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

Letter 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 LaughsU. S. District Court Judge Irene M. Keeley of Clarksburg was the honored guest at the third annual Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend. The Judge is pictured above standing beside WVU College of Law Professor Emeritus Jack Bowman who served as the Master of Ceremonies. The "roasters", from right to left, are U. S. District Court Chief Judge John P. Bailey (Wheeling), entrepreneur Pat Bibbee (Charleston) and attorney Robert M. Steptoe, Jr. (Bridgeport).

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-110-Scholarship
  PUBLIC SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP The WV Bar Foundation’s Board of Directors is very pleased to announce the recipient of its annual Public Service Scholarship–Stephanie Mascella, a second year student at the WVU College of Law. The scholarship is paid from contributions/donations made to the Bar Foundation and provides tuition and fees for the entire academic year. …
- Bar Brief-109-Honor
  KEN GRAY HONORED The WV Bar Foundation congratulates Ken Gray, a Board of Directors member and Bar Foundation Fellow, for having a national award named in his honor. Ken, pictured above, has served for more than 16 years as the Vice President of Student Affairs at West Virginia University, where he received his law degree, …
- Bar Brief-108-CASA
  CASA-BAR FOUNDATION GRANT Last year, the WV Bar Foundation’s Board of Directors approved its first challenge grant for the CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) program in the Eastern Panhandle of the state. The Bar Foundation provided the majority of the funding after the CASA program was able to raise some initial money. CASA programs are …

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Tinderbox
- Annual Report-2012-13
  THIS PAST YEAR, THE BAR FOUNDATION HAS MOVED FORWARD THROUGH A THIRD YEAR OF MAJOR CHANGE AND SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. THE BAR FOUNDATION’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, A DIVERSE GROUP OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE AND ALL TYPES OF LAW PRACTICE, PUT BOTH OF ITS REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET FOR …
- Lunch and Laughs-Judge Keeley
  LUNCH & LAUGHS-BIG SUCCES The largest crowd in its short history and the biggest amount of funds raised made the third Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend event a big success! Held on Friday, September 13, 2013, at the Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown, approximately 200 people generated $25,000 as U. S. District Court …
- 2013 Bar Foundation Fellows
  The Bar Foundation Board of Directors honored the members of the 2013 class of Bar Foundation Fellows on April 25, 2013 at the Marriott Hotel in Charleston. This year’s group of nineteen lawyers and three members of the judiciary joins 240 lawyers and 35 judges, who have been previously selected as Bar Foundation Fellows. The Fellows are …

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