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Spring is just around the corner. It is here already if you subscribe to groundhog meteorology. The dregs of winter are typically a slow time -- but not for the BABC and the YLD. With spring coming, you can count on con-tinued events and programming to keep you involved!

There is a bounty of public service, CLE and membership events that provide a fun and friendly atmo-sphere to connect with your fellow young lawyers in a variety of ways. Membership events – such as the upcoming wine and des-sert tasting at Spirits of Mount Vernon on Wednesday, February 26 – are a great way to network and get a break from the stresses of work. The CLE committee puts on excellent events ranging from Breakfasts with the Bench, where you can meet and learn from City judges, to evening panel dis-cussions on ethics and balancing fam-ily and a legal practice.

For our newly admitted bar mem-bers (2019 and 2020 admittees), the YLD and The Daily Record are host-ing a panel discussion and network-ing event on March 5. The event will be free to new admittees and offer them an opportunity to hear from respected Baltimore lawyers and judges who will provide advice on how to start a successful career as a young lawyer and member of the bar association. Food and drinks will be served.

If you are not ready for winter to end, we have events for you too. The Life-Law Committee has teamed up with the young lawyers of the State bar to hold an ice skating event at the Gardens Ice House on February 23

starting at 3:00 p.m. This event is on a Sunday, and is part of an effort by the YLD to promote events that are acces-sible for bar members with families. So dust off your skates and join us for an afternoon of ice skating.

Keep your eyes open for informa-tion about these and other upcom-ing events in our Weekly Bar Review emails circulated every Friday.

If you have been attending events, and are looking for a way to get more involved in planning and leadership in the YLD, the Spring is also a great time to take a role in planning events for the fall. If you have an interest in plan-ning a specific event, or serving as a committee co-chair, reach out directly to me at 301.429.7890, or to Lauren Lake, your incoming Chair of the YLD, at llake@gfrlaw.com.

YLD Member SpotlightSarah Belardi, family law attorney

at Royston, Mueller, McLean & Reid, LLP and 2nd year co-chair of the CLE committee. Sarah has been a consis-tent and reliable member of the bar and the CLE Committee, continuing the tradition of strong Breakfast with the Bench presentations and organiz-ing an excellent Practice Tips on Tap presentation with Judge Rubin in the fall. Sarah joined the BABC in 2016 after having practiced in Virginia for several years. In addition to her more recent role as co-chair of the CLE committee, Sarah has been actively involved with the YLD and the Public Education and Public Service commit-tees for years. When Sarah is involved with an event you can be sure that it will go smoothly and that attendees will have positive feedback. She is also friendly and engaging, and a true asset to the YLD and BABC.

The President’s Message:Black History Month: Past, Present & Future

Young Lawyers’ Division Update:YLD in Full Swing Year Round

Ethics Hotline Volunteer William Beveridge: 410-244-7005Elizabeth A. Fitch: 410-385-2225

The Hon. Dana Middleton

Joseph Pulver

February marks the celebration of Black History Month, and I am high-lighting an organization known for its unquestionable dedication to ac-cess to justice, the National Associa-tion for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Al-though the legacy of the NAACP can be felt worldwide, this organi-zation has significant ties to Baltimore City. Not only is Baltimore home to its national headquarters, but it is also home to two of its civil rights era giants, Thurgood Marshall and Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Founded on February 12, 1909, the NAACP has a rich history of fighting legal battles over social justice for African Americans. According to the NAACP, eruptions of violence to-wards African Americans, such as the race riot of Springfield, Illinois, was the tipping point that led to the creation of the NAACP.1 Early on, its objec-tive was to secure for all people, “the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution, which promised an end to slavery, the equal protection of the law, and the universal adult male suffrage, respectively.” Seven African Americans attended the first meeting called by Mary White Ovington and Oswald Gar-rison Villard, including W.E.D. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Mary Church Terrell. 2

By 1913, the NAACP established local offices and branches in Boston, Baltimore, Kansas City, St. Louis, Wash-ington, D.C., and Detroit. Membership grew from 9,000 in 1917 to approxi-mately 90,000 in 1919. 3 It is the nation’s largest civil rights organization with over a half-million members and sup-porters throughout the United States. The NAACP’s mission is to “secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons”.

