A future Erie County lawyer who will be attending law school in Pittsburgh this fall is the 2023 recipient of the Erie County Law Foundation’s Chief Justice Samuel J. Roberts Scholarship.

          Sydney Sherman, who earned her Bachelors Degree in Economics and Political Science, with a certification of Pre-Law, from Duquesne University this year, is the 2023 successful aspirant for the prestigious scholarship, administered and awarded for the Roberts family by the Erie County Law Foundation. Sherman, will attend Pittsburgh's Thomas R. Kline School of Law at Duquesne University.

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The Erie County Bar Association congratulates Judge Susan Paradise Baxter and District Attorney Elizabeth Hirz, "2023 Women Making History" honorees by the Mercy Center for Women. Visit https://www.mcwerie.org/events/women-making-history-2023 for complete details and attending the celebration event on Monday, April 3 starting at 7:00 p.m.

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PBA Director of Legislative Affairs, Fred Cabell, Jr., listed #10 on City & State’s Top 100 Government Relations “Power 100” list

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The Erie County Bar Association held its Admissions Ceremony yesterday for the Erie County Court of Common Pleas and the U.S. Federal Courthouse, Western District. Between the two ceremonies eight attorneys were sworn in. Congratulations is extended to all!

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Office sharing available on middle Peach Street, near Perkins.

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Jacob D. Fleming, who earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science degree from Allegheny College, is the 2022 successful aspirant for the prestigious scholarship, administered and awarded for the Roberts Family by the Erie County Bar Foundation. Fleming, of Erie, will attend the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

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ECBA member, Christine McClure received the prestigious Anne X. Alpern Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Women in the Profession Division on May 11. 

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News from the Third Judicial Circuit

The Courts, Community, and Rule of Law Committee of the Judicial Council of the Third Circuit announced today that it is hosting an essay contest for 5th and 6th grade classes focused on civics, citizenship, and the concept of the “Rule of Law.” The essay prompt is: “What does the Rule of Law mean to you and to our country?”

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The ECBA’s Board of Directors has been following House Bill 38, possing an amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution that would create judicial districts for the purpose of electing judges and justices to Pennsylvania’s appellate courts.

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The Erie County Bar Association condemns the conduct of those who stormed the United States Capitol yesterday afternoon.  The right to assemble and peacefully protest is one of the bedrocks of our American democracy, but what occurred at the Capitol was neither civil nor peaceful. 

Although we may not always agree with one another or like the results of an election, we cannot let our disagreements manifest themselves in violence.  Such violence is antithetical to our democracy, in which it is the province of the courts to resolve disputes.  Violence in response to the result of an election undermines our democratic institutions, including our judiciary, and must be condemned.  Ideas and policies are developed through civil discourse, and not through violent acts that put people in harm’s way. 

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