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DELEGATE-AT-LARGE ELECTION Pursuant to § 6.5 of the ABA Constitution, six Delegates-at-Large to the House of Delegates will be elected at the 2014 Annual Meeting for three-year terms beginning with the adjournment of that meeting and ending with the adjournment of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Candidates for election as Delegate-at-Large…

Mar 1, 2014 7:40 AM CST

Reciprocity fight returns as lawsuits press the ABA-advocated issue

For the better part of a decade, the American Bar Association has been working to ensure that experienced lawyers looking to practice in another state can do so without having to dust off their old bar exam notes or sign up for a prep course. Despite the ABA’s efforts, many…

Feb 1, 2014 7:50 AM CST

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AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS The Constitution and Bylaws of the American Bar Association may be amended only at the ABA Annual Meeting upon action of the House of Delegates. The next Annual Meeting of the House of Delegates will be August 11-12, 2014, in Boston, Massachusetts. Proposals to…

Feb 1, 2014 7:30 AM CST

Organized crime leaders and terrorists cross paths in cyberspace

The nexus between organized crime and terrorism can be tenuous and sometimes hard to see. And there can be copycat appropriation of methods and means used by terrorists for fundraising. But that nexus is growing so fast in the cyberage, we ignore it at our peril. That was the takeaway…

Jan 1, 2014 8:00 AM CST

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2014 BOARD OF GOVERNORS ELECTION At the 2014 Midyear Meeting, the Nominating Committee will announce nominations for district and at-large positions on the ABA Board of Governors for terms beginning at the conclusion of the 2014 Annual Meeting and ending at the conclusion of the 2017 Annual Meeting. Pursuant to…

Jan 1, 2014 7:40 AM CST

New legislative strategy is tougher on human trafficking and more supportive of victims

There is a growing body of legislation at the state level that targets modern human slavery, which occurs primarily in the forms of forced labor and forced sex. The U.S. State Department estimates in its Trafficking in Persons Report for 2012 that as many as 27 million women, children and…

Dec 1, 2013 8:00 AM CST

ABA makes the Model Rules available as a mobile app

As a self-described “ethics nerd,” Lucian T. Pera likes the idea of having easy access to a variety of reference materials on his mobile devices when he’s away from the office. “I use this stuff,” he says. So he was an early purchaser when the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility…

Dec 1, 2013 7:50 AM CST

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2014 REGULAR STATE DELEGATE ELECTION The following jurisdictions will elect a State Delegate for a three year term beginning at the adjournment of the 2014 