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The Maryland State Bar Association Leadership Academy is a special committee of the Maryland State Bar Association, providing a 12 month program designed to assist lawyers to become better leaders by participating in specialized training and developing and implementing a public service project.
The Maryland State Bar Association Leadership Academy offers Fellows opportunities for future leadership roles in the MSBA. Each year 15 Fellows are chosen from applications submitted to the MSBA. During their term, the Fellows will spend time attending MSBA events, developing and implementing a public service project, as well as attending a special program on public speaking, media relations, interviewing skills, conducting effective meeting, budgeting and many other related areas. Fellows establish a relationship with past Bar Presidents and current bar leaders to learn more about the MSBA and to enhance leadership skills.
Team building is a significant part of the Academy, wherein the Fellows develop relationships that will last long after the Academy. The skills the Fellows learn will benefit the MSBA, the local or specialty bar associations and the public as a whole.
2008-2009 Leadership Fellows:
John S. Bolesta, Esq., Kollman & Saucier, P.A., Rockville, MD
Maricruz J. Bonfante, Esq., The Law Offices of Maricruz J. Bonfante, LLC, Catonsville, MD
Sidney A. Butcher, Esq., State’s Attorney’s Office for Baltimore City
Amanda M. Downs, Esq., Office of the Public Defender Appellate Divison
Lisa Angela Hall Johnson, Esq., Dickstein Shapiro, LLP, Washington, DC
Rashid Mahdi, Esq., Prince George’s County State’s Attorney OfficePooja A. Regmi, Esq., Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center, Silver Spring, MD
Diego J. Rojas, Esq., Stein, Sperling, Bennet, De Jong, Driscoll & Greenfeig, Rockville,MD
Duane Scott, Esq., Office of the Public Defender Juvenile Division, Baltimore, MD
Reena K. Shah, Esq., Maryland Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., Baltimore, MD
Rachel E. Stafford, Esq., Ferguson, Schetelich & Ballew, Baltimore, MD
Ginina A. Stevenson, Esq., Office of the Public Defender, Annapolis, MD
April M. Urban, Esq., Law Office of April M. Urban, Silver Spring, MD
For more information, visit http://msba.org/sec_comm/committees/leadership/fellows09.asp | |