Program Calendar

Upcoming events

• Reach Out Legal Assistance Seminar and Clinic

  • When
    30 May 2013
  •  
    4:00 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Location
    Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

  Please see the attached about the second “Reach Out” pro bono program for this year on May 30, 2013 that provides free CLE and the opportunity to work alongside the CMBA and in-house counsel of NEO ACCA to help nonprofits in our community. Should you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Lesny Fleming, Chair of the Community Relations and Public Service Committee at Jennifer.Fleming@Kaufman-Company.com, or Cynthia Binns, Vice- Chair, at Cynthia.binns@graftech.com.

  Specific Event Information:
  

  Title:  Reach Out Legal Assistance Seminar and Clinic
  Location: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  Date: May 30, 2013
  Time: 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Registration
   4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Free CLE Credit 
   6:15 – 7:15 p.m. Clinic

  Details:

  The Community Relations and Public Service Committee is pleased to announce the second program of this year of Reach Out: Formation of a Nonprofit Organization. Reach Out is a collaborative effort of our local chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the Northeast Ohio Chapter - Association of Corporate Counsel - America (NEO ACCA), and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (CMBA) - all of which have teamed up to develop and provide valuable law-related education and pro bono legal assistance to non-profit organizations in Northeast Ohio whose missions focus on community service and who demonstrate financial need.

  The second of four educational seminars and clinics for this year is scheduled for Thursday, May 30, 2013 on the topic of "Formation of Nonprofit Organization"

  For the attached “Reach Out” pro bono program click here.
  

  Registration for the programs and clinics may otherwise be made at www.clemetrobar.org/ReachOut.
  

  
  

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• Brown Bag Luncheon with Magistrate Judge Kathleen Burke

  • When
    05 Jun 2013
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Courtroom 11A

  Register

  Brown Bag Luncheon with
  Magistrate Judge Kathleen Burke

  This informal luncheon will feature a question and answer sessions with the Hon. Kathleen Burke, Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.  Lunch will be provided.
  

  Wednesday, June 5, 2013
  12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  
  Location:
  Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse
  Courtroom 11A
  801 West Superior Avenue
  Cleveland, OH 44113
  
  Note to non-members: Join the FBA-NDOC and attend this luncheon for free.  Please call us at 877-322-6364 for details.

  
  

  Please click here for more information.

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• FBA Social and Bier-Tasting in Historic Ohio City

  • When
    06 Jun 2013
  •  
    6:00 PM
  • Location
    McNulty's Bier Market and Bar Cento

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  FBA Social and Bier-Tasting in Historic Ohio City

  

  Come join your fellow FBA members on Thursday, June 6th at 6pm for an informal get-together at McNulty’s Bier Markt and Bar Cento in the historic Ohio City Entertainment District. Enjoy a tasting of select draft “biers,” gourmet pizzas, and pommes frites with a variety of dipping sauces, while you ring in the summer season with your FBA peers. 

  We encourage all members to take advantage of this unique social opportunity: new and long-term members, judges, experienced practitioners, new lawyers, and law students.
  

  
  

  Event Date: June 6, 2013

  Time: 6:00 pm

  Register By: June 6, 2013

  Registration Fee: $10.00

  Location: 

  McNulty’s Bier Markt and Bar Cento

  1948 West 25th Street

  Cleveland , Ohio

  http://bier-markt.com/
  

  
  

  Please click here for a printable flyer.

  
  

  Hosted By: FBA Younger Lawyers Committee

  For more information, please contact Bozana Lazic Lundberg at blundberg@walterhav.com or Amanda Knapp at aknapp@ralaw.com

  
  

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• ROAD WORK AHEAD: REVISITING THE PATH TO REENTRY

  • When
    10 Jun 2013
  •  
    4:00 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Location
    Toledo-Lucas County Public Library McMaster Center Auditorium

  ROAD WORK AHEAD:

  REVISITING THE PATH TO REENTRY

  (Federal, State and local speakers discuss prisoner release and reentry programs)

  
  

  This program is essential for criminal defense lawyers, probation/parole officers, community and

  faith‐based leaders, social service agencies, and all those involved in the criminal justice system  and will feature renown speakers including Charles Samuels, Jr., Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Gary Morh, Director, Office of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, as

  we address both the human and economic issues facing recidivism and reentry.

  
  

  June 10, 2013

  2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

  Toledo-Lucas County Public Library

  McMaster Center Auditorium

  325 Michigan St.

  Toledo, Ohio

  (Reception to follow: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.)

  2.75 CLE Hours

  
  

  To view agenda and registration fees please click here for brochure.