Several early cases helped to estab-lish the NAACP as a vital legal advo-cate. In Guinn v. United States, (1910) the NAACP fought against a discrimina-tory Oklahoma law that regulated vot-ing by means of the grandfather clause. “In 1930, the association commissioned the Margold Report, which became the basis for the successful reversal of the separate-but-equal doctrine that governed public facilities since Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)”. In 1935, Walter F. White recruited Charles H. Houston as NAACP chief legal counsel. Houston was the dean of Howard University Law School, who was succeeded by Thurgood Marshall and prevailed in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the decision that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, and outlawed segregation in public schools. 4

During the 1930’s, the NAACP began to focus on economic justice. The orga-nization partnered with First Lady-El-eanor Roosevelt to convince President Franklin D. Roosevelt to outlaw job discrimination in the armed forces, de-fense industries, and other agencies. By the 1950’s, the NAACP legal Defense

and Education Fund, led by Thurgood Marshall, achieved the last of its initial goals, to push for federal anti-lynching laws and for an end to state-sponsored segregation. “The NAACP’s Washing-ton, D.C. bureau, led by lobbyist Clar-ence M. Mitchell Jr., helped to advance the passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1964, and 1968, as well as the Vot-ing Rights Act of 1965.” 5

Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., for whom the Baltimore City courthouse located at 100 N. Calvert Street is named, had a significant role in the Civil Rights move-ment. He was born in Baltimore on March 8, 1911, and was the third eldest of ten children born to Clarence Mau-rice Mitchell and Elsie Davis Mitchell.6 After graduating from Lincoln Univer-sity in Pennsylvania, he began work-ing as a newspaper reporter for the Baltimore Afro- American newspaper. According to Dan Rodricks of The Bal-timore Sun, “it was his experience as a journalist on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in October 1933 that influenced his de-cision to devote his life to civil rights advocacy.” He first testified in Congress in 1933 in support of an anti-lynching bill.7 In 1938, he married Juanita Jack-son, a fellow Baltimorean and legal giant in her own right. Juanita Jack-son Mitchell was one of the first black women to graduate from the University of Maryland Law School, and was the first black woman to practice law in the state of Maryland.8

According to Kit Oldham, in 1950 Clarence Mitchell, Jr. became director of the NAACP’s Washington Bureau and legislative chairman of the Leadership Council on Civil Rights, a coalition of civil rights, religious labor, and civic groups. 9Additionally, from 1950 to 1978, he was one of the chief lobbyists for the NAACP. In fact, he was in congress so frequently that he was known as the “101st Senator.” Although Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. retired from the NAACP in 1978, he did not stop working. “He wrote a weekly column for The Bal-timore Sun, served on the University of Maryland’s Board of Regents, and practiced law with his wife Juanita and their son Michael.” President Jimmy Carter awarded Mitchell the Presiden-tial Medal of Freedom in 1980; and he received the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP, its highest honor.

Looking ahead, the NAACP’s 21st century objectives are captured by its “Game Changers” including economic sustainability, education, health, pub-lic safety and criminal justice, voting rights and political representation, and expanding youth and young adult engagement. 10 Currently, the NAACP Legal Department has an active docket of Civil Rights cases, and its civil rights practice areas include redistricting, criminal justice, fair housing & public accommodations, education, and envi-ronmental justice.11 If the past is any in-dication of the future, then the NAACP will continue to be a zealous advocate for all citizens, helping to ensure that they enjoy the protections guaranteed by the United States Constitution.

Works Cited1. Brown, Stacy M., “Women’s History Month:

Juanita Jackson Mitchell”, Los Angeles Sen-

SEE THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 12A

On Thursday, March 5, 2020, from 4:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., at the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Grand Jury Room, 401 Bosley Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, the Bar Association of Baltimore City and the Baltimore County Bar As-sociation’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committees jointly present What’s New Mediators? Woah, Woah, Woah! Come and learn more about recent studies related to mediation and new ideas in the mediation world. Two hours of Continuing Mediation Education credit will be available. Afterward please join us for a Happy Hour at Nacho Mama’s, 2 W. Pennsylvania Avenue, Towson, MD 21204. Admission for BABC and BCBA members – $30, Non-members – $50. To register, go to www.bcba.org.

*Non-members can join the BABC and apply this fee towards their mem-bership dues. Join at www.baltimorebar.org. For more information, email info@baltimorebar.org.

C O N T I N U I N G L E G A L E D U C A T I O N

Continued from 12A

The President’s Messagetinel, https://lasentinel.net/womens-histo-ry-month-juanita-jackson-mitchell.html, March 29, 2019.

