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The ABA Gets Social

LegallyMinded.com is more than just the ABA’s entry into the social networking universe. It’s a combination of the best features of the top social networking sites and substantive legal data from the ABA’s deep library of information. The new site opened to the public in October. “We set out to…

Dec 2, 2008 5:39 AM CST

Tee Up, Uncork and Enjoy a Good Read

These fun-to-read ABA books provide legal insight into aspects of our culture

Dec 2, 2008 4:20 AM CST

Economic Bust, CLE Boom?

Wall Street turmoil gets programs bullish on bankruptcy

Dec 2, 2008 2:20 AM CST

A New Mission

ABA creates task force to monitor legal implications of financial bailout efforts

Dec 2, 2008 1:30 AM CST

Special Export

ABA initiatives help to bolster pro bono efforts by lawyers around the world

Dec 2, 2008 1:20 AM CST

It’s a Wrap

ABA scored key lobbying successes on Capitol Hill this year, but there’s plenty left to do when Congress reconvenes

Dec 2, 2008 1:10 AM CST

ABA Announcements

2009 REGULAR STATE DELEGATE ELECTIONS The following jurisdictions will elect a State Delegate for a three-year term beginning at the adjournment of the 2009 Annual Meeting: Arkansas Colorado Delaware Georgia Idaho Indiana Louisiana Maryland Minnesota Nevada New Hampshire New York Ohio Oregon Rhode Island Utah West Virginia PETITIONS Nominating petitions…

Dec 2, 2008 1:00 AM CST

ABA Ethics Opinion Warns of Issues Raised by Law Firm Ethics Counsel

More law firms are appointing ethics counsel, a “valuable” service that nonetheless raises issues of disclosure and conflicts of interest, according to an ABA ethics opinion. In some instances, a law firm would have to withdraw from representing a client because of the conflict created when an erring lawyer tells…

Dec 1, 2008 7:21 PM CST

Did You Know This ‘Jeopardy’ Game Show Question?

Readers of this site and fans of the long-running television game show Jeopardy may have been quick to hit the buzzer recently when they saw this item flash up on the screen: “In 1957, the ABA, this group, acknowledged the debt U.S. law owed the Magna Carta & erected a…

Nov 26, 2008 5:19 PM CST

ABA Prez Says FDIC Avoided ‘Catastrophic’ Results by Insuring IOLTA Accounts

ABA President H. Thomas Wells Jr. is applauding a decision by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to insure client funds deposited in Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts. Interest from the accounts helps fund legal services to the poor, providing the second-largest source of funding for such programs, according to a…

Nov 25, 2008 5:48 PM CST

Humor Publication Pokes Fun at Lawyers with Claimed ABA Recall

A humor publication is running a tongue-in-cheek radio report claiming the ABA has recalled 230,000 “downer” lawyers. The report on “Onion Radio News” says ABA President William H. Neukom issued the “massive nationwide recall” due to a “grave danger to the general public and judicial system.” Between April 2002 and…

Nov 25, 2008 3:53 PM CST

Graduate of Non-ABA-Accredited Law School Can Take Mass. Bar Exam

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has waived the usual requirement that all takers of the state bar examination must be graduates of an ABA-accredited law school for a licensed California attorney who got his law degree in 2004 from Concord Law School, a non-ABA-accredited online institution. Describing Ross Mitchell…

Nov 21, 2008 8:26 PM CST

Ex-ABA President Announces He Won’t Run for Mich. Governor

Former ABA President and Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer says he won’t run for Michigan governor because he would have to give up family time and law, two things he loves. Archer, now the chairman of Dickinson Wright, had said he was considering a run for governor. But today at a…

Nov 20, 2008 5:06 PM CST

Top Military Official: More Troops Needed in Afghanistan

The economy may be priority No. 1 in the new presidential administration, but national security isn’t far behind. It’s certainly job No. 1 for Navy Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Mullen spoke Thursday night at the ABA’s 18th Annual Review of the Field of National…

Nov 7, 2008 10:36 PM CST

ABA President Decries Expensive Judicial Races

The home state of ABA President H. Thomas Wells Jr. was the site of this year’s most expensive judicial race, and Wells isn’t happy about it. Wells said in a press release issued today that judges in Alabama and states like it are set up to rely on campaign contributions…

Nov 6, 2008 6:52 PM CST