392 ABA Journal Midyear Meeting articles.
Individuals detained for alleged immigration law violations should be told they have a right to counsel, be allowed to contact their lawyers by telephone, and be instructed of their rights…
Feb 16, 2009 2:18 PM CST
Congress should amend existing statutes to allow judges to determine whether juveniles convicted of sex crimes should be required to register as sex offenders, the ABA’s policymaking House of Delegates…
Feb 16, 2009 2:07 PM CST
Live from Boston, it’s the ABA House of Delegates.
For the first time, the ABA’s policymaking body will webcast its sessions live from the ABA Midyear Meeting. The House session,…
Feb 16, 2009 12:16 PM CST
Talk about your landslides.
On Sunday morning, the ABA Nominating Committee voted unanimously to confirm its selection of Stephen N. Zack of Miami as…
Feb 15, 2009 7:22 PM CST
Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe began his speech accepting the American Bar Foundation’s Outstanding Scholar Award on Saturday night cloaked in an air of…
Feb 15, 2009 1:47 PM CST
Emboldened by the fact that there is not just one, but two lawyers at the executive branch helm, ABA President H. Thomas Wells Jr. headed to the White House to…
Feb 15, 2009 12:47 AM CST
The presentation of Spirit of Excellence Awards recognizing the efforts of lawyers to advance diversity in the profession has been a highlight of ABA midyear meetings ever since they were…
Feb 14, 2009 10:31 PM CST
Contrary to all the media reports about lawyer dissatisfaction, a new study of 4,160 individuals who became lawyers in 2000 has found that 76 percent report they are either extremely…
Feb 14, 2009 10:04 PM CST
The federal judiciary has put together a wish list of issues on which it hopes to get action from the new Congress and the new presidential administration. But the judiciary’s…
Feb 13, 2009 10:08 PM CST
More lawyers are donating more time to representing the poor for free, a study by the ABA Standing Committee on…
Feb 13, 2009 9:48 PM CST There’s a new foreclosure in the United States every 13 seconds. So, doing the math, during the 90-minute program “Foreclosing on the American Dream” at the Feb 13, 2009 9:34 PM CST ABA ethics amendments confirm prosecutors’ duty to disclose new evidence Apr 1, 2008 8:57 PM CDT House of Delegates will finalize selections for leadership posts Apr 1, 2008 3:02 PM CDT Movies and TV portray lawyers without apology Mar 1, 2008 6:10 PM CST ABA to check U.S. and other countries for rule of law Mar 1, 2008 5:30 PM CSTLawyers Face High Learning Curve During Real Estate Crisis
Righting Wrongs
ABA Announces Nominations
Hollywood Zingers
Gathering Facts
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