2. “Nation’s Premier Civil Rights Organiza-tion”. NAACP, www.naacp.org/nations-pre-mier-civil-rights-organziation/, paragraphs 1-2, 7-13, 16, January 30, 2020.

3. Oldham, Kit. “Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. (1911-1984)”, Blackpast, www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/mitchell-clar-ence-m-jr-1911-1984, June 1, 2008.

4. Rodricks, Dan, “How covering a lynch-ing changed Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. and shaped his legendary career”, The Baltimore Sun, www.baltimoresun.com/opinion /col-

umnists/dan-rodericks/bs-roughly-speak-ing-clarence-mitchell-jr-1977, September 25, 2018.

5. Ibid.6. For more information about the life of Clar-

ence M. Mitchell Jr. including his personal background, contributions to Civil Rights Era legislation, and his work on behalf of the NAACP, see Oldham.

7. Ibid.8. For an overview of the life and accom-

plishments of Juanita Jackson Mitchell, see Brown.

9. See Oldham.10. See “Nation’s Premier Civil Rights Organi-

zation”.11. Ibid.

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C I T Y B A R B R I E F SBlack History Month Program – Race, Gender & The Law

The Bar Association of Baltimore City, Alliance of Black Women Attorneys, Monumental City Bar Association, and the Baltimore Bar Library present their Black History Month Program: Race, Gender & The Law, on Tuesday, Febru-ary 18, 2020, in Room 504 Clarence Mitchell Courthouse, 100 N. Calvert Street, Bal-timore, MD 21202, from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. The program will include a special tribute to The Honorable Solomon Baylor who was the first African-American member of the Bar Association of Baltimore City, as well as the premiere of the video “African-Americans in the Law in Maryland.” Following the video, we will have our panel discussion on Race, Gender and the Law. Hear the panel tell their personal stories regarding race, gender and the practice of law; and, offer advice in the practice of law. Our panelists include: The Honorable Robert M. Bell, Retired Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland; José F. Anderson, Pro-fessor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law; The Honorable Videtta A. Brown, Circuit Court for Baltimore City and President, Alliance of Black Women Attorneys; Aaron DeGraffenreidt, Esq., Baltimore City Department of Law and President, Monumental City Bar Association; and The Honorable Diana E. Smith, District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City. The program will be moderated by The Honorable Lynn Stewart Mays, Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Admission is FREE. Lunch provided. Limited space available – Register Early! RSVP required to info@baltimorebar.org.

BABC-YLD/MAJ-New Lawyers Joint February Networking Event – February 26

Join the BABC’s Young Lawyers’ Division and the Maryland Association for Jus-tice Young Lawyers Section for a Happy Hour and Networking event on Wednes-day, February 26, 2020, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Spirits of Mt. Vernon, 900 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Bring your sweet tooth and savor delicious desserts from local Baltimore eateries as you network with your fellow colleagues and friends. This event is generously sponsored by Diva Law, LLC and Randstad Professionals. Space is Limited – Register Early! RSVP to info@baltimorebar.org.

Baltimore Bar Foundation Invites You to Spaghetti Opera Night on March 24 & 26!

The Baltimore Bar Foundation, Inc., cordially invites you to Spaghetti Opera Night. This year there will be two performances--Tuesday, March 24 and Thurs-day, March 26, 2020--at Chiapparelli’s Restaurant, 237 S. High Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 beginning with a cash bar at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m., featuring live operatic arias as you dine. Performers are Claire Iverson, Soprano, Christopher J. Hartung, Baritone, and Aaron Thacker, Pianist. Tickets are $85 per person (guests welcome) and include appetizers, salad, choice of entrée, dessert and wine, soft drinks, coffee and tea with dinner. Space is limited – register early! To purchase tickets or for sponsorship opportunities, go to www.baltimorebar.org.

BABC-YLD/MSBA-YLS Winter Ice Skating EventJoin the BABC’s Young Lawyers’ Division’s Family Friendly Initiative and the

MSBA’s Young Lawyers Section for Winter Ice Skating on Sunday, February 23, 2020, at Gardens Ice House, 13800 Old Gunpowder Rd, Laurel, MD 20707 from 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. We will have a room reserved in the Gardens Ice House Cafe from 3:00 p.m.– 5:00 p.m., with snacks, pizza, and cocoa for your family to enjoy. In addition, Whitey’s Pond will be open for skating from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. for anyone who wishes to ice skate! The snacks and cocoa are complimentary and it’s only $15 to skate! Whitey’s Pond is an outdoor rink, so bundle up and have some fun! See you there!

