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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.

While many of our members are enjoying their summers going on family vacations and taking time to relax, the BBA has been hard at work on its new website, which has been in the works for more than a year and is scheduled to go live this fall. BBA Week was curious which websites are the first ones our members check when they go online, so we asked:

"What are your "go to" websites? "

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.

	John E. Alessi - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP "I like to hop around on a number of web sites, particularly on my morning commute. Most often it's ESPN and Boston.com first for local news and sports. Sometimes I'll check in on Facebook and Google+ to see what friends are up to. I try not to hit too many news sites in the morning, as I am one of the few dinosaurs that still carries a newspaper and a library book."
	Timothy M. Murphy - Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP "If I don't already have anything planned for lunch, I check the BBA's website to see if the BBA is hosting any brown bag lunches that I'm interested in. The BBA's brown bag lunches provide lively discussions of interesting topics, and they are a good way to meet fellow members of the bar. And they're free! Walking up to the BBA and attending a brown bag lunch is great way to spend lunchtime and a great reason to get out of the office."
	Ruth Checketts – Attorney at Law "Every day (often multiple times a day) I'm on nytimes.com, economist.com, elpais.com and lds.org. I love reading the news and knowing what's going on in the country and around the world. The New York Times fills me in on the general news and some fun side stories. The Economist offers a different perspective and different style of writing; I also love their daily graph so I try to make sure I see it every day. El Pais (one of Spain's premier newspaper) offers yet another perspective and also helps me keep tabs on Spain; that's important to me because I'm a fellow, responsible for monitoring Spain, for the International Center for Law & Religious Studies. Finally, I go to lds.org because I like to see what videos and short articles they have up for the day. I always find something that offers some guidance, a focus for the day, and that instills a sense of peace (much needed after all that news!)."
	Kenneth Y. Lee - Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC "To stay informed, I stick to basic news sites, primarily cnn.com and boston.com. I also visit my college's online newspaper, www.thedartmouth.com, if only to feel older and grayer with each passing day."
	Douglas R. Tillberg - Griesinger, Tighe & Maffei, LLP "In addition to the obvious, UniversalHub.com ('All Boston, all the time'), which is a local blog and news aggregator. So many interesting things going on in the Hub, it turns out."