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Bar Foundation Hamilton Benefit Nov. 19
More than 400 lawyers, judges and business leaders will gather at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Saturday, Nov. 19 for the Philadelphia Bar Foundations 33rd Annual Andrew Hamilton Benefit. This event, the year's leading social and charitable event for Philadelphia's legal community, supports the Bar Foundation's mission of promoting equal access to justice for the less fortunate. Click here to purchase tickets to the event.
Wendy Beetlestone, president of the Bar Foundation and partner at Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, said of the event, "This is the Bar Foundation's most important fundraiser in support of the grants we make to the legal services organizations that serve the most vulnerable members of our community. Those who attend are showing their passion for justice and for the law. The theme this year is 'The Art of Giving,' but at this amazing event we will be performing the arts of eating, dancing and celebrating our legal community as well."
By virtue of being held at Americas oldest art school and museum, art is playing a role in many aspects of the event. A competition held to provide artwork that would illustrate the theme of the event was won by local artist Jenny Lynn with her elegant black-and-white photograph. There will be a live and silent auction as part of the festivities to which acclaimed muralist Meg Saligman will be donating a piece and which will feature prizes including getaways to a Spanish villa and a condominium in Mexico and club box seats for the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Philadelphia Bar Foundation is the charitable arm of Philadelphia's legal community. Every year, the funds raised through the Andrew Hamilton Benefit are used to support more than 30 nonprofit legal services organizations in Philadelphia. Click here to purchase tickets to the event.