The two men vying in the first contested election for leadership of the Philadelphia Bar Association in six years both are acutely aware that the metropolitan bar association is itself in a race for relevance to lawyers with many demands on their time.

Albert S. Dandridge III, chair of Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis’ securities practice group, and Joseph Prim, a workers’ compensation attorney in the two-man firm Duca and Prim, are the two candidates.

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