The West Virginia Bar Foundation - The Philanthropic Organization For West Virginia's Legal Profession and Justice

Letter From The PresidentLetter From The PresidentOn behalf of the West Virginia Bar Foundation and its Board of Directors, we welcome you to our website.

Bar Foundation GrantsThe Bar Foundation's Board of Directors presented a grant to the J.R. Clifford Project to support its endeavors to showcase and highlight the extremely successful life of Mr. Clifford, the first African American attorney to practice law in West Virginia. Pictured are Tom Rodd and Kitty Dooley, Charleston lawyers, who are Project leaders and, on the right, then Bar Foundation Vice President Steve Nord of Huntington.

Lunch and LaughsParticipants at the 2012 event, from left to right, are former WVU President Neil Bucklew and the speakers at the Lunch---College of Law Associate Dean John Taylor, WVU President Emeritus and Professor of Law David Hardesty, Jr., Dean Fisher, former WVU President and WVU College of Law Dean and current President of The Ohio State University, Gordon Gee and current WVU President James Clements.

Bar Foundation BriefTwice a month, WV Bar Foundation members receive a short, concise email-the Bar Foundation Brief-regarding our activities.

Grants
The Bar Foundation provides grants to worthwhile charitable entities that improve the administration of justice and the provision of legal services for the men, women and children in West Virginia. Grant applications are considered during the quarterly meetings of the Board of Directors. Please review the grant form here.

Bar Briefs
- Bar Brief-94
  LUNCH AND LAUGHS-WVU LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS Last November, WVU College of Law Dean Emeritus John Fisher was the honored guest for the Second Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend event, which was a friendly roast of Dean Fisher by his friends and colleagues. The proceeds from this successful endeavor were equally divided between Dean Fisher’s choice of …
- Bar Brief-93
  G. NICHOLAS CASEY-ABA TREASURER-ELECT G. Nicholas Casey of Charleston has been selected as the Treasurer-Elect for the American Bar Association, one of the largest voluntary professional organizations in the world. Nick, pictured above, will serve one year as Treasurer-elect and then serve as the Treasurer for the international bar group which has almost 400,000 members, an annual budget …
- Bar Brief-92
  BAR FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS- The Bar Foundation’s fifteen member Board of Directors held its quarterly meeting on Thursday, March 7, 2013, at 12:00 Noon at the law offices of Flaherty, Sensabaugh and Bonasso in Charleston, pictured above. The Board received a report from its Investment Fund counselor and directed its Investment Fund Committee …

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Tinderbox
- 15th Annual Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner-April 25, 2013
  More than 120 persons from around the state have already made reservations for the 15th Annual Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner. This year’s Fellows group consists of nineteen lawyers and three members of the judiciary who join 240 lawyers and 35 judges, who have been previously selected as Bar Foundation Fellows. The Annual Reception and Dinner to honor the …
- Lunch and Laughs-November 2, 2012-Morgantown
  DEAN EMERITUS JOHN FISHER IS LEGAL LEGEND The WV Bar Foundation will be honoring WVU Law School Dean Emeritus John W. Fisher, II during the “friendly roast” at the Second “Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend” event on Friday, November 2, 2012, at 11:30 AM at the Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown. Master of …
- Annual Report-2011-12
  WEST VIRGINIA BAR FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT JULY, 2011- JUNE, 2012 The 2011-12 fiscal year was another successful year for the WV Bar Foundation as it continued its progress from a striving to a thriving entity in fulfilling its mission of improving the administration of justice and the provision of legal services for West Virginia’s …

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