Posted August 12th, 2013 in Top Stories with Tags law, legal, bar, Business Law

Courtney Ward-Reichard Becomes President of the ABA’s National Conference of Bar Foundations

During the ABA’s 2013 Annual Meeting held this month in San Francisco, NJL Shareholder Courtney Ward-Reichard was elected President of the National Conference of Bar Foundations. The NCBF is a professional organization for volunteer leaders and executive staff members who serve the more than 200 local, state and specialty bar foundations across the country. Its mission is to improve the administration of justice and the court system as the philanthropic organizations for the legal profession and the judiciary.

Courtney has been a member of the NCBF Board of Directors since 2008. She was a member of the Hennepin County Bar Foundation Board of Directors from 2002 to 2012, and served as President of that organization in 2007 to 2008. She believes passionately in the duty of the legal profession to engage in law-related philanthropy, and is excited to take on this role.