The Causeway
The monthly newsletter for the Franklin County Bar Association
"The law is a causeway upon which, so long as he keeps to it, a citizen may walk safely" Robert Bolt, playwright
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This year's Heart Walk is taking place on Saturday, September 11th in New Oxford, PA. Heart Walk participants may hold a virtual event instead. Our YLD Team will be walking in Antrim Township Park on Sunday, September 19th at noon. Join us! You can support the American Heart Association by donating or joining our team and fundraising with us.
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The FCBA YLD's Heart Walk team is being led by Krystal MacIntyre.
The YLD has historically been very active to support this cause, since 2008, the YLD has raised $20,903 to support the American Heart Association. Our fundraising goal this year is $1,000.00. Even if you can't make it to the walk, please consider donating, and share this link with your friends and family.
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The Bench Bar Conference committee hosts Judges' Panel CLE on October 8th - Questions due by September 17th |
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On Friday, October 8th we will be hosting a Judges' Panel discussion and CLE via zoom. Registration information will be emailed next week. The CLE will begin at noon.
Topics to be discussed are:
- Domestic Relations and Domestic Violence
- Juvenile and Dependency
- Criminal Law
- Family Law
- Administrative issues
All five judges of the 39th Judicial District are participating in the CLE. The judges want to hear from you! What questions do you have for our bench? We are asking that our members send on their questions for the judges to Amelia at director@franklinbar.org no later than September 17th.
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Law Library of Congress Upcoming Webinars in September |
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The Law Library of Congress is offering webinars in September.
Thursday, September 16 / 3:00 PM EDT
Join us for the 2021 Constitution Day Lecture with University of Richmond Law Professor Kurt Lash. Professor Kurt Lash's lecture will explore the history of the Bill of Rights & explain how those rights came to be protected against state abridgment by the Fourteenth Amendment. The first ten amendments to the American Constitution, the Bill of Rights, originally bound only the federal government and not the states. Rather than representing the nature of American freedom, the original Bill of Rights represented the nature of American federalism—the idea that liberty is best preserved by leaving subjects like speech, press, and religion under the control of the people in the several states. Sometime between the Founding & the Civil War, however, Americans came to view the Bill of Rights as representing something far greater than simply the limited authority of the national government. Abolitionists embraced the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment as an inviolable declaration of natural law and the right of every person not to be enslaved. Americans north and south increasingly looked to the Bill of Rights as declaring the fundamental privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States. By the time of the Civil War, Americans were ready to transform the original federalist Bill of Rights into a charter of individual liberty binding upon both state and federal officials. The people accomplished this transformation when they ratified the Fourteenth Amendment which announced that henceforth “no state shall make or enforce any law abridging the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.”
Tuesday, September 21 / 1:00 PM EDT
Join legal reference specialist Anna Price for an Orientation to Law Library Collections Webinar. This webinar is an online version of the one-hour onsite orientations taught by legal reference librarians from the Law Library of Congress, and will cover digital resources available through the Law Library’s website as well as those available onsite.
Thursday, September 23 / 2:00 PM EDT
Join foreign legal specialists Tariq Ahmad and George Sadek for the next installment of our Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar Series, this time focusing on Free Speech and the Regulation of Social Media in Egypt and Pakistan. In recent years, there has been an increased global focus on the governmental responses to the dissemination of hate speech and false information online. This webinar will focus on current and proposed legal frameworks for regulating unlawful/harmful speech on social media platforms in Egypt and Pakistan. The presenters will address the obligations (e.g. content removal) and liabilities of social media companies, the criminalization of certain online content, and the free speech implications for these limitations on online platforms.
Law Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20540-3000
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Press Releases, Memos and Important Notices |
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39th Judicial District Memos and Information |
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The Disciplinary Board
of the Supreme Court of PA
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The Pennsylvania Judiciary has provided updates at the link below regarding county-by-county court operations and proceedings. They continue to monitor developments regarding the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on court operations.
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Guardianship Tracking System Online Workshops offered by AOPC - July, August & September |
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Please see below for a brochure regarding the next round of GTS Guardian Workshops for court-appointed guardians. This series offers sessions in July, August & September.
Guardians who participated in any of the prior workshop/webinar sessions will not need to attend since the material being presented is essentially the same. This series is again being offered exclusively as ‘Online Workshops’. The online webinars have been very successful and convenient for the guardians since various dates and times are being offered to accommodate their schedules, and also travel is not required.
The guardians will need to register online so that the trainers can appropriately plan and staff the sessions based on the number expected to participate.
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Dauphin County Bar Assoc. seeks Director of Legal & Community Services |
Are you passionate about ensuring access to justice for everyone? Are you a natural relationship-builder and a creative problem-solver who likes looking for new solutions to old challenges? The Dauphin County Bar Association is searching for a Director of Legal & Community Services. This position includes responsibility for DCBA’s Pro Bono programs, Lawyer Referral Service, Public Services Committee, Bar Foundation and generally assists in advancing the mission of the Bar. See full job description and directions for applying. |
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Jerrold A. Sulcove, Esq. was appointed Chair of the Federal Bar Association, Social Security Section, by FBA President W. West Allen, Esq. Mr. Sulcove is the managing shareholder of Black and Davison, P.C., located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. His practice focuses primarily on Social Security Disability, Veteran’s Disability, Elder Law and Estate Administration. |
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Do you have a updated FCBA member list? |
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The complete member list is updated quarterly and available to you and your staff two ways.
You may download and print a PDF from the members' section of our website (log in required). Or you may email Amelia at director@franklinbar.org to receive a PDF or excel document anytime.
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Coffee Corner
"Coffee Corner" is a periodic column in The Causeway by Bar members Annie Gómez Shockey, Brandon Copeland, and Victoria Beard.
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Life is full of hard moments, especially in the business of lawyering. Our very jobs require us to put ourselves in the middle of controversy on a daily basis. Some of us are required to hear process and retain all the minute details of horrific assaults. Others of us are exhausted when the day is over from having to explain to clients over and over again that we actually do know the law and do have their best interests at heart. Then there’s the days that we have to negotiate with another attorney who ascribes to the idea that being antagonistic and disrespectful is a badge of honor. And all of this is on top of our daily stressors.
Of course, I know I’m preaching to the choir. We know this all too well. This article isn’t to drive home something so obvious. It’s just to remind us that we’re all more than our jobs. We’re more than just attorneys. There’s so much more to life than what happens in our offices or the courtroom. To that end I’d like to leave you with my favorite poem.
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DO IT ANYWAY
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.
- Mother Teresa
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Franklin County Bar Association
100 Lincoln Way East, Suite E, Chambersburg, PA 17201
717-267-2032
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