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7-445: The association's mission is "to effectively represent Maryland’s lawyers, to provide member services, and to promote professionalism, diversity in the legal profession, access to justice, service to the public and respect for the rule of law." The MSBA publishes the quarterly Maryland Bar Journal , the monthly Maryland Bar Bulletin , the weekly Maryland Law Digest court opinions and MSBA Weekly news, frequent MSBA News blog posts,

14-526: The Maryland Lawyer's Manual legal directory, and an annual report. The organization was established on August 8, 1896, and is directed by a 43-member Board of elected Governors, including 32 elected by geographical districts, four "Young Lawyer" governors, and the organization's officers. It was the last state bar association in the United States to restrict membership to men, which led to

21-622: The formation of the Women's Bar Association of Maryland in 1929. Rose Zetzer became the first female MSBA member in 1946. In 1985, the Poe School, located at the northeast corner of Baltimore's West Fayette and North Greene Streets, became the permanent home of the Maryland State Bar Association. Rose Zetzer Rose S. Zetzer (January 13, 1904 – April 5, 1998) was an American lawyer. She

28-623: The lack of bathrooms. Zetzer's work resulted in passing a partial women's jury service bill through the Maryland General Assembly . A Jewish woman, Zetzer applied to become the first female assistant in the State's attorney 's office of Baltimore City in the 1950s, but was ultimately denied the position "as a matter of religion". Zetzer was inducted into the Baltimore City Hall of Fame in 1990. She retired in

35-778: Was repeatedly rejected due to her sex. She was finally admitted in 1946, becoming the bar's first female member 21 years after she had begun practicing law. Zetzer was the president of the Women's Bar Association and vice-president of the National Association of Women Lawyers . She, along with Jeanette Wolman would march with the Suffragettes . In 1940 Zetzer formed Maryland's first all female law-firm, Zetzer, Carton, Friedler & Parke. Until 1947, women could not serve on juries in Baltimore City due to

42-565: Was the first woman to gain admission to the Maryland bar and the founder of Maryland 's first all-female law firm. Zetzer was born in East Baltimore, Maryland in 1904, to Russian immigrants Jacob, a butcher and Balia Zetzer. She was the eldest of three siblings. Her decision to become an attorney came after a discussion in the 8th grade about whether women should have the right to vote. She attended Eastern High School , where she

49-406: Was trained as a stenographer, and received her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University . She then pursued a law degree from University of Maryland Law School and began practicing law immediately after her graduation in 1925. Zetzer's first client paid her in candy, the second in " hose " due to a societal reluctance to give women money. She first attempted to join the bar in 1927, but

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