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providing access to justice by reinvigorating the Lawyer Referral
program and Modest Means Program. Additionally, together
the MBA, the MBF, the Pro Bono Committee and Your Way
Home launched the Eviction Prevention and Intervention
Collaboration ("EPIC") in 2017 to help those facing eviction
maintain a home, the foundation for a nurturing environment.
Young Lawyers' days of service, community drives, the mock
trial, expungement clinics, birth records and license clinics for
the marginalized, Wills for Heroes, and the Liberty and Law
civics program are examples of how lawyers give back to the
community.

through one of our many listservs. Both entities allow members
to communicate with each other and learn about noteworthy
cases and happenings in the county. Also, the MBA committee
and programming structures allow for professional networking,
access to legal publications and other resources.

Other than engagement and service, education is the
cornerstone of the MBA's mission. The MBA's commitment
to education encompasses education for its members and the
community at-large. Professionally, the MBA, through its
committee structure, hosts numerous continuing education
classes in almost any topic from the new filing procedure, legal
Additionally, I cannot overstate the many services and
updates, management and business, ethics and the internet, the
opportunities that the MBA offers its members. Just go to the
law and social media and so much more. Continuing our efforts
website at montgomerybar.org to see the numerous services
to promote diversity and leadership, the MBA works with young
available. Among the scores of resources available to the members and new lawyers in the Leadership Academy and the Diversity
is the ability to read and post in the Law Reporter as well as
Committee. Also, the Justice Center Committee continues to
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