Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
c/o Damon Hart
10 St. James Ave, 11th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
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Upcoming Events
MAY 9TH, 2008: MLGBA 23RD ANNUAL DINNER
PLACE: Royal Sonesta Hotel , Cambridge
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
A cocktail reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will commence at 7:00 p.m.
Chic Wagner and Christina Miller Lisa Wilson and John Koss
MLGBA Co-Chairs MLGBA Dinner Co-chairs
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2nd Annual
Minority Enterprises
Development Week Awards Celebration
and Conference
Celebrating the Legacy
of
Innovation and Competitiveness
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Roxbury Community College
Reggie Lewis Center
1234 Columbus Avenue
Roxbury Crossing, MA 02121
Ben Clements, the Governor's Legal Counsel, and Lisa Goodheart, the Chair of the Judicial
Nominating Commission, will explain how to apply and what happens at each stage of the process. They
will discuss the work experience and other qualifications that help applicants stand out. Two Judges who
have been through the process will also provide their insight, experience and encouragement. Come join
us for an interesting and enlightening program. The panel will be moderated by WBA’s Appointments,
Awards & Endorsements Committee Chairs Pamela E. Berman of Adler, Pollock & Sheehan and
Christine Netski of Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak, & Cohen, PC.
September 27, 2007
Ten Winter Place,
Boston, MA 02108
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
5:00pm
Charlie Savage (Boston Globe National Legal Affairs Correspondent & 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner)
"Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy"
Austin Hall North
Harvard Law School
1515 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138
Charlie Savage will sign copies of his book, Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy, following the presentation.
October 1o, 2007: Criminal Law Bench Bar Conference
 8th Annual Bench Bar Conference Sponsored by the Criminal Law Section
A reception will follow the program. |
• Open-ended questions vs. one-word answers;
• The time available for attorneys and judges to implement meaningful voir dire;
• Attorneys’ access to questionnaires; and
• Meaningful participation from attorneys in the jury selection process.
• Written instructions vs. tape-recorded instructions;
• Rule 3.5 of the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct;
• MBA task force conclusions on post-trial jury communication; and
• Juror instruction on the existence of liens, insurance subrogation and set-offs to prevent reduction of damages based on jurors’ assumptions about insurance.
October 17, 2007: Women's Bar Association Annual Gala
DATE: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
DATE: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
5:00pm
Faneuil Hall
Boston, MA
"50th Anniversary Celebration:
Integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas"
A Dialogue, 50 Years Later, with:
- Members of the Little Rock Nine:
- Minnijean Brown Trickey
- Elizabeth Eckford
- Ernest Green
- Gloria Ray Karlmark
- Carlotta Walls LaNier
- Dr. Terrence Roberts
- Jefferson Thomas
- Thelma Mothershed Wair
- Elizabeth Eckford
- Ernest Green
- Gloria Ray Karlmark
- Carlotta Walls LaNier
- Dr. Terrence Roberts
- Jefferson Thomas
- Thelma Mothershed Wair
- Minnijean Brown Trickey
Remarks by The Honorable Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, City of Boston
Invocation by Reverend Gregory G. Groover, Sr.
Vocal Performances by Lawrence Watson
Presentation of "Local Hero Awards"
Co-Sponsored by:
City of Boston
Union of Minority Neighborhoods
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
Bingham McCutchen LLP
The Making of a Judge: The Judicial Selection Process
Thursday, Oct. 25, 5–7 p.m.
Massachusetts Bar Association
20 West St., Boston
Chief Legal Counsel to Gov. Deval Patrick
Lisa C. Goodheart, Esq.
Chair, Judicial Nominating Commission
Cathy M. Judd-Stein, Esq.
Executive Director, Judicial Nominating Commission
Special guest speakers:
Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School
Hon. Wilbur P. Edwards Jr.
Associate Justice, Housing Court, Southeast Division
Reception to follow
October 25, 2007: Boston Bar Foundation's John and Abigail Adams Benefit Ball
Place: Westin Copley Place Hotel
PAST EVENTS
CELEBRATING A DECADE ON THE SJC WITH JUSTICE IRELAND!
SEPTEMBER 13, 2007
MBLA "FALL KICK-OFF EVENT!"
HONORED GUEST SPEAKER
**JUSTICE RODERICK IRELAND**
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
TIME: 6:00 p.m.
PLACE: JOHN ADAMS COURTHOUSE
One Pemberton Square
Second Floor
Boston, MA
**RECEPTION TO FOLLOW**
April 20, 2007: MBLA President, Nikiki Bogle was the invited Speaker at the Charles Hamilton Houston Program (CHHEP) Awards Ceremony at the New England Law School. The awards honored outstanding law students of color who achieved high academic results.
April 27, 28 2007: MBLA co-sponsored a national two-day conference on “Crimes of the Civil Rights Era” at Harvard and Northeastern University Law Schools.
May 2, 2007: Equality Commission Meeting with Honorable Nancy Gertner, USDC entitled "Women Lawyers and Obstacles to Leadership"
- Report by Mona Harrington, MIT Workplace Center and MIT Sloan School of Management
- Sponsored by the WBA, Boston Bar and MBA
May 3, 2007: BBA Annual Law Day Dinner
- Governor, Deval Patrick was the Keynote Speaker
May 4, 2007: Edgar Benjamin 80th Anniversary Gala at Lombardo’s
As you may already know, Edgar Benjamin founded this facility, the only black nursing home in the state. He graduated from BU Law School 5 years before Plessy v. Ferguson. The Edgar Benjamin continues to play an important role in the minority Boston community. Nursing students from Roxbury Community College do their practical training at the facility. In addition to being a nursing home, the facility serves as a rehab center and offers hospice care in a setting that makes minorities and all comfortable. As a stand alone facility, it is a great effort to keep the facility going.
It was a very elegant affair, with ladies from the board wearing 1920s inspired gowns and hairstyles complete with feathers and flowers. Some of our members were in attendance: Chuck Walker who serves as historian to the group; Tony Ellison and his wife; and MBLA founding member Norm Huggins, a Suffolk Superior Clerk Magistrate and former chairman of the Edgar Benjamin board. Charles Ogletree received an award and Sen Wilkerson served as the emcee. Kenneth Guscotte, the honorary consul for Jamaica and his family were honored for their outstanding decades long support of the facility.
- Report written by Angela McConney
May 10, 2007: Evening of Mock Trials sponsored by Discovering Justice and Citizen Schools.
- Held from 5:00-8:00 pm at John Joseph Moakley Courthouse
- Seeking Celebrity Jurors and lawyers of color
May 11, 2007: Annual Dinner for Mass Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Association
- Featured Speaker is Attorney General, Martha Coakley
May 17, 2007: Attorney General, Martha Coakley Meeting, "Pro Bono Help for Homeowners Facing Foreclosure"
MBLA was invited to attend a meeting concerning foreclosures organized by Attorney General, Martha Coakley. The Attorney General is seeking to bring together lawyers who are willing to provide assistance to the many homeowners facing imminent foreclosure.
- Other associations to attend include: Boston Bar Association/ Bankruptcy Section; ESAC; City of Boston; Lawrence Legal Services; Greater Boston Legal Services; Legal Advocacy Resource Center ; National Consumer Law Center.
May 29, 2007: Massachusetts Black Judges Conference Annual Book Awards Ceremony!
Keynote Speaker
Chief Justice Marshall
Supreme Judicial Court
DATE: Tues, MAY 29, 2007
TIME: 2:00 P.M.
PLACE: John Adams Courthouse
May 31, 2007: Dr. Maya Angelou at the Boston Opera House!
"Evening with Dr. Maya Angelou" will be presented at the Boston Opera House on Thursday, May 31st, 2007. Dr. Angelou is hailed as one of the greatest voices of contemporary literature. She's a poet, educator, historian, best selling author, actress, playwright and a civil-rights activist.
Mayor Menino declared a Maya Angelou Day back in February 2004. This might be Dr. Angelou's last tour!
- Contact the MBLA to recieve a 10% discount on ticket purchase.
June 6, 2007: "Pioneering Women of Color"
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
PLACE: Roof Deck of Greenberg Traurig, LLP One International Place, Boston.
PRESENTED BY: WBA Women of Color Committee
Panelists:
Renee Landers – Associate Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
Abim Thomas – Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Governor
Caroline Chang – Policy Advisor to Boston City Councilor Sam Yoon
Sabita Singh – Associate Justice, District Court, Chelsea Division
Moderator:
Grace Lee - General Counsel and Deputy Treasurer of the Commonwealth of MA
Justice Stephen Breyer Takes on Shakespeare in the Law: June 12, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 5:00 p.m.
Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre
The Massachusetts Bar Association, in conjunction with McCarter & English LLP, the Boston Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society and the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, invites members to the seventh annual Shakespeare in the Law event: a discussion and debate on the art and practice of judging, framed by a one-hour staged reading of Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure."
Hosted by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, the event will be held at Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre on Tuesday, June 12 at 5 p.m. Shakespeare in the Law is directed by CSC Artistic Director Steven Maler and produced by McCarter & English partner Daniel J. Kelly. The MBA serves as a co-sponsor of the event.
There is no need to R.S.V.P. to this event. If you have additional questions, contact Daniel Kelly at (617) 449-6526.
The cast will include the following judges, public officials and attorneys from across the state:
Federal judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• Hon. Nancy Gertner
• Hon. Nathaniel Gorton
• Hon. Patti Saris
• Hon. Dennis Saylor
• Hon. Mark Wolf
• Hon. Douglas Woodlock
• Hon. Rya Zobel
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court judges
• Hon. Robert Cordy
• Hon. Judith Cowin
Massachusetts attorneys
• Wayne Budd, Esq., former U.S. attorney, MBA past president
• Jennifer Braceras, Esq., U.S. civil rights commissioner
• Martha Coakley, Esq., Massachusetts attorney general
• Bill Lee, Esq., managing partner, WilmerHale
• John Montgomery, Esq., managing partner, Ropes & Gray
Justice Breyer will host and preside over the discussion following the play.
Jan Crawford Greenburg ABC News legal correspondent and author, and Daniel J. Kornstein, attorney and author of "Kill All the Lawyers; Shakespeare's Legal Appeal," will moderate the discussion. Audience members are encouraged to ask questions and join the debate and discussion that will follow the play.
Topics will include:
• The judicial selection process;
• Whether political or social predispositions can affect a judge's decision;
• The fairness of labeling a judge as "conservative" or "liberal"; and
• How far a judge can go when he or she believes that strict enforcement of the law will produce an unfair result.
June 14-15: Massachusetts Judicial
Conference for the United States District Court
- The MBLA participated in the planning and organizing of this conference
- Nikiki Bogle and Angela McConney attended the event planning meeting.
- It is open to 10 MBLA members
- KEYNOTE SPEAKER: GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK
"Let Me Speak to the Mayor" premier Book Signing Event with Mayor Johnny Ford!!!
September 25, 2007: An Evening with Archbishop Desmond Tutu!!!
Tickets are now on sale for "An Evening with Archbishop Desmond Tutu" on September 25th beginning at 6 PM at the Sheraton Boston. The Archbishop is being honored by SHARED for his leadership and commitment to the battle against AIDS.
The event features cocktails and silent auction followed by a scrumptious dinner prepared by the Sheraton's Executive Chef, welcoming remarks by Boston's Mayor, Thomas Menino, and a few surprise guests. The highlight of the evening promises to be the electrifying address by Archbishop Tutu, one of the world's great orators who inspires his audiences with his intelligence, wit, passion, and humor.
A handful of tickets to the hour long VIP reception are available for a few lucky individuals to meet the Archbishop personally.
To order your tickets online, visit www.mktix.com/SHAR or contact SHARED directly at 617-277-7800.
- SHARED CHARITY EVENT: The mission of SHARED is to improve global health for the world's poorest by increasing the availability of essential medicines and vaccines. It provides health, medicine and vaccines to AIDS orphans of Lesotho, a small southern African country.
- Only 500 tickets are available for this incredible chance to meet the Archbishop and be inspired by his intelligence, warmth and wit.
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September 25, 2007: Boston Bar Association Luncheon
Annual Meeting Luncheon 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Reception 11:30a.m. | Luncheon 12:30 p.m.
Sheraton Boston Hotel
39 Dalton Street, Boston
Keynote Speaker: Neal K. Katyal
Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Professor Neal K. Katyal has taken part in the most contentious constitutional battles of the last decade. In the 2000 election dispute, he served as co-counsel to Vice-President Al Gore. When the Supreme Court heard landmark Michigan affirmative-action cases, Prof. Katyal represented the deans of several private law schools. In the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case, he successfully argued that military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay violated international law, domestic military law and the constitutional separation of powers. Walter Dellinger, former Solicitor General, stated that Hamden is "… simply the most important decision on presidential power and the rule of law ever. Ever."
Time to Celebrate!
Please join us for a Cocktail Reception
to celebrate
the successful outcome of
Trustees of Health & Hospitals
v.
Coney, et al.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Kotin, Crabtree & Strong, LLP
One Bowdoin Square
Boston
Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association
c/o Damon Hart
10 St. James Ave, 11th Floor
Boston, MA 02116
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