  
  

   or 

  
  

  Please click here for flyer.

  
  

  More information and online registration visit 

   The Toledo Bar Association

  
  

  SPONSORED BY:
  

  THE TOLEDO BAR ASSOCIATION &

  THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION

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• Using (& Not Misusing) Power Point in the Courtroom, Arbitrations, Client Presentations & Elsewhere

  • When
    27 Jun 2013
  •  
    8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Cleveland- Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Auditorium

  Register

  Using (& Not Misusing) PowerPoint in the Courtroom, Arbitrations, Client Presentations & Elsewhere
  

  Course Description:  The course will include advice and tips on when, and when not to, use PowerPoint, how to make more effective presentations, examples of things that can be done in PowerPoint, specific examples used by the government in the closing argument in the recent public corruption trial of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, and a view from the bench of what does and does not make an effective presentation.

  Join speakers Kenneth Bravo, a recently retired partner at Ulmer & Berne LLP, Assistant United States Attorney Antoinette Bacon and US District Judge Dan Aaron Polster for this seminar covering the latest on the use of PowerPoint in all areas of your practice.

  Please click here for a brochure.
  
  If you are not a member and would like to join in order to attend this seminar for FREE, please click here.
  
  

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• American Red Cross Blood Drive

  • When
    27 Jun 2013
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse

  American Red Cross Blood Drive

  
  Please join the U.S. District Court, ND Ohio and the FBA-NDOC for a Red Cross Blood Drive!  Help us as we help our community!
  
  American Red Cross Blood Drive

  Carl B. Stokes Court House

  Jury Room L1
  Thursday, June 27, 2013
  9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

  
   Sign up today and encourage your colleagues to do the same.
  Thank you in advance for your support.
  
  Go to the following web address http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-donation and enter sponsor code "federalcourt" to make your appointment. Walk-ins accepted, but appointments are strongly encouraged. Contact Melanie Walsh at 216.357.7069 for additional information.
  
  

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• Summer Associate Reception

  • When
    17 Jul 2013
  •  
    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    House of Blues

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  Join us for the Summer Associate Reception for summer associates and legal interns from law firms, federal and state courts, and government offices, and for federal law clerks.

  
  

  When:   Wednesday, July 17, 2013

  Time:   5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

  Where: House of Blues

  308 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114

  
  

  The Reception provides a great opportunity for federal law clerks, summer associates and legal interns to network with federal judges and federal practitioners, learn more about the Federal Bar Association, and enjoy a fine selection of drinks and appetizers.  

  
  

  Admission is complimentary for federal law clerks, law students, summer associates, and legal interns.

  
  

  For a copy of the brochure, please click here.

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• Introduction to Federal Practice CLE Seminar

  • When
    19 Jul 2013
  •  
    8:30 AM - 11:30 AM (EDT)
  • Location
    Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Courtroom 19A

  Register

  Introduction to Federal Practice CLE Seminar

  This seminar satisfies Local Rule 83.5 Admission of Attorneys to Practice in the Northern District of Ohio.
  
  Join us for this informative seminar covering federal practice in the Northern District of Ohio.  Topics discussed include: the role of the magistrate judge; court programs, accessing court information and electronic filing; local rules and practice; and electronic courtrooms.
  
  Participants who have completed the course and otherwise met the requirements of Local Rule 83.5 will be sworn in to practice in the Northern District of Ohio immediately following the seminar.  A tour of the courthouse will also follow the program.
  
  Friday, July 19, 2013
  8:30am - 11:30am
  Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse
  Courtroom 19A
  Cleveland, OH
  
  Special offer for Non-members - Join the FBA-NDOC and attend this seminar for FREE!  It's simple, just complete a membership application and send, with dues payment, along with the registration form for this seminar to FBA-NDOC, PO Box 14760, Cleveland, OH 44114.
  
  Please click here for more information.
  
  
  
  

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• Reach Out Legal Assistance Seminar and Clinic

  • When
    08 Aug 2013
  •  
    4:00 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Location
    Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

  Please see the attached about the third “Reach Out” pro bono program for this year on August 8, 2013 that provides free CLE and the opportunity to work alongside the CMBA and in-house counsel of NEO ACCA to help nonprofits in our community. Should you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Lesny Fleming, Chair of the Community Relations and Public Service Committee at Jennifer.Fleming@Kaufman-Company.com, or Cynthia Binns, Vice- Chair, at Cynthia.binns@graftech.com.

