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The Lebanon County Bar Association is again sponsoring its annual Law Day Essay Contest. This year’s contest is open to all 8th grade students in Lebanon County.One essay winner will receive a $250 cash award and will be invited to attend the Law Day and Naturalization Ceremony held at the Lebanon County Courthouse on Monday, […]

Members of the Lebanon County Bar Association donated $500.00 to the Lebanon Rescue Mission recently. The organization’s mission is to “serve through shelter, nourishment, clothing, education and healthcare” and its ministries include a men’s shelter, Agape Family Shelter, and Lebanon Free Clinic. In the photo, Rescue Mission Executive Director Susan Spahr, right, accepts a check […]

Members of the Lebanon County Bar Association donated $500.00 to Jubilee Ministries recently. The organization’s ministry includes preventive programs like the HOPES Homeless Resource Center, as well as after-prison programs such as a transition house. Jubilee has stores in Lebanon, Palmyra, and Manheim.In the photo, Jubilee Ministries’ Executive Director Ryan Newswanger (center) accepts a check […]

New Expungement Law Takes Effect November 1The Lebanon County Bar Association is participating in an “Understanding Expungement and Limited Access to Criminal Records” public information campaign. The program provides basic information about expungement and a new state law that amends the crimes code to create a new option to address criminal history record information.The new […]

Amanda Axarlis has been named the 2016 Outstanding Senior of the Year by the Lebanon County Bar Association and WLBR/WQIC. The 2016 ELCO High School graduate plans to attend Penn State University, University Park, to study finance and international business.From nominees offered by each of the county’s school districts, this award seeks to recognize one […]

During its Spring Membership Meeting, members of the Lebanon County Bar Association presented a donation of $20,500 to MidPenn Legal Services. The funds will be used to provide legal services for qualified Lebanon County residents.MidPenn Legal Services is a non-profit, public-interest law firm dedicated to providing equal access to justice and high quality civil legal […]

The public is invited to celebrate citizenship and the rule of law at the annual Law Day and Naturalization Ceremony, Friday, April 29 at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom No. 1 of the Lebanon Municipal Building, 400 South Eighth Street, Lebanon.Law Day is designed to bring judges, lawyers and schools together to teach students about the […]

The Lebanon County Bar Association is again sponsoring its annual Law Day Essay Contest for fourth and fifth grade students in Lebanon County.This year’s theme is “Miranda: More than Words,” in recognition of the 50th anniversary of perhaps the nation’s best-known U.S. Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona. The Miranda Warning has become ingrained […]

14 attorneys from Lebanon County were recently admitted to practice in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. From left, Elizabeth Judd, Roberta Santiago, Brian Deiderick, Jillian Copeland, Andrew Morrow, Nichole Eisenhart, Amy Leonard, Horace Ehrgood (attorney sponsor), Jennifer Wentzel, Magdalene Zeppos, Heather Eggert, Megan Ryland-Tanner, Ian Ehrgood, Jessica Weaver, Kimberly Adams. 

Members of the Lebanon County Bar Association elected new officers and members of the Board of Directors during its annual membership meeting. The following were elected to serve through 2016:President: Scott Grenoble, Esq.Vice President: Michael Bechtold, Esq.Treasurer: Jessica Weaver, Esq.Secretary: Ann Kline, Esq.Board of Directors At-Large: Joseph M. Farrell, Esq., Andrew Morrow, Esq., Charles Ritchie, […]