From a press release economically titled, “INSPIRED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE MAYORS, NEW YORK CITY CORPORATION COUNSEL AND PHILADELPHIA CITY SOLICITOR BET ON WORLD SERIES”:

Whichever team loses, the chief legal official from the losing city will travel to the other city, along with a team of leading attorneys and staff.
The friendly exchange will take place before June 2010.
Members of the visiting legal team will volunteer in every borough (in New York City) or county (in Philadelphia) to ensure that their presence is appreciated by the entire city – and their inspiration is widespread.
The volunteer efforts will include moot court/mock trial events, as well as career chats with school children by the losing city’s legal team, including the losing city’s chief legal officer.
The visiting team will don the winning city’s sports jerseys during the visit.
The officials from both cities are using it as an opportunity to promote pro bono work among their respective city and state bar associations – especially with this being “National Pro Bono Week.” (According to this week’s New York Law Journal, Michael Getnick, the President of the New York State Bar Association, announced that his group was “joining the American Bar Association and local bar associations…in celebrating the first-ever National Pro Bono Week [through] Oct. 31st.”)

This afternoon’s bet was inspired by an agreement announced yesterday between Mayor Nutter and Mayor Bloomberg. The joint Philadelphia-New York City press release issued from City Hall in New York yesterday afternoon noted that this was “the first-of-its kind wager on the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies.” It continued, “The losing mayor will travel to the winning city to join the winning mayor in a volunteer service project, while wearing a jersey from the winning team.”

Oh, to be a fly on the wall during those “career chats.”

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 12:19 pm.