CHAIR:

HELPFUL INFORMATION:

Jason Crist Hessler
417 E Fayette St
Ste 1100
Baltimore, MD 21202-3423
P: (410) 396-4140
F: (410) 385-8689
jason.hessler@baltimorecity.gov

Bar Bulletin Law Day 2009 article and video coverage

Speakers' Bureau

Legal Information Brochures

EVENTS:

ONE BAR | ONE COMMUNITY Public Service Project
The MSBA presents the ONE BAR | ONE COMMUNITY Public Service Project (“Project”).  The goal of the Project is to provide members of the Maryland State Bar Association an opportunity to participate in community service and give back to the people of Maryland.  Each month the MSBA YLS Public Service Committee will organize a community outreach program and/or collections designed to encourage involvement by its members.  We ask that you, as a member of the bar and a member of the community, to be a part of this Project. 

Upcoming ONE Bar | ONE COMMUNITY events:

2011/2012 ANNUAL REPORT:

This Committee enhances the public’s understanding of the law through community education and outreach. It presents MSBA’s two most successful, ongoing public service projects: its series of 24 public awareness legal information guides, which are disseminated to the public free of charge, and its Speakers’ Bureau, through which 250 volunteer attorneys go out into the community and educate the public about the law. The Committee also sponsored its May Law Day program, a lawyer/student/teacher conference highlighting its special Positive Messaging Video and Poster Competition on “No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom,” in conjunction with CLREP. It also hosted, through a partnership with the Young Lawyers Section, nine community service projects as part of the One Bar, One Community project.

If you have questions about the Public Awareness Committee or suggestions for projects, please contact Committee Chair, Jason Hessler (410) 396-4140.