AUTHOR TO READ AND SIGN AT WBA BOOK CLUB MEETING
By Felicia L. Chambers

Author Katie McCabe will be reading from, discussing and signing her book Justice Older Than the Law, The Life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree, a biography about one of the black women pioneer lawyers in the District of Columbia, at the WBA Book Club meeting on March 27, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. (place TBD).  Mrs. Roundtree integrated the Women's Bar Association in DC among many other notable achievements.  See Dovey Johnson Roundtree, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Dovey_Johnson_Roundtree.  This will be the third in a series of events in which the WBA has been involved with respect to this book.

On July 23, 2009, the WBA co-sponsored at the Women In Military Service For America Memorial Gateway, Arlington National Cemetery, the book release of Justice Older Than the Law.  Written remarks made by First Lady Michelle Obama lauding Mrs. Roundtree's accomplishments were read at this event.  Then, last fall, the WBA co-sponsored a reading and signing of the book with the Women's Bar Association featuring the author, who became a personal friend of Mrs. Roundtree.  We are honored to host Ms. McCabe at the March WBA Book Club meeting to discuss a powerful role model for all lawyers in the District of Columbia. 

Ms. McCabe also authored Something the Lord Made, based on a true story about Vivien Thomas, a black man who was essentially “the” person behind the surgeon (Dr. Alfred Blalock) who performed the first open heart surgery.  That book was made into an HBO film starring Mos Def and Alan Rickman.

All are welcome to the WBA Book Club book reading, signing and discussion!!  Please RSVP ASAP to flcesq@yahoo.com with your attendance.

Judges Caryn Hines and H. Alex Manuel with students at Thomson Elementary School of February 24, 2010 for Black History Month presentation.


Students at Thomson Elementary School during the Judicial Council’s Black History Month presentation on Febuary 24, 2010.

WBA Nominations and Elections Committee

The Washington Bar Association’s Nominations and Elections Committee is charged with the preparation of a slate of candidates to be voted on at the Association’s Annual Meeting on June 17, 2010. WBA Past President Felicia L. Chambers is Chair of the Committee. The other members of the Committee are WBA Past Presidents, Robert Bell and Kim M. Keenan. If you are interested in running to serve as an officer or member of the Board of Directors, please contact Committee Chair, Felicia L. Chambers, via e-mail at flcesq@yahoo.com 

In addition to the slate of candidates proposed by the Committee, any WBA Regular Member in good standing may be nominated for any elective office in the Association by filing a Petition of Nomination with the Association’s Secretary. All Petitions of Nomination must be filed with the Secretary, Jay Stewart (jstewart@udc.edu), not later than April 20, 2010. Each petition must contain the signatures of fifteen Regular Members in good standing.