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  • IN PERSON: Speed Networking with the Early Career Lawyers Community
    In-Person
    • Course Number: C2326NC01I
    • Date: January 15, 2026 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM ((GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada))
    In-Person
    • Non-Member Price
    • Early Bird - $25.00
      Regular - $35.00
    • Member Price
    • Early Bird - $15.00
      Regular - $20.00
    Early Bird rate expires on
    Saturday, January 10, 2026

  Description

Credit: 0 CLE Credit Hours

Join the D.C. Bar’s Early Career Lawyers Community for an evening of refreshments and rapid-fire professional connections at our in-person Speed Networking event! Connect with seasoned attorneys from a range of practice areas, including Sophie Thackray (Supervising Attorney, School Justice Project), Ethan Barr (Associate, Lutzker & Lutzker LLP), Bianca White (Associate General Counsel, D.C. Housing Authority), and Katie Earnest (Director, Office of Professional Development & Training, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia). Additional mentors to be announced! Attendees will rotate through small-group conversations with each mentor, creating opportunities to ask questions, learn from diverse career paths, and expand your professional network. Don't miss this chance to build meaningful connections and gain insight from leaders across the D.C. legal community!

Pre-registration for this event is required. As always, please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues. D.C. Bar membership is not required to attend. Non-members will need to create a profile to register.

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This is an “Off the Record” event. Remarks made during “Off the Record” events may not be used for publication.

Sponsored by: D.C. Bar Early Career Lawyers Community

Related Communities of Interest: all D.C. Bar Communities


**Early bird registration will end on Friday, January 9. Registration will close at noon the day of the event.

  Faculty

  • Ethan Alexander BarrBio
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    Ethan Alexander Barr Bio

    Associate, Lutzker & Lutzker LLP

  • Katherine Elizabeth EarnestBio
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    Katherine Elizabeth Earnest Bio

    Director, Office of Professional Development & Training, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia

  • Sophie Koval ThackrayBio
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    Sophie Koval Thackray Bio

    Sophie supervises Staff Attorneys as part of SJP's direct representation work. Sophie graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2020, where she focused on juvenile justice and special education law. While in law school, Sophie interned at Children's Rights, the National Center for Youth Law, and Advocates for Children of New York. She also participated in Georgetown's Innovative Policing Practicum, where she worked with DC's Metropolitan Police Department to train officer recruits and research policing reform. During her final year of law school, she served as a student attorney with Georgetown's Juvenile Justice Clinic.

    Prior to law school, Sophie served with City Year AmeriCorps at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School in Washington, DC. She received her bachelor's degree in Spanish and Art History from the University of Oregon's Clark Honors College, where she also participated in the Inside Out Prison Exchange Program.

    Sophie is an attorney licensed to practice in the District of Columbia. Sophie can be reached at: sthackray@sjpdc.org 

  • Bianca WhiteBio
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    Bianca White Bio

    Associate General Counsel, D.C. Housing Authority 

  Date and Locations

January 15, 2026
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM ((GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Deadline - January 10, 2026
D.C. Bar
901 4th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
https://www.dcbar.org/
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