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New BBA Members receive the rest of this year for free!

Pay now and not only will you lock in this year’s dues rate, your membership will be good through the next program year (August 31, 2014). Learn More!

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20 Years Later, Summer Jobs Program Still Giving Urban Youth a Chance to Succeed

Come June the BBA Summer Jobs Program will celebrate its 20th anniversary. After a record setting year of providing paid internships to 58 Boston Public High School students, the program will have reached more than 440 diverse Boston youth. Learn more.

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Read this week's Issue Spot

Legal Aid: Understand the Budget Process, Frame the Message Appropriately and Build the Business Case For the full post, click here.

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Trusts & Estates Year in Review 2013

An annual hit among estate planning practitioners, this seminar offers a rare opportunity to learn about the year’s significant developments in Massachusetts and federal laws. The panelists will cover Massachusetts legislative developments, and review significant tax and state law cases and regulations between June 2012 and June 2013. For more, click here.

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Theodore B. Olson to Keynote Annual Meeting

Former Solicitor General of the United States will speak at Boston Convention Center on 9/27. For more information on sponsoring or purchasing tickets, Click here.

On Thursday, June 2, the BBA's International Law Section will host "Law and Order in the Middle East" where a panel of experts will address legal issues in the Middle East Region. The title of this event reminded BBA Week of the popular television series Law & Order, the longest-running crime drama on American primetime TV, so we asked:

"What is your favorite TV show of all time? "

If you would like to respond to a future Voices of the Bar, make sure you send a headshot, and contact Eric Fullerton at efullerton@bostonbar.org.

	James C. Stokes - Bingham McCutchen LLP "My favorite program is / was NYPD Blue. It was among the first of the television series that portrayed complex, ethically flawed characters in a morally ambiguous world.The program ran for thirteen seasons and set the pattern for television series in which the characters were allowed to evolve."
	Megan Gates - Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. "My favorite TV show of all time is definitely Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Even though it went off the air probably 35 years ago, I still find it absolutely hilarious today. Who can resist such classic lines as 'No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!' and 'This is an ex-parrot'? Nothing else even comes close."
	Vincent DeVito - Bowditch & Dewey, LLP "Cheers, of course. Even the repeats do not disappoint. Cheers did for Boston what Seinfeld did for New York. All good!"
	Scott McConchie - Griesinger, Tighe & Mafei, LLP "Arrested Development. It only lasted three seasons, ending in 2006, but it had an amazing cast and was consistently hysterical. Ron Howard was a producer (and the narrator), which probably explains why both Henry Winkler and Scott Baio appeared on the show (both as lawyers). Baio’s character had one of the funniest names in television history: Bob Loblaw. (Say it out loud.)"
	Juan Carlos Portilla – Attorney at Law "My favorites TV shows have been those that have brought about a positive impact on our lovely profession. 'Perry Mason', by far the pioneer of these types of shows, set the model for others. 'JAG', for instance, has focused on military issues, and 'CSI: Miami', and 'CSI: New York' have appealed to American people. They have been extremely popular, and also my favorites. On the other hand, in my home country, Colombia, there was a TV show called 'The Anti-Mafia Prosecutor.' Colombia has suffered the negative effects of drug trafficking, and this show depicted the Colombian state's battle against drug cartels. I fell in love with it. "