Connect With A Colleague During March and April 2025

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The State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism

presents from March 1, 2025, through April 30, 2025 the

Connect With A Colleague Contest

(staff support provided by the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism)

The State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism (with staff support from the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism) will hold the 2025 Connect with A Colleague Contest from March 1, 2025, through April 30, 2025. Please check back regularly for updated information on prizes.  See the flyer below for initial prizes and the contest rules.

During a CJCPGA CLE entitled “The Necessity of Unparalleled Unity” that was held via Zoom on March 19, 2021, Hon. Nina Markette Baker, Judge Coweta Circuit Superior Court discusses how having a cup of coffee with an opposing counsel impacted her career as a young lawyer.

Click Here To See One Reason To Have A Connect With A Colleague Contest

CONGRATULATIONS

to the 2024 Connect With A Colleague

Contest Winners

L to R: Carlos Vilela (Vice Chair, State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism), Kevin Patrick (Prize Donor and Member, State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism), Steven Berne (Grand Prize Winner), Cathy Hampton (Prize Donor and Member, State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism), Karlise Y. Grier (Executive Director, Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism), Stephen Johnson (Second Place Winner), Michael Herskowitz (Chair, State Bar of Georgia Committee on Professionalism).

Learn More About the Commission's Suicide Awareness Program

On April 30, 2021, the Commission held a Suicide Awareness Program.  To view the materials and resources from the program, click here. This is a test.

If you are thinking of hurting yourself, or if you are concerned that someone you know may be suicidal, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by phone 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or via chat at https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/.

Members of the State Bar of Georgia may also contact the Bar’s Lawyer Assistance Program confidential hotline at 800-327-9631. #UseYour6

To learn more about other resources available to members of the State Bar of Georgia, click here.