Partnership for Professionalism

Now in its fourteenth consecutive year, Partnership for Professionalism will hold its fall dinner meeting on Wednesday, October 9, at the Faculty Club of the University of Miami. This program is a joint effort sponsored by the Dade County Bar Association, its Young Lawyers Section, the University of Miami School of Law, and the Student Bar Association.

Informal roundtable discussions are held during a dinner provided for the participants, consisting of about 100 judges, attorneys, and law students. At each table is seated a judge, two or three attorneys, and five students. Prepared scenarios that present issues of civility, ethics and professionalism are discussed at each table.

UM Law alumni from the bench and bar are invited to participate at the April dinner. The evenings are interesting and rewarding, not only for the student participants, but also for the many judges and attorneys who assist in the development of civility, ethics, and professionalism in our South Florida legal community.

Two dinner meetings are held each year-in October and in March or April. The coordinator of Partnership for Professionalism is Associate Dean of Students William P. VanderWyden. Please contact him at (305) 284-4551, or by email at Wvander@law.miami.edu for suggested ideas and for participation in the October dinner or for the next meetings planned for 2002-2003.

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