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Welcome to the Arlington County Bar Association!

We are the voluntary organization of professionals dedicated to the fostering of collegiality within the legal profession and maintaining the quality of the local courts serving the community of the 17th Judicial Circuit serving Arlington County and the City of Falls Church.

We serve our members by cultivating a productive exchange with the members of the bar and of the bench, offering educational opportunities to improve our skills, and building collegial relationships through social and service events.


ACBA Upcoming events

Upcoming events

  • Five O'Clock Docket [Happy Hour] at Ireland's Four Courts

    • 25 Sep 2024
    • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
    • 2051 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22201

    Please join your Arlington County Bar Colleagues as we reinstitute the Bar's monthly happy hours (a/k/a The 5 O'Clock Docket).

    This month we'll be gathering at Ireland's Four Courts near the Courthouse at the rear bar area..

    Cash bar.     Snacks & Appetizers will be provided free of charge.                     

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  • GDC Candidate Questionnaires Due to Committee

    • 27 Sep 2024
    • ? - 5:00 PM
    • Electronically to Lamya Moosa at Lamya@MWMLegalGroup.com


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  • GDC Vacancy Candidate Interviews

    • 7 Oct 2024
    • 8 Oct 2024


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  • Registration Info: Prof. Davis Annual Reality Trial CLE

    • 14 Oct 2024
    • 9:00 AM - 4:45 PM
    • Arlington County Courthouse, 1425 N. Courthouse Road

    Arlington County Bar Foundation
    AND
    Arlington County Bar Association

    WITH SUPPORT FROM
    George Mason University
    Antonin Scalia Law School

    PRESENT
     
    The Professor Michael L. Davis Annual Reality Trial CLE
     
    “A Criminal Jury Trial – A View From the Jury Box”

    Monday, October 14, 2024
    (Indigenous Peoples Day)
    9:00 am – 4:45 pm
    Arlington County Courthouse 

    Seven (7) MCLE credits
    including one (1) hour in ethics
    (pending)

     
    General Registration - $190 
    (attorneys in practice more than 5 years) 
     

    Public Service - $95
    (Commonwealth's Attorney's Office, Public Defender's Office, Court Appointed Counsel)
    and Attorneys in practice 5 years or less 

     

    Register NOW on the link below:

    www.arlingtonbarfoundation.org

    Space is limited!


    Parking meters will not be enforced on Monday, October 14th


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  • Ethics CLE: Protecting Your Clients in the Event of Your Death, Disability & Other Disasters

    • 17 Oct 2024
    • 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
    • Walter T. McCarthy Law Library, Arlington County Courthouse
    Register

    Protecting Your And Your Clients' Interests In The Event Of Your Disability, Death, Or Other Disaster - And Closing A Law Practice CLE

     

    Thursday, October 17, 2024

    5:00PM - 6:30 PM

    1.5.0 MCLE (1.5 Ethics) Credits (Approved)

    Our distinguished presenter is Carole Capsalis, Esq. (Bean Kinney & Korman, P.C)

     

      

    CLE Prices

    ACBA Attorney Members $60
    Non-Member Attorneys $80
    Young Lawyer Members $40
    Young Lawyer Non-Members $60

     

    If a participant registers the day of a seminar a $10 late registration fee will apply.


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  • GDC Vacancy: ACBA Nominating Meeting

    • 4 Nov 2024
    • 4:00 PM


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  • GDC Vacancy: Membership Electronic Voting

    • 12 Nov 2024
    • 12:00 AM
    • 13 Nov 2024
    • 11:30 PM


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Goals of the Arlington County Bar Association

·         To foster collegial, constructive, and professional relationships between the Bar Association’s attorney members, its Judges, and the legal community in Arlington County and neighboring jurisdictions;

·         To maintain the honor and dignity of the profession of the law and increase its usefulness in promoting the due administration of justice;

·         To strive to improve the professional competence of its members and of other lawyers in the area through educational means;

·         To facilitate the administration of justice;

·         To cultivate the science of jurisprudence;

·         To promote legal reform;

·         To preserve high standards of integrity, dignity, honor and courtesy among members of the legal profession;

·         To establish and maintain liaison and cooperative efforts with other national, state, and local bar associations; and 

·         To operate a legal referral service for the benefit of the general public


CONTACT US

arlingtoncountybar@gmail.com
www.arlingtonbar.org

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