  Specific Event Information:
  

  Title:  Reach Out Legal Assistance Seminar and Clinic
  Location: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  Date: May 30, 2013
  Time: 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Registration
   4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Free CLE Credit 
   6:15 – 7:15 p.m. Clinic

  Details:

  The Community Relations and Public Service Committee is pleased to announce the third program of this year of Reach Out: Employment Law Update for Nonprofits. Reach Out is a collaborative effort of our local chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the Northeast Ohio Chapter - Association of Corporate Counsel - America (NEO ACCA), and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (CMBA) - all of which have teamed up to develop and provide valuable law-related education and pro bono legal assistance to non-profit organizations in Northeast Ohio whose missions focus on community service and who demonstrate financial need.

  The second of four educational seminars and clinics for this year is scheduled for Thursday, August 8, 2013 on the topic of "Employment Law Update for Nonprofits"

  For the attached “Reach Out” pro bono program click here.
  

  Registration for the programs and clinics may otherwise be made at www.clemetrobar.org/ReachOut.
  

  
  

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• Brief Advice and Referral Clinic

  • When
    19 Oct 2013
  •  
    9:45 AM - 12:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Fatima Family Center

  Brief Advice and Referral Clinic
  

  The Brief Advice and Referral Clinic provides Cleveland area residents an opportunity to discuss their civil legal problems with a volunteer attorney.  Residents receive general advice, information or referral to a variety of community resources which are available to assist residents in dealing with their legal issues.  Lawyers need not have any prior experience.  A brief orientation will be held at the beginning of the clinic.
   
  If you are interested in doing pro bono work, but unable to take on a long term service commitment, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.  The Brief Advice and Referral Clinic provides a safe, convenient and well organized opportunity for you to volunteer and make a difference for people in our community who do not have the resources to pay for legal advice.  The commitment involves only 4 hours of your time.  No prior training is required.  Attorneys, law clerks and students are all welcome.
  
  Saturday, October 19, 2013
  Fatima Family Center
  6600 Lexington Avenue
  Cleveland, OH
  (E. 55th and Chester Avenue area)
   
  If you are interested in participating as a volunteer, kindly contact Bozana Lazic Lundberg at  blundberg@walterhav.com or Amanda Knapp at AKnapp@ralaw.com
  
  Please check back for more information and open registration.
  
  Please click here for a map to the Fatima Family Center.
  
  

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• Reach Out Legal Assistance Seminar and Clinic

  • When
    24 Oct 2013
  •  
    4:00 PM - 7:15 PM
  • Location
    Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

  Please see the attached about the fourth and final “Reach Out” pro bono program for this year on October 24, 2013 that provides free CLE and the opportunity to work alongside the CMBA and in-house counsel of NEO ACCA to help nonprofits in our community. Should you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Lesny Fleming, Chair of the Community Relations and Public Service Committee at Jennifer.Fleming@Kaufman-Company.com, or Cynthia Binns, Vice- Chair, at Cynthia.binns@graftech.com.

  Specific Event Information:
  

  Title:  Reach Out Legal Assistance Seminar and Clinic
  Location: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
  Date: May 30, 2013
  Time: 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Registration
   4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Free CLE Credit 
   6:15 – 7:15 p.m. Clinic

  Details:

  The Community Relations and Public Service Committee is pleased to announce the fourth and final  program of this year of Reach Out: The Ins and Outs of Fundraising for Nonprofits. Reach Out is a collaborative effort of our local chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the Northeast Ohio Chapter - Association of Corporate Counsel - America (NEO ACCA), and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (CMBA) - all of which have teamed up to develop and provide valuable law-related education and pro bono legal assistance to non-profit organizations in Northeast Ohio whose missions focus on community service and who demonstrate financial need.

  The second of four educational seminars and clinics for this year is scheduled for Thursday,October 24, 2013 on the topic of "The Ins and Outs of Fundraising for Nonprofits"

  For the attached “Reach Out” pro bono program click here.
  

  Registration for the programs and clinics may otherwise be made at www.clemetrobar.org/ReachOut.
  

  
  

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• American Red Cross Blood Drive

  • When
    05 Dec 2013
  •  
    9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse

  American Red Cross Blood Drive

  
  Please join the U.S. District Court, ND Ohio and the FBA-NDOC for a Red Cross Blood Drive!  Help us as we help our community!
  
  American Red Cross Blood Drive

  Carl B. Stokes Court House

  L1-135 
  Thursday, December 5, 2013
  9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

  
   Sign up today and encourage your colleagues to do the same.
  Thank you in advance for your support.
  
  Go to the following web address http://www.redcrossblood.org/make-donation and enter sponsor code "federalcourt" to make your appointment. Walk-ins accepted, but appointments are strongly encouraged. Contact Melanie Walsh at 216.357.7069 for additional information.
  
  

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