The Caribbean Bar Association and The Jamaican Women of Florida are hosting an important conversation about the opioid epidemic, a national crisis with far reaching effects in South Florida on September 30, 2017 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. Moderated by Winston Barnes, Vice Mayor of Miramar. Confirmed Panelists and Special Guests Include:

• Paul Jaquith, LCSW, CAP, Pres. & CEO, Mental Health Assoc. of SE Florida

• Gordon Weekes, Assistant Public Defender

• Michael Satz, State Attorney

• Hazelle Rogers, Mayor of Lauderdale Lakes

• Melba Pearson, Esq. Deputy Director ACLU of Florida

• Captain Andrew Dunbar, Chief of BSO’s Lauderdale Lakes District

The Dade County Bar Association Board of Directors will select members to serve on the Board of Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. There are three seats with three year terms and one seat with a two year term..  Applicants must be Regular, Government or Life Members of the Dade County Bar Association with an interest in, and knowledge of, the delivery of quality legal services to the poor.  

DCBA members interested in serving must submit a resume via email or U.S. Mail to: 

Alice Ramirez, Assistant Director

Dade County Bar Association

123 NW First Avenue, Suite 214

Miami, Florida  33128

aramirez@dadecountybar.org

Deadline for submitting a resume is September 5, 2017 at 1:00 p.m.

The Broward County Bar Association and the Caribbean Bar Association are hosting "A Taste of the Caribbean" on September 7, 2017. It is an Immigration and Technology CLE followed by a Rum Tasting featuring different rums that represent the essence of the various islands. Savor tasty Caribbean appetizers while you network and move to the rhythm of the Caribbean jams. Speakers: Lorna E. Brown-Burton, Esq., Dahlia Walker-Huntington, Esq., and Michael Goldstein, President & CEO Lan Infotech.

MDEAT is seeking legal professionals like you to serve as volunteer judges for Miami-Dade County Teen Court. For more information check out Teen Court Brochure.pdf.

The Standing Committee on Diversity & Inclusion will be holding its 2017 Diversity Symposium on Nov. 9-10 in Orlando. As the Symposium planning is getting underway, 2017-18 American Bar Association President Hillarie Bass has agreed to be the keynote speaker.

Break-out sessions on specific diversity topics are being scheduled and the planning team wants to make sure to consider the issues that are relevant to voluntary bar association members – if not in the 2017 Diversity Symposium, then in future events. Also, they are asking VBAs to share recommendations for diversity speakers that have been used in local diversity programming who have inspired your members.

Please send your suggestions about topics and speakers to Susan Healy (susanrhealy@hotmail.com or call her on her cell at 239-218-0278). You may also send suggestions to Arnell Bryant-Willis at abryant-willis@floridabar.org.

And finally, please ask your members to save the date: Nov. 9-10 in Orlando. Stay tuned for more info!