* October General Meeting held at the Winfandel Club in Historic West Adams

* Happy Hour held at Ciudad Restaurant in downtown Los Angeles

* Happy Hour held at Callendar's Restaurant in the Miracle Mile neighborhood

* Thanksgiving Eve Cocktail Sip held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles

* Christmas Party co-sponsored with the John M. Langston Bar Association at the Winfandel Club in Historic West Adams

* Black Professionals Organization Mixer held at Reign Restaurant in Beverly Hills

* Sipping in the Spring held at the Los Angeles Athletic Club in downtown Los Angeles

* Relationships Workshop co-sponsored with the Association of Black Women Physicians at a private estate in Tarzana

* Labor Law program held at the Annual Retreat in Oxnard

* Legal Ethics Workshop held at Public Counsel, a pro bono law firm, in the Mid-Wilshire District

* Program on Developing Real Property in South Central Los Angeles held at the Black Firefighters Museum in South Central Los Angeles

* Program on Recent Developments in Employment Litigation

* Provided food to needy families residing in South Central Los Angeles at Thanksgiving

* Provided toiletries to persons residing at the Jenessee Center, a shelter for battered women and their children

* Provided toys to impoverished children at Drew Medical Center in South Central Los Angeles at Christmas

* Provided financial support to the Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law, a family law clinic in the Mid-Wilshire District

* Hosted Lanterns Luncheon recognizing women mentors and their protegees at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles

* Hosted Fireside Chats, roundtable discussions with attorneys and members of the judiciary, at University of West Los Angeles School of Law, University of Southern California and Loyola

Law School

* Provided $10,000 in scholarships and bar examination grants to law students planning to practice law in the Los Angeles area

* Conducted bar tutorial for individuals studying for the California Bar Exam