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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 57 Boston Public High School students, the program will have reached more than 440 diverse Boston youth. Learn more.

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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.

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Boston Bar Develops New Resource to Help Marathon Bombing Victims

Underscoring a commitment to public service and helping to rebuild the community in the wake of the Boston Marathon attacks, Boston Bar Association President J.D. Smeallie today announced the release of two online resource packets designed to flag important issues.

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Educating Labor Relations Specialists for 40 Years…and Counting

Saturday, May 4th marked the 40th Anniversary of the BBA’s Annual Workshop for Public Sector Labor Relations Specialists. More than 95 Attorneys, administrators, negotiators, and arbitrators from across the Commonwealth assembled at Harvard Law School to attend the workshop to hear from the expert panelists and honor long time event Co-Chair Peter Berry (Deutsch Williams Brooks DeRensis & Holland) -- who is stepping down after more than 10 years of co-chairing the workshop.

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