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 […]

LUNCH AND LAUGHS WITH A LEGAL LEGEND NOVEMBER 2-11:30 AM ERICKSON CENTER 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, […]

 WV BAR FOUNDATION POST OFFICE BOX 4845 CHARLESTON, WV 25364 BAR FOUNDATION SELLS BUILDING The WV Bar Foundation Board of Directors has sold its remaining building located at 2008 Kanawha Blvd., East in Charleston. The new owners, Joel Beverly and Apogee, Inc., an environmental services company from Kentucky, took possession after the closing on August 8. The […]

ALPS LAWYER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE The first LLI will be held from Friday afternoon, May 18, until Sunday morning, May 20, at the centrally located Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, WV, just off I-79 near Weston. The Institute has been named for the Attorneys Liability Protection Society (ALPS), whose President, Robert Minto, Jr., a Bar Foundation Fellow, […]

BAR FOUNDATION BUILDINGS- As has been reported previously, the Bar Foundation Board of Directors has placed for sale the two buildings located at 2006 and 2008 Kanawha Blvd., East in Charleston. The 2006 facility, occupied by the WV State Bar until December 31, 2011, is under contract at the present time. Pictured above is the […]

ALPS LAWYER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE-MAY 18-20, 2012 The Bar Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce an important new leadership training program for the next generation of lawyer leaders in West Virginia—the ALPS Lawyer Leadership Institute. The first LLI will be held from Friday afternoon, May 18, until Sunday morning, May 20, at the centrally […]

BAR FOUNDATION FELLOWS DINNER-APRIL 26, 2012 The Bar Foundation Board of Directors has selected the members of the 2012 class of Bar Foundation Fellows. This year’s group of seventeen lawyers and three members of the judiciary joins 223 lawyers and 32 judges, who have been previously selected as Bar Foundation Fellows. The Annual Reception and […]

BAR FOUNDATION FELLOWS DINNER-APRIL 26, 2012 The Bar Foundation Board of Directors has selected the members of the 2012 class of Bar Foundation Fellows. This year’s group of seventeen lawyers and three members of the judiciary joins 223 lawyers and 32 judges, who have been previously selected as Bar Foundation Fellows. The Annual Reception and […]

LUNCH AND LAUGHS SCHOLARSHIP- The Bar Foundation’s successful first annual “Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend” was held in October when judges, lawyers and leaders from West Virginia University and statewide groups honored WVU College of Law Professor and WVU President Emeritus David C. Hardesty, Jr. with a “friendly roast”. The proceeds from this […]

WEST VIRGINIA BAR FOUNDATION FELLOWS 2012 BAR FOUNDATION FELLOWS- The Bar Foundation Board of Directors has selected the members of the 2012 class of Bar Foundation Fellows. This year’s group of seventeen lawyers and three members of the judiciary joins 223 lawyers and 32 judges, who have been previously selected as Bar Foundation Fellows. For […]