The Gloucester County Bar Association and its members have represented the residents of Southern New Jersey for over 100 years. Our mission is to facilitate professionalism in the legal community and to foster a better understanding of the legal system within the community at large. Please feel free to contact the Bar Association Office if you have any questions or comments about the legal community or its activities in Gloucester County.
CONGRATULATIONS KATRINA VITALE, INCOMING PRESIDENT FOR 2009-2010
A Message from the President of the GCBA, Mark Shoemaker, Esq.
I am honored to serve as the President of the Gloucester Bar Association. The Bar Association is a non-profit corporation that provides services both to the legal profession as well as the general public. To its attorney members, the Association offers many resources, including substantive Committees that bring lawyers with common practice areas together to strengthen their collective knowledge of the law and discuss unique developments as they occur. This is particularly valuable to the solo practitioner or attorney from a small practice who otherwise would not have the benefit of specialized advice from fellow counsel. As of 2009, membership in the Bar Association also includes membership in the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce, which allows for local networking with other business leaders in the community. Last, we enjoy the strong support of our local Bench, as evidenced by the adjacent photo of New Jersey Supreme Court Justice John Wallace, who regularly attends Bar functions in his home County. To the public we offer the Lawyer Referral Service. For individuals who do not already have a lawyer, or whose lawyer does not practice in a particular area of the law where there is a need, the Lawyer Referral Service gives people access to an impressive roster of attorneys who have agreed to initial consultations at a sharply reduced rate. At one time, the Bar Association put on seminars on various legal topics. The program became so popular and successful that we formed a new entity known as the Gloucester County Legal Education Association (GCLEA). GCLEA is fully accredited to issue credits for continuing legal education requirements and probably is the most cost effective source for seminars in the State. I thank you for taking the time to visit our site, and if you have any questions or issues you would like to see addressed, you may contact our Executive Director, Lynn Silverstein, or you can call or write directly to me.
