687 ABA Journal Annual Meeting articles.
The Am Law Daily: “ABA Hears From Sudanese Attorney on Darfur Crisis”
The Blog of Legal Times: “DC’s Lamm…
Aug 12, 2008 12:27 AM CDT
Updated: Senators from each state should jointly appoint bipartisan commissions of lawyers and others to recommend the names of attorneys to fill federal trial court vacancies that the senators might…
Aug 11, 2008 8:46 PM CDT
The ABA’s policy-making House of Delegates this afternoon concurred in Resolution 112B (PDF) of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar that law schools may now…
Aug 11, 2008 8:03 PM CDT
In-house counsel who advise their employers in a given state, even when they are admitted to practice only in another state, ought to be required to register with the state…
Aug 11, 2008 7:50 PM CDT
The United States should be more involved with the International Criminal Court, even though the United States doesn’t recognize the ICC’s authority over members of the U.S. government, according to…
Aug 11, 2008 6:45 PM CDT
H. Thomas Wells Jr., who officially begins his term as ABA president Monday, announced the launch of two new association initiatives during a morning news conference in New York City,…
Aug 11, 2008 6:08 PM CDT
Federal and state legislatures should ban racial and ethnic profiling, according to a resolution passed by the ABA’s 555-member policy-making House of Delegates this afternoon.
“Police profiling based on a…
Aug 11, 2008 6:02 PM CDT
Prosecutors and defense counsel should have access to material gathered by federal probation officers during their preparation of presentence reports, according to a resolution passed by the ABA’s policy-making House…
Aug 11, 2008 5:51 PM CDT
Congress should abolish the U.S. Supreme Court-created exception to the Federal Torts Claims Act that prohibits members of the military from suing the federal government for tortious government conduct, according…
Aug 11, 2008 1:54 PM CDT
Among those who inhabit Second Life—a virtual world on the Internet where individuals interact through electronic alter egos known as avatars, is the SL Bar Association,…
Aug 10, 2008 9:25 PM CDT
Sarah Weddington may never have taken the case setting a landmark precedent on the right to abortion if her job interview with a Dallas law firm had gone more smoothly.
…Aug 10, 2008 8:35 PM CDT
Can the buttoned-down culture of lawyers and the hip-shaking beat of the Caribbean co-exist? ABA Annual Meeting attendees got a chance to answer that question Sunday…
Aug 10, 2008 8:20 PM CDT
Associated Press: “Race sometimes a problem in eyewitness IDs”
Associated Press: “Reduce partisan fight over judges, lawyers urge”
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Aug 10, 2008 7:43 PM CDT U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey will give his first—and no doubt only—address to the ABA House of Delegates on Tuesday during the association’s annual meeting in New York City. The…
Aug 10, 2008 5:29 PM CDT The second-ranking officer of the United Nations advocated last night for a tough policy toward individuals charged with war crimes and other serious violations of international criminal law. The question…
Aug 10, 2008 5:10 PM CDTMukasey, Legal Ethics Debate on Tap at Delegates Meeting
U.N. Official Speaks Out Against Amnesty for War Criminals
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