Posted On: October 27, 2011

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland Opening

The Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission on Wednesday submitted to Governor O’Malley nine candidates for a vacancy on the Court of Special Appeals.

The candidates are:

  • Andrew H. Baida
  • Donald E. Beachley
  • Stuart R. Berger
  • Karen Louise Federman Henry
  • Robert Neal McDonald
  • Audrey J.S. Carrion
  • Toni Evon Clarke
  • Melanie Marva Shaw Geter
  • Pamela Janice White
Posted On: October 27, 2011

July 2011 Maryland Bar Exam Results

The Maryland Bar Exam July, 2011 results will be posted on-line next week on Friday, November 4, 2011 at 4:30 p.m. Did you Google this to find out how your ex-girlfriend did on the exam? Well, she passed. Get on with you life. Besides, the results will be posted by seat number. Just ask her the few Facebook friends you still have in common to let you know.

Posted On: October 18, 2011

Baltimore Pro Bono Day

Next week is the American Bar Association's national Pro Bono Week. The Pro Bono and Access to Legal Services Committee of the Bar Association of Baltimore City (BABC), in conjunction with the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. (Legal Aid), Legal Services for the Elderly, Maryland State Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS), Pro Bono Resource Center (PBRC) and Young Lawyers' Division of the Bar Association of Baltimore City will once again host a Pro Bono Day clinic on Saturday, October 29th at Legal Aid's Baltimore City Office, 500 East Lexington Street, from 10 am to 2 pm.

The last Pro Bono Day, held in May, 2011, served well over 160 people with more than 190 legal issues. We look forward to an equally successful clinic on October 29th and your participation is encouraged and welcome. Specifically, attorneys are needed to provide brief one-on-one consultations with attendees on a variety of civil matters including housing law, government benefits, bankruptcy and consumer debt issues, wills, advance directives, elder law and divorce/custody/child support.

You can find more information here.

Posted On: October 10, 2011

Maryland Legal News

  • Testimony continues in the federal corruption case against Ulysses Currie.
  • Plaintiffs in a group of class-action lawsuits say UB is among the law schools that give out post-graduation employment numbers that are misleading because they do not specify how many students are working part-time or in totally non-law-related jobs.
  • The Maryland lawyer involved in baby-selling has been disbarred by consent.
  • In other Bar news, the Court of Appeals has voted to go against the recommendation of the Maryland Bar's character committee, admitting Richard J. Thorpe Jr. to the practice of law. Thorpe's offense appears to involve backdating a loan document as a title agent.
  • SCOTUS has rejected cert in a Maryland case that gun-rights advocates were hoping to use to overturn part of the state's gun-permit law as a Second Amendment violation.
  • The former state's attorney of Wicomico was arrested for allegedly violating a protective order.
  • Five big stories in Maryland law last week, according to the Maryland Daily Record.