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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).