Young Lawyers' Division
The Young Lawyers' Division (YLD) of the Bucks County Bar Association prides itself as being one of the most active organizations within the Bar. As an added benefit to membership in the bar association, all lawyers who are under 38 years of age or who have been practicing law for less than five years receive membership in the division. All YLD members are encouraged to actively participate in the division.
Upcoming Events:
Young Lawyers Division Happy Hour
Penn Taproom, 80 West State Street, Doylestown
Wednesday, November 16th from 5:00 to 7:00
All bar association members are invited to join us at the Penn Taproom for the final YLD Happy Hour of the year. As always, your $5 donation will cover drinks and appetizers. The Happy Hour follows the BCBA Board of Directors Meeting so we expect to see many board members present. We have also invited to the Judges of the Bucks County Bench to attend. Please contact any member of the YLD Executive Committee with questions.
BCBA Annual Meeting
Thursday, December 1st from 4:00 to 7:00
Bucks County Courthouse, Courtroom #1
All YLD members are strongly encouraged to attend the BCBA Annual Meeting. The meeting will take place at the Bucks County Courthouse from 4:00 to 5:00 and will be followed by a reception at the bar association building from 5:00 to 6:00 and a dinner from 6:00 to 8:00. This is an excellent opportunity to spend time and network with the numerous attorneys and judges who routinely attend. Please contact Deanna Mindler for more information.
Calls From Santa
December, 2011
This is the first year for this new charitable fundraising effort undertaken by the YLD. Advertisements will be placed in the BCBA Law Reporter in November and December inviting people to sign up to have their child receive a call from Santa. The YLD will be soliciting volunteers to play the role of Santa. The volunteers will be invited to attend a reception at the bar association in mid-December for the purpose of making the calls. All monies raised will be donated to a local charity. Please contact Dan Keane (dkeane@clemonslaw.com) for more information or if you would like to be involved.
Young Lawyers Division Kick Off Mock Trial Happy Hour
Location in Doylestown to be determined
Wednesday, January 18th from 5:00 to 7:00
Save the Date!!! All bar association members are invited to join us for a Happy Hour to kick off the Mock Trial Competition Season. We will announce a location after the new year. As always, your $5 donation will cover drinks and appetizers. The Happy Hour follows the BCBA Board of Directors Meeting so we expect to see many board members present. We have also invited to the Judges of the Bucks County Bench to attend. Please contact any member of the YLD Executive Committee with questions
Mock Trial Competition
January 23, 24, 25, and 25 (First Round of Competition)
January 30 and 31 and February 1 and 2 (Second Round of Competition)
February 6-9 9 (Semi-Final Competition)
February 13-16 (Final Competition)
The YLD coordinates the High School Mock Trial District Competition for Bucks County. The Mock Trial season is scheduled to kick off on January 23, 2012. The competition can work only with the help of attorneys who volunteer a couple hours, one or two nights over the course of the competition, judging the performance of the would-be lawyers. The first round of the competition begins Monday, January 23rd. Please consider volunteering for this worthwhile project. The mock trials begin at 5:15 at the Doylestown courthouse, and generally are finished by 7 pm. There is no prep work on your part -- just show up, sit back, relax.
If you have any questions about the division, please feel free to contact any member of the Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee listed below.
------------------------------------------ |
2010 - 2011 YLD Executive Committee:
|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2010 – 2011 YLD Advisory Committee:
WELCOME FROM THE CHAIR
Fellow Attorneys,
On behalf of the Bucks County Bar Association Young Lawyers' Division (YLD), I would like to welcome you to the YLD website.
The YLD is comprised of more than 120 members who are all either under the age of 38 or in the profession for five years or less. The goal of the division is to provide professional development opportunities to the newer members of the bar association. Some of the ways that we achieve that goal are by working to ensure that our members have access to CLE courses that focus on issues that are pertinent them, organizing networking events that allow our members to meet and form relationships with attorneys and members of the business community and voicing the opinions and concerns of our members to the other bar association leaders.
The YLD is very active in the bar association and the community. On an annual basis, the division sponsors and holds the Bucks County Division of the Pennsylvania High School Mock Trial Competition. The division also routinely schedules social events which serve as excellent networking opportunities for the members.
The YLD Executive Committee welcomes the active involvement of all YLD members. Please feel free contact us should you have any questions about the YLD or to discuss how you can become more involved in the division.
We look forward to meeting you at an upcoming YLD event.
Sincerely,
Daniel M. Keane, Esq.
YLD Chair, 2010 - 2011
----------------------------------------------------------
Mission Statement:
The Mission Statement of the Young Lawyers Division is to serve as a source of social and professional interaction for young lawyers outside the confines of the practices in which they work, to provide opportunities for: (a) legal and non-legal service to the Bucks County community; (b) networking in looking for jobs/changing jobs; (c) learning effective practice techniques from one another; (d) discovery of the benefits of membership of the Bucks County Bar Association; (e) development of rapport and relationships with peers and potential opponents, thereby creating a foundation for civility in the Bar; and (f) for leadership training opportunities.
 Back to Top
|
NEED A LAWYER?The Bucks County Bar can help!
THE BUCKS COUNTY LAW REPORTERHigh traffic advertising for you.
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATIONPrograms provided by the Bucks County Bar. 
TRAFFIC SCHOOLThe Bucks County Bar is the only Bar in PA with a Traffic School.
Email Page