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    • November 03, 2024
    • 7:00 PM
    • Zoom (Virtual)

    It's that time again!

    Are you interested in serving as a NOVABAA Officer?  After four incredibly long, tedious and burdensome years, our officers are stepping down and moving on to other challenges.  If you are interested in serving NOVABAA as an officer, whether it is as our 16th President, or perhaps as Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer, now is your time to shine!

    If you are interested, please submit a letter of interest to novabaa@gmail.com and copy president@novabaa.org by October 27, 2024 (1 week prior) .  Everyone who submits a letter will be placed on the ballot.  The letter should include their goals and vision for their role in NOVABAA and what they hope to accomplish in that role as well as a little bit about yourself and prior service/roles (whether professionally, in other bar associations, or other organizations) that you've held that will help you.  Note that we will accept nominations from the floor as well.  So if you do not submit your name by October 27, 2024 (1 week prior), you are still eligible to run, but your name will not be on the ballot.

    A Special Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom on Sunday November 3, 2024 at 7pm for the purpose of conducting NOVABAA's Elections for the upcoming two year term.  Only dues paid members will be permitted to (1) run for office, and (2) vote. The Zoom meeting credentials and login are accessible here.  You will be admitted into the meeting once dues paid membership is confirmed.

    Finally, if you are interested in serving, but not as an officer - please reach out to the incoming President.  Under our bylaws, they are the ones who will choose the Committee Chairs and the direction NOVABAA goes.  We've had a helluva ride, and I look forward to heckling our incoming leadership seeing the new incredible things that NOVABAA does as it improves upon the things we have done.

    The Deadline to get on the Ballot is October 27, 2024 (1 week before the election), but you may run from the floor if you so choose.  A reminder will be sent on 10/27 just in case.

    Have a great weekend!
    El Jefe

    • November 04, 2024
    • TBD
    Register

    ️ ALL HANDS ON DECK!

    Afternoon Saints!

    I hope you all are settling into your well deserved weekend.  Now that I have your attention, we need all hands on deck for Judicial Screenings across Northern Virginia.  Fairfax Circuit, Fairfax General District Court, Alexandria Circuit, Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, and Arlington General District Court are all interviewing judicial candidates for vacancies within those courts.  Several NOVABAA members have put their names in for consideration across these vacancies.  

    Judicial Screenings are perhaps the most important service that NOVABAA performs in our legal community.  It's critical that we remain engaged in this process moving forward.  I anticipate upwards of 30 candidates across the four courts that may need to be interviewed.  Though, the exact numbers I have no idea an out.  Fairfax is the only Bar to publish the list of applicants, and they have 15 candidates alone between their openings.  Everything in addition to that is just rumor and speculation.  

    Regardless, we need to be prepared to interview these candidates.  Given that things are still fluid, and we don't quite know precisely when the various judicial delegations are going to need these recommendations, we won't have specific interview dates for a mother couple of days.  Additionally, we are hopeful that APABA and/or HbA will join us in interviewing candidates - so there are a lot of logistical matters that need to be ironed out.

    At this point, the ONLY thing NOVABAA is asking you to do is to RSVP if you are interested in participating on a judicial screening panel when we convene them.  Whether you are available at the interview times is a whole other challenge.  But we do need to know how many interested Saints are out there who are willing to assist in doing the Lord's work.  If you are willing and able to serve, even if it's for one court, and not another (whether due to conflict or any other reason) please RSVP and we will follow up with you for details.  

    [Disregard the date listed - it's only there because we needed to have one in order to send out the RSVP.]

    Have a great weekend!
    El Jefe

Past events

August 22, 2024 Save the Date - NOVABAA Homecoming '24
June 18, 2024 Bar Association of the Year Celebration
June 10, 2024 End of Life Decisions: Volume II
May 31, 2024 VSB's 2024 Bar Association of the Year!
May 25, 2024 The DMV Black Bar Associations' Joint Top Golf Event
May 15, 2024 NOVABAA's 3rd Annual EDVA Group Admission Ceremony
May 13, 2024 End of Life Decisions: Volume I
May 02, 2024 NOVABAA CLE: The Do's and Dont's of Fee Agreements
April 23, 2024 The Art of Setting your Fee, and getting clients to happily pay it!
April 20, 2024 NOVABAA's Day at the Range
April 06, 2024 Prince William County Bench Bar Association's Dinner Dance
March 31, 2024 NOVABAA 2024 Membership / Referral Directory
March 22, 2024 Executive Portraits / Headshots
March 02, 2024 Fairfax Bar Association's Bench Bar Dinner Dance
February 19, 2024 3rd Annual NOVABAA Black History Month Brunch
December 12, 2023 NOVABAA Holiday Party '23
August 24, 2023 NOVABAA's 40th Anniversary Celebration at the World Famous Salamander Resort
May 12, 2023 NOVABAA Professional Portraits and Headshots
April 10, 2023 Exploring Careers in the EDVA
March 14, 2023 NOVABAA's Legislative Roundtable
February 22, 2023 AUSA Informational Meeting with U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber
February 20, 2023 NOVABAA's 2nd Annual Black History Month Brunch
December 08, 2022 NOVABAA 40th Anniversary Kickoff & Holiday Party
November 22, 2022 NOVABAA Elections '22
October 18, 2022 NOVABAA Special Meeting: Dues (30 Minutes)
September 20, 2022 NOVABAA Bylaws Meeting
September 15, 2022 NOVABAA Convention at National Harbor
September 10, 2022 Community Service Program with APABA and HBA
August 09, 2022 NOVABAA Bylaws Meeting
July 21, 2022 Business Development for the Black Lawyer
June 20, 2022 NOVABAA's Juneteenth Celebration
June 14, 2022 NOVABAA General Body Meeting
May 25, 2022 NOVABAA Women's Day
May 22, 2022 NOVABAA Day of Worship
May 21, 2022 The DMV Black Bar Associations' Joint Top Golf Event
May 18, 2022 NOVABAA's Mental Health Awareness Program
May 12, 2022 Lavonda's Going Away Party
May 04, 2022 NOVABAA's 2nd Annual EDVA Group Admission Ceremony
April 24, 2022 NOVABAA's Day at the Shooting Range
April 19, 2022 NOVABAA SCOTUS Bar Group Admission
April 15, 2022 NOVABAA Professional Portraits and Headshots
April 04, 2022 NOVABAA Stews & Brews (Social)
April 02, 2022 Prince William County Bar Association's Bench Bar Dinner
April 01, 2022 NOVABAA's April Fitness Challenge
March 29, 2022 NOVABAA Virtual Trivia Night
March 27, 2022 NOVABAA Day of Worship
March 05, 2022 Fairfax Bar Association's Bench Bar Dinner
February 20, 2022 NOVABAA Black History Month Brunch
February 08, 2022 NOVABAA BLSA Book Award
February 08, 2022 NOVABAA General Body Meeting
February 01, 2022 Executive Board Meeting
February 01, 2022 NOVABAA's February Fitness Challenge
December 20, 2021 NOVABAA Family Fun Night
December 19, 2021 NOVABAA Social: "How I Learned What I Learned"
November 03, 2021 George Mason University Law Student / NOVABAA Happy Hour
October 29, 2021 NOVABAA's Annual CLE
October 13, 2021 Pivoting Practice Areas as a Public Sector Attorney
September 08, 2021 NOVABAA's Fairfax Circuit Court Judicial Screening Committee
August 17, 2021 August Executive Board Meeting
July 01, 2021 NOVABAA Group Discount to One Life Fitness and Sport & Health
June 18, 2021 NOVABAA's Juneteenth Celebration
June 17, 2021 NOVABAA EDVA Group Admission
June 10, 2021 NOVABAA Group Discount from Westlaw
June 07, 2021 June Executive Board Meeting
June 01, 2021 NOVABAA's June Fitness Challenge
May 27, 2021 CLE - Personal Injury Practice 101
May 21, 2021 NOVABAA Professional Portraits and Headshots
May 10, 2021 NOVABAA's May Fitness Challenge
April 22, 2021 CLE - "Every superhero needs some theme music." The power of using Themes at trial. - David P. Baugh
April 13, 2021 General Body Meeting
April 01, 2021 NOVABAA's April Fitness Challenge
March 25, 2021 NOVABAA Virtual Trivia Night

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