YLD New Admittees Evening of Networking and LearningOn Thursday, March 5, 2020, at 5:30 p.m., the Young Lawyers’ Division is part-

nering with The Daily Record to present an evening of networking and learning. The evening will begin with a networking reception, followed by a diverse panel of attorneys and judges who will provide tips for new lawyers. The event will be held at the offices of The Daily Record, 200 St. Paul Place, 22nd Floor, Bal-timore, MD 21202. If you are a new attorney who was admitted within the past year, please join us. If you know a new attorney, please pass on this information. Admission is FREE, but space is limited! Attendees MUST register by emailing info@baltimorebar.org.

Support the Bar Association of Baltimore City by Becoming a Sustaining Member

Sustaining Membership provides an opportunity for BABC members to support the mission, growth, and success of the Association by paying an additional $175 above the regular dues amount. The good works of the BABC, serving both the legal community and the public, is not possible without the generous spirit and unwavering commitment our members have to the ideals of the Bar Association of Baltimore City. Sustaining Members will receive the following benefits to acknowl-edge the members generous support: listing on the BABC’s Website, recognition in BABC print and electronic publications, a special ribbon on name badges to wear at BABC functions, a lapel pin reflecting Sustaining Member status, use of the BABC logo on a member’s website to highlight his/her support, recognition in the Annual Meeting program and acknowledgment at the End-of-Summer Members’ Reception. When paying your dues, please elect to become a Sustaining Member. If you’ve already paid your dues and would like to become a sustaining member, go to www.baltimorebar.org/for-attorneys/membership/sustaining-membership/. The BABC thanks you for your generous support!

THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF BALTIMORE CITY SUSTAINING MEMBERS

The BABC thanks the following members for their generous support!

Hon. Edward J. Angeletti

Jonathan M. Binstock

Stanley H. Block

Charles M. Blomquist

Hon. Pamila J. Brown

Samuel Owen Cole

Tiffani Sterrette Collins

Samuel D. Cowin

Evelyn Lombardo Cusson

Hon. Marcella A. Holland

Milos Jovanovic

Darren L. Kadish

Hon. Robert B. Kershaw

Paul R. Kramer

William R. Levasseur

Hon. Lynn Stewart Mays

Margaret A. Mead

Hon. John P. Miller

James W. Motsay

Divya Potdar

Lydia S. Robinson

Linda L. Shields

Steven L. Tiedemann

Elva E. Tillman

Hon. Tony F. Vittoria

Christopher R. West

Justin Wright

Mark A. Yost, Jr.

BALTIMORE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION ADR Committee, jointly with the

ADR Committee of The Bar Association of Baltimore City What’s New Mediators? Woah, Woah, Woah!

Thursday, March 5, 2020 4:30 p.m.

SPEAKER Cecilia “Ceecee” B. Paizs, Esq.

PROGRAM CHAIR Suzanne Farace Jim Motsay

LOCATION Program: Grand Jury Room, County Courts Building Happy Hour: Nacho Mama’s, 2 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Towson

COST BCBA and BABC Members, $30: Non-Members, $50

Come and learn more about recent studies related to mediation and new ideas in the mediation world. Two hours of Continuing Mediation Education credit will be available. Afterwards please join us for a

Happy Hour at Nacho Mama’s in Towson. This is event is co-sponsored by the Bar Association of Baltimore City ADR Committee.

ADR Committee – March 5, 2020 Name(s) Telephone Address City, State, Zip Email

Program Registration Fee $ Total Amount Enclosed $

Please return this form, with a check or credit card information, to the Baltimore County Bar Association, 100 County Courts Building, 401 Bosley Avenue, Towson, MD 21204.

Name on CC Today’s Date CC Billing Address City, State, Zip Card No. Exp SEC Authorized Signature

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!FEBRUARY 18

Black History Month Program — “Race, Gender and the Law”

FEBRUARY 19YLD Public Service Committee Event

at the Maryland Food Bank

FEBRUARY 23BABC YLD/MSBA YLS Winter Ice Skating Event

FEBRUARY 26BABC-YLD/MAJ-New Lawyers Joint February Networking

Event

MARCH 5YLD New Admittees Evening of Networking & Learning

MARCH 5CLE — What’s New Mediators? Woah, Woah, Woah!

MARCH 17Women’s History Month Program — Pathways to

Leadership for Women: The Women Who Led the Bar Association of Baltimore City

MARCH 24 & 26Baltimore Bar Foundation’s

Spaghetti Opera Night at Chiapparelli’s

MARCH 28Greenmount Cemetery Tour

APRIL 2Term of Court Ceremony & Reception

APRIL 2Courting Art Baltimore Opening Exhibition

APRIL 7Constitutional Law Seminar — Maryland Constitution

APRIL 25 - MAY 1Lawyers Week of Service

MAY 13Annual Memorial Services

MAY 13Courting Art Baltimore Awards Reception

MAY 21BABC, YLD & BBF Annual Meeting

JUNE 22Baltimore Bar Foundation Annual Golf Outing

Join the Bar Association of Baltimore City’s Young Lawyers’ Division & the Maryland Association for Justice’s

New Lawyers Section for

Happy Hour & Networking

Bring your sweet tooth and savor delicious desserts from local Baltimore eateries as you network with your fellow colleagues and friends.

Space is Limited! RSVP to info@baltimorebar.org.

Generously Sponsored By

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Spirits of Mt. Vernon 900 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201

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RSVP: INFO@BALTIMOREBAR.ORG

Congratulations new admittees!

So you’re finally a lawyer, now what?

Join the Bar Association of Baltimore City’s Young Lawyers’ Division and The Daily Record for an evening of networking and learning. The evening will begin with a networking reception, followed by a panel of attorneys and judges who will provide tips for new lawyers. Panelists: Natalie Amato, Esq. (Baltimore City Law Department)

Angela Pallozzi, Esq. (Sinclair Broadcast Group) Divya Potdar, Esq. (Diva Law, LLC) Hon. Michael Studdard (District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City) Hon. Anthony Vittoria (Circuit Court for Baltimore City)

Thursday, March 5, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. The Daily Record offices

200 St. Paul Place, 22nd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202

This event is FREE. New attorneys of all ages and practice areas who have been admitted within the past year are encouraged to attend. SPACE IS LIMITED!

Attendees MUST RSVP to info@baltimorebar.org

Tuesday, March 24 & Thursday, March 26, 2020

Chiapparelli's Restaurant 237 S. High Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

6:00 p.m. Cash Bar 7:00 p.m. Dinner & Opera

Featuring Live Operatic Arias by Peabody Artists as you dine.

*Tickets are $85 per person (guests invited) and include:

Appetizer

Salad Choice of Entree

Dessert Wine, Soft Drinks, Coffee & Tea with Dinner

Space is Limited - Register Early!

Limited Sponsorship Opportunities available,

for more information visit www.baltimorebar.org

*The value of the dinner ticket is $40 and is not deductable as part of your charitable donation. The balance may be deductible for tax purposes. Please consult your tax advisor.

The Baltimore Bar Foundation, Inc. is a private non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization and is registered with the IRS and the State of Maryland.

Financial information is available through the Baltimore Bar Foundation, Inc., and can be obtained for the cost of reproduction and postage.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Clarence Mitchell Courthouse, Room 504 100 N. Calvert Street

Baltimore, MD 21202 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m.

A special tribute to:

The Honorable Solomon Baylor first African-American member of the

Bar Association of Baltimore City

Premier of the Video “African-Americans in the Law in Maryland”

Panel Discussion-Race Gender & The Law

Hear the panel tell their personal stories regarding race, gender and the practice of law; and, offer advice in the practice of law.

Panelists

The Honorable Robert M. Bell | Retired Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals José F. Anderson | Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law The Honorable Videtta A. Brown | Circuit Court for Baltimore City & President, Alliance of Black Women Attorneys Aaron DeGraffenreidt, Esq. | Baltimore City Department of Law & President, Monumental City Bar The Honorable Diana E. Smith | District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City

Moderator

The Honorable Lynn Stewart Mays | Circuit Court for Baltimore City

Admission is FREE. Lunch is provided. Limited seating available.

RSVP to info@baltimorebar.org.

The Black History Month Lecture is sponsored by: The Bar Association of Baltimore City, Alliance of Black Women Attorneys, Baltimore Bar Library, and Monumental City Bar Association

Race, Gender &

The Law

Commercial Real Estate News and Interviews from the Ground Up!

Listen to commercial real estate reporter Adam Bednar interview industry leaders as he explores hot topics and issues impacting the state’s commercial real estate climate.

Tune in to this new Daily Record podcast series at TheDailyRecord.com.