11th Annual Lawlapalooza

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  • Fundraiser

The Louisville Bar Association and the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law are proud to present the eleventh annual Lawlapalooza "The Beat Goes On." This year's performances will be honoring those musicians who have passed but live on through their music. Proceeds from this annual Battle of the Bands benefits the Judge Ellen B. Ewing Foundation.

 

Bands performing must have at least one attorney or law student in their band at the time of registration.

NOTE: In order to register your band you will need to login to our website. If you are an LBA member you will have your login credentials if you are not a member you will need to set up an account by clicking on the Login button and choosing "Create an Account."

 

REGISTRATION FEE
$100 per band plus 10 minimum ticket purchase

 

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS
$10 per ticket

Doors open at 6 p.m. to the public. First performance of the evening begins at 6:30 p.m. Winner is determined by the tips collected for each performance.

BENEFICIARY
The Judge Ellen B. Ewing Foundation was established at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law in 2005 with generous gifts from the Louisville Bar Foundation and the Women Lawyers Association of Jefferson County. Proceeds from Lawlapalooza fund summer fellowships for UofL law students to work in areas of family law, domestic violence and spouse abuse, and HIV/AIDS.

Judge Ewing was the first woman to sit on Kentucky's former juvenile court bench. She worked as a probation officer before obtaining her law degree in 1972. Upon graduation from the University of Louisville School of Law, she became a staff attorney for the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. In 1975, she was appointed a part-time trial commissioner with Jefferson County Juvenile Court, and five monthslater became a full-time judge. Ewing was elected to Jefferson Circuit Court in 1983, and was one of only three women to have seved on that court when she retired in 1998.