Sept. 30, 2016
Ms. Jane G. Penny, Chair
Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board
P.O. Box 62625
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17106-2625
Ms. Elizabeth Simcox, Chair
Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board
P.O. Box 62495
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17106-2495
Dear Ms. Penny and Ms. Simcox:
On behalf of the Philadelphia Bar Association, I would like to thank you for your careful consideration of the joint proposal of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association to establish a category of retired and inactive attorneys who could take limited active registration status to provide pro bono services to low-income Pennsylvanians (the "Emeritus Status proposal")…READ MORE