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• YLS Breakfast with the Bench

  • When
    Thursday, November 30, 2023
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    7:30 AM
  • Location
    The Stockpot - 215 E Plume Street, #100, Norfolk, VA

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  All YLS Members

  Breakfast with the Hon. Leondras J. Webster, Norfolk General District Court Judge

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• Bench Bar Conference Committee Meeting

  • When
    Monday, December 04, 2023
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  2023-2024 Bench Bar Conference Committee
  Kristopher McClellan, Chair

  The Bench Bar Conference Committee plans and executes programming and sponsorships for the spring 2024 Bench Bar Conference.

  Need the Zoom link? Email us at contact@norfolkandportsmouthbar.org.
  

  
  

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• NPBA Executive Committee Meeting

  • When
    Thursday, December 07, 2023
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    4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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• Holiday Party

  • When
    Thursday, December 07, 2023
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Hits at the Park 150 Park Ave, Norfolk, VA 23510

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  The Norfolk & Portsmouth Bar Association invites you to join us for the annual
  

  Holiday Party

   

  Please mark your calendars for what will be a wonderful event and opportunity to socialize with some colleagues and fellow members of the bar before the end of the year!

  The holiday party is free and open to ALL NPBA MEMBERS!

  We look forward to seeing everyone for this end of year event!  Please feel free to e-mail with any questions or concerns.

  Please RSVP by December 5th!!

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• Pro Bono Committee Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, December 12, 2023
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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• Pro Bono Committee Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, January 09, 2024
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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• NPBA Executive Committee Meeting

  • When
    Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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• Patrick J. McKenna, Esq., from Human Trafficking Justice & Freedom International Monthly Luncheon

  • When
    Thursday, January 18, 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Norfolk Courthouse Rotunda
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    50

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  January 18, 2024

  12:00pm to 1:00pm

  Free to NPBA members; $30 non-members

  Registration includes boxed lunch and water.

  
  

  Join us for the monthly luncheon meeting on January 18, 2024, for special guest speaker, Patrick J. McKenna, Esq., of Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking (VCAHT) and Human Trafficking Justice & Freedom International (HTJFI). Did you know that January is human trafficking awareness month? Learn about the important work being done with trafficking survivors, a vision for providing access to justice for this under-served community and how attorneys may volunteer their time and talent to help!

  Presenter:      

  Patrick J. McKenna, Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking (VCAHT) and Human Trafficking Justice & Freedom International (HTJFI)

  Patrick J. McKenna, Esq., is one of the co-founders of the Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking, an alliance of service providers, attorneys, survivor-advocates, and community members on a mission to remove barriers preventing survivors from achieving a full and healthy life.

  He is also a co-founder and President of Human Trafficking Justice & Freedom International which provides free legal services to human trafficking survivors.

  He is also a Co-Founder and former Executive Director of the Virginia Beach Justice Initiative (now "Freekind') a non-profit organization founded in 2011, dedicated to ending human trafficking and restoring those victimized by it throughout southeastern Virginia.

  He has lectured extensively and conducted numerous trainings on HT for the general public and varying groups including faith communities, social services, school staff and administrators, and medical and legal professionals; been a panelist at a number of summits & symposiums and, as an expert on human trafficking, been interviewed on radio, TV and in internet and print media; and served as part of a number of state working groups regarding prevention and survivor service efforts including the Victim Support Working Group of the Governor's Virginia Coordinated Response Against Human Trafficking. He helped launch and facilitate the Hampton Roads Coalition Against Trafficking (HRCAT), composed of governmental and nongovernmental agencies, law enforcement and prosecutorial offices, working to end HT in Hampton Roads, VA, and coordinate efforts to identify trafficking victims & facilitate their rescue, restoration & reintegration into society. He oversaw the development and implementation of a Jail Outreach program operating in four jails throughout Hampton Roads to identify and provide services to human trafficking victims and worked collaboratively with varying individuals and entities throughout Virginia and D.C. to facilitate passage of over 40 pieces of human trafficking legislation in Virginia.

  He is a licensed attorney with 32 years of proven results because of his desire to grow professionally and make an ever-increasing contribution to the organizations/individuals which he serves.

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• Pro Bono Committee Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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• NPBA Executive Committee Meeting

  • When
    Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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• The Honorable Elizabeth W. Hanes, United States District Court Eastern District of Virginia Monthly Luncheon

  • When
    Thursday, February 15, 2024
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Norfolk Courthouse Rotunda
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    50

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  February 15, 2024

  12:00pm to 1:00pm

  Free to NPBA members; $30 non-members

  Registration includes boxed lunch and water.

  
  

  Join us for the monthly luncheon meeting on February 15, 2024, for a discussion with The Honorable Elizabeth W. Hanes, United States District Court Eastern District of Virginia

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• Pro Bono committee Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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• NPBA Executive Committee Meeting

  • When
    Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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• Jay Paxton, NATO Civilian, Allied Command Transformation Monthly Luncheon

  • When
    Thursday, March 21, 2024
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Norfolk Courthouse Rotunda
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    51

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  March 21, 2024

  12:00pm to 1:00pm

  Free to NPBA members; $30 non-members

  Registration includes boxed lunch and water.

  
  

  Join us for the monthly luncheon meeting on March 21, 2024, for special guest speaker, Jay Paxton.

  Presenter:      

  Jay Paxton

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• Pro Bono Committee Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, April 09, 2024
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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• NPBA Executive Committee Meeting

  • When
    Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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• 2024 Bench Bar Conference

  • When
    Thursday, April 11, 2024
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    12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    The Main, 100 E Main St, Norfolk, VA 23510
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• NPBA Executive Committee Meeting

  • When
    Wednesday, May 08, 2024
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    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

  
  

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