Grants Applications Due August 29 The FY26 Grants Application opened on August 1, 2025, and closes on August 29, 2025. Sample application...| DC Bar Foundation
The DC Walk for Justice 5K is only two months away! Join us on Thursday, October 23, at Nationals Park for an afternoon of community,...| DC Bar Foundation
The DC Bar Foundation funds legal services organizations in DC that help residents during times of crisis . Volunteer Legal Advocates...| DC Bar Foundation
Kirra Jarratt and Judge Carl Butkus Since 2020, the DC Bar Foundation has led the effort to establish a coordinated intake and referral...| DC Bar Foundation
Catherine joined the DC Bar Foundation in 2025 as the DC Resource Bridge Program Manager with more than ten years of experience in criminal defense and public interest law. She manages the implementation of the DC Resource Bridge and fosters strong working relationships with DC’s civil legal services providers. Catherine’s mission is to ensure that DC residents have access to justice regardless of income. As a practicing attorney, Catherine zealously advocated for the rights of clients a...| DC Bar Foundation
Grants Applications Open Soon The FY26 Grants Application will open on August 1, 2025, and close on August 29, 2025. Sample application...| DC Bar Foundation
We live in troubling times. Every day, the news is filled with stories about people being evicted from their homes, wrongfully deported,...| DC Bar Foundation
The DC Social Justice Transformations Network kicked off its fourth year at last month’s Convening. It was one of the highest attended...| DC Bar Foundation
The District of Columbia’s FY26 budget year has been especially challenging, with the Access to Justice Initiative facing a 67% budget cut. For the past 14 years, the Initiative has provided residents with low-income access to civil legal aid services related to housing, employment, public benefits, and so much more.In the first of two votes on the FY26 budget, the DC Council, on Monday, July 14, voted to restore Access to Justice Initiative funding to FY25 levels, which is a positive first...| DC Bar Foundation
Save the Date: Fall Reception November 18 Join the DC Bar Foundation for our annual Fall Reception on Tuesday, November 18! We look...| DC Bar Foundation
Panelists Jenadee Nanini, Ashley Graham-Watanabe, and Mariln Lovo with Moderator Daraja Carroll. On June 25, the DC Bar Foundation’s...| DC Bar Foundation
The DC Bar Foundation is proud to support the work of our grantee partner organizations. The Cancer Legal Assistance and Wellbeing (LAW)...| DC Bar Foundation
As a DC Bar Foundation board member and former member of the Young Lawyers Network Leadership Council, I have a long history of...| DC Bar Foundation
[District of Columbia, June 16, 2025] – The District of Columbia Bar Foundation seeks applications for new Young Lawyers Network Leadership Council (YLN LC) members. Applications for two-year terms starting October 1, 2025, and expiring September 30, 2027, are due by 5:00 PM on Friday, August 1, 2025. As a reminder, membership criteria have been expanded to include attorneys at DC Bar Foundation grantee organizations and attorneys over 40 who are just beginning their legal careers. The YL...| DC Bar Foundation
Alanna Lejarde is a Program Specialist at the DC Bar Foundation, where she supports program and grants management activities in...| DC Bar Foundation
Register Now: June 10 DCSJTN Convening Registration is now open for the June 10 DC Social Justice Transformations Network Capacity...| DC Bar Foundation
The DC Bar Foundation is grateful for the dollars raised through our premier fundraising campaigns and events, which help make our grants...| DC Bar Foundation
The Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC)—a DC Bar Foundation grantee partner—has been a vital resource for the Asian...| DC Bar Foundation
Many people do not realize that the Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program is a significant source of funding for civil legal...| DC Bar Foundation
Vida serves as the Executive Assistant to the CEO at the DC Bar Foundation, bringing over a decade of experience in executive support,...| DC Bar Foundation
DC Bar Foundation awards private grants to DC’s civil legal aid community, allowing them to help residents with legal problems affecting their most basic needs.| DC Bar Foundation
On June 15, 2021, 57 legal aid providers, funders, community activists, social service providers, and other stakeholders met for the first time to build a network that would help to ensure that every DC resident has a fair and equitable experience with civil legal aid. It was facilitated by Kelly Bates and Curtis Ogden of the Interaction Institute for Social Change (IISC), which works to build collaborative capacity in individuals, organizations, and networks working for social justice and ra...| DC Bar Foundation