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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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New Record for BBA Summer Jobs Program -- 57 and Counting

The Boston Bar Association's Summer Jobs Program, celebrating its 20 year anniversary this June, has secured a record 57 summer jobs for Boston Public High School students, with two and a half weeks still remaining for firms to sign on. Read more.

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Read this week's Issue Spot

A Quick Take on the Senate Ways & Means Budget. For the full post, click here.

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Bench-Bar Bankruptcy Conference Facilitates Networking with Ambassador Program

In addition to offering a 50% discount on the registration price for all attorneys who are first-time attendees of the conference, the Bankruptcy Section is pleased to welcome these first-time attendees, new attorneys and law students to network with senior members of the Section through the Bankruptcy Section Ambassador Program. Read more.

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Justice is Sweet is June 27

Get your skewers ready for the sweetest event of the summer! For more information on sponsoring or purchasing tickets, Click here.

On Thursday, August 11, the BBA's International Law Section will be holding a welcome reception for a visiting delegation of Italian lawyers. Our guests got BBA Week thinking about Italy, and more specifically, Italian food, so we asked:

"What is your favorite Italian restaurant?"

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.

	Lawrence DiCara – Nixon Peabody "Ristorante Toscano, on Charles St., both because the food is excellent and because I represented them in the SJC case which resulted in their being awarded an all alcoholic beverages license."
	Bette Roth – Mediator - Arbitrator "My favorite Italian restaurant in the world is La Prepositura in Trevi, Italy (Umbria). Beautiful and beyond delicious. In this country, it's Kuleto's in San Francisco. Locally, La Summa in the North End has a very good traditional menu and you don't have to wait too long for a table."
	Steven Clark - Flynn & Clark, PC "When it comes to Italian restaurants, my current favorite (and a favorite of the neighborhood locals) is Vinoteca di Monica in the North End. For a special occasion this summer, you can't go wrong with their grilled shrimp bruschetta, spicy lobster fra diavolo, and a bottle of vino from their impressive wine list."
	Ellen Kief – Law Office of Ellen Kief "Since we are welcoming a visiting delegation of Italian lawyers, I suggest instead of competing with Italian fare from Italy, we introduce our visitors to our new local Boston - Legal Harborside Restaurant on Liberty Wharf. If Italian fare is a must… then Davide Restaurant in the North End or Scoozi Restaurant on Newbury Street or Commonwealth Ave. Bon Appetito!"
	Karen K. Greenberg - Konowitz & Greenberg, P.C. "My favorite Italian restaurant????? Too many to choose from. My sage advice is to go the North End, blind folded… (Bring a friend or two) and any restaurant you choose will be a winner…"
	Nancy Weissman – Attorney at Law "Osteria delle Belle Donne, 16 via delle Belle Donne, Florence for excellent, unpretentious Tuscan fare. The waiters are so tolerant that when I requested "per la cena sta sera, una camera per sedici persone" they didn't bat an eye. I'd asked for a room for sixteen people for dinner, and they simply offered a table instead. "forse una tavola? is the catch phrase on the Street of Beautiful Ladies, and there's a high water mark on the building on the corner from the November 1966 flood."