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During the week of July 7, the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) hosted its annual Law Camp in Hartford for a group of Connecticut high school students. Law Camp exposes high school students to the legal profession and teaches them critical and analytical thinking to help them succeed in their educational and professional careers.

Volunteer to respond to polling place complications on early voting days and election day for the upcoming September Primary.

On June 30, members of the CBA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee gathered at Café Amici in Hamden for their final meeting of the 2024-2025 bar year. During the meeting, past CBA President Judge Cecil Thomas announced that he will be stepping down as a DEI committee co-chair, after spending 11 years leading and driving the CBA’s DEI efforts.

The CBA Women in the Law Section, in association with the CBA Young Lawyers Section (YLS) Women in the Law Committee, presented the 2025 Ladder Award to Attorney Kimberly Jacobsen at this year’s Pathways to Leadership for Women Lawyers event on March 6 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville.

Over 60 Connecticut Bar Association members gathered at Café Fiore in Cromwell on February 27 for the Young Lawyers Section Diversity Dinner: The Current State of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

On the evening of October 10, over 40 members of the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section gathered at the TPC River Highlands golf club in Cromwell for the section’s 2024 Pro Bono Fair and Golf Event.

Lisa Moyles is a patent lawyer at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP with 30 years of experience advising clients on all aspects of intellectual property (IP) strategy, management, and protection. She brings her background as a mechanical engineer and former in-house counsel to her work, using her keen eye for detail and deep understanding of the complexities of IP law to guide her as she counsels and protects clients at every stage of the IP lifecycle.

Kenneth Bartschi is Of Counsel to the Hartford office of McElroy, Deutsch, Mulevaney & Carpenter, LLP, where his practice includes appellate litigation in civil, family, and constitutional matters.

Attorneys Thomas Sansone, Nancy Bohan Kinsella, and Olivia Benson received CLABBY awards from the Connecticut Bar Association’s Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section on June 4 during a section meeting held in New Haven. The CLABBY awards, established in 2016, are presented by the section each year to honor the professional achievements of section members.