HARRISBURG (March 17, 2004) � The Pennsylvania Bar Association presented County Bar Recognition awards during the 38th Annual Seminar of the Conference of County Bar Leaders March 5 in Hershey, Pa. Twenty-three local bar associations in Pennsylvania were honored this year for sponsoring projects that work to improve the legal profession, justice system or community. The awards, which are non-competitive in nature, are sponsored annually by the PBA.

�The Pennsylvania Bar Association is pleased to honor these bar associations for their outstanding projects,� noted PBA President Thomas M. Golden. �Through the County Bar Recognition awards, the PBA hopes to encourage more members of the legal profession to participate in community and educational activities.�

The following awards were presented:

Allegheny County Bar Association: Web Site Redesign
Berks County Bar Association: Blood Drive
Bucks County Bar Association: History book on the Bench and Bar in Bucks County; Long Range Planning
Chester County Bar Association: Computer Lab
Clearfield County Bar Association: Legal Eagles 3 and Junior Troopers Program
Cumberland County Bar Association: Partner�s Program; Casino Night
Dauphin County Bar Association: Baltimore Bench/Bar Conference; Past Presidents Dinner Meeting; Gov. Rendell becoming an honorary member
Delaware County Bar Association: Books for Tutoring; Criminal Trial Practices Committee/Sub-Committee on Indigent Defense Program; A County Past History Illuminated
Erie County Bar Association: Attorneys & Kids Together (AKT) Mentoring Program
Franklin County Bar Association: Biennial Bench-Bar Conference; Family Law Seminars; Breakfast with the Judges
Lackawanna Bar Association: YLD Project Kidcare
Lancaster Bar Association: Recorder of Deeds Task Force; Information Brochure Translation Project
Bar Association of Lehigh County: Holiday Children�s Party
Mercer County Bar Association: I Signed the Constitution; Law Day
Monroe County Bar Association: Legal Secretary�s Luncheon & Courthouse Recognition Awards; Loise Mirandon Memorial; East Stroudsburg University Sponsorship of the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast
Montgomery Bar Association: MBA Goes to the Hill; Naturalization Court at the High Schools; Criminal Law Handbook
Northampton County Bar Association: People�s Law School; Introduction to the Practice of Law Seminars; Law Day
Schuylkill County Bar Association: President�s Dinner; Portrait Hanging of Past Presidents; Bench-Bar Conference
Somerset County Bar Association: Courthouse Centennial Calendar
Washington County Bar Association: Law Day Concert and Celebration; Law School for Non-Profit Organizations; Patriot Act Forum
Westmoreland Bar Association: Youth Mentoring; Mentor Project; Public Officials Forum
Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association: Your Life - Our Life; President�s Award
York County Bar Association: Association brochure