[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 127 (Friday, August 3, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1720]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING THE NEW HAVEN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION AS THEY CELEBRATE THEIR 
                         CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. ROSA L. DeLAURO

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 2, 2007

  Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to rise today 
to join the community of my hometown, New Haven, CT, as friends, 
colleagues, and community leaders gather to celebrate a remarkable 
milestone--the 100th anniversary of the New Haven County Bar 
Association. Founded in the late 18th century and incorporated in 1907, 
this organization serves as the professional association for judges, 
attorneys, and legal paraprofessionals throughout the greater New Haven 
area.
  As one can see from the historical exhibition currently on display at 
the New Haven Museum and Historical Society, the legal community has 
long played a unique and integral role in the rich history of New 
Haven. From the earliest days of the colony and the Amistad case in the 
1840s through the Black Panther trial in the 1970s and Connecticut v. 
Griswold in 1965, New Haven attorneys and judges have been at the 
center of legal decisions which have helped to define our Nation. 
Beyond those cases which garnered national attention, the exhibit also 
reminds us of the many local lawyers who had a significant impact on 
the character of our community. Theophilus Eaton wrote the laws of the 
New Haven Colony in the 1600s, Joseph Sheldon actively hired African-
American law students in the 1880s and was influential in the 
development of the American Red Cross, Geroge Dudley Seymour who was 
known for his dedication to civic duty in the 1900s, and Mary 
Manchester, who, in 1938, was the first woman to be named a law partner 
in Connecticut.
  Today, the New Haven County Bar Association is more than simply a 
professional association. It supports its members in many ways 
including continuing legal education programs, new attorney mentoring 
opportunities, annual social events and working to foster relations 
between its members and the courts. The Bar Association is also the 
sponsor of the New Haven County Lawyer Referral Service--a not-for-
profit public service that, for more than 50 years, has referred 
members of the public to private attorneys experienced in the 
appropriate field of law. The Bar Association also works closely with 
its charitable arm, the New Haven County Bar Foundation, Inc., which 
provides charitable outreach and educational programming.
  As members gather this evening in celebration of the New Haven County 
Bar Association's 100th anniversary, we pay tribute to the many 
invaluable contributions the legal minds of our community have made 
locally, statewide, and nationally--but most importantly for the 
countless hours of hard work they do every day for their clients. While 
New Haven certainly has had its share of compelling legal cases which 
have caught the public's attention, more often than not, our lawyers, 
judges, and legal paraprofessionals are working on cases which--while 
they may not make national headlines--have a real impact on the lives 
of those they are representing. For the outstanding work they do every 
day and for the many contributions they make to our community, I am 
honored to stand today to extend my sincere congratulations to the New 
Haven County Bar Association and its membership as they celebrate their 
centennial anniversary.

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