29/11) November Celebration for New Lawyers (11/21/11) Environmental Clerkship (paired with CLE event) December Additional events each year (as scheduled) • Sections/committees receptions and events • CLE seminars, events • The Estate Planning Institute • The Real Estate Law Institute • The Cleveland Tax Institute • The William J. O’Neill Regional Bankruptcy Institute • The Advanced Workers’ Compensation Medical-Legal Seminar • The Litigation Institute • The Environmental Law Symposium • The Northern Ohio Labor & Employment Law Conference • The Health Care Law Institute

January

February
Mock Trial – Cuyahoga District Competition
Mock Trial – Cuyahoga Regional Competition

March
Diversity Networking Conference
Rock the Foundation

April
Greater Cleveland Bench-Bar Memorial Program

May
Law Day
Mock Trial – Cleveland
Greet the Judges & GCs and Celebration for New Lawyers
3Rs – Show What You Know Competition

June
Annual Meeting
Golf Outing
Minority Summer Associate Program

July
THE CMBA SINGS at Nighttown

August
Past President's Reception
Minority Clerkship Program (late summer)
Judicial Externship Program (late summer)
1Ls Welcome Events (CWRU and Cleveland-Marshall)

September
Public Servants Luncheon (9/16/11)
David Webster "Greener Way to Work" Day (9/23/11)

October
National Pro Bono Celebration (10/23/11-10/29/11)
Halloween Run for Justice (10/29/11)

November
Celebration for New Lawyers (11/21/11)
Environmental Clerkship (paired with CLE event)

December

Additional events each year (as scheduled)
• Sections/committees receptions and events
• CLE seminars, events
• The Estate Planning Institute
• The Real Estate Law Institute
• The Cleveland Tax Institute
• The William J. O’Neill Regional Bankruptcy Institute
• The Advanced Workers’ Compensation Medical-Legal Seminar
• The Litigation Institute
• The Environmental Law Symposium
• The Northern Ohio Labor & Employment Law Conference
• The Health Care Law Institute