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YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION C o r n e r YLS AOC Award In January, representatives from YLS attended the Florida Bar Young Lawyer’s Division Affiliate Outreach Conference in St. Augustine, Florida. At the Conference, YLS won the Community Service AOC Award for raising the most money for this year’s featured nonprofit, Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida. YLS also presented a proposal to host its Barrister’s Book Drive throughout the month of February and received a grant to further its efforts. YLS Happy Hour PBCBA Young Lawyers Section joined with Risk Management Association Young Professionals and Palm Beach County FAWL to Host a Happy Hour at Banko Cantina. The event was well attended and YLS was also able to raise funds to support the YLD Pro Bono Project with a chance to win a bottle of wine. Congratulations to YLS member Jason Cohen who was the lucky winner! YLS Sidebar PBCBA Young Lawyers Section were recently fortunate to hear from some of Palm Beach County’s finest mediators at their January YLS Sidebar program. The topic was Insider Tips from Top Mediators and the panel included (l-r) Jennifer Lipinski (Sidebar Series chair), Sean Smith (Sidebar Series co-chair); Rodney Romano, (Ret.) Judge Peter Blanc, Lawrence Gordon, Judge Meenu Sasser, (Ret.) Judge Lucy Brown, W. Jay Hunston, Jr., Al LaSorte, Jr., and Megan McNamara (Sidebar Series co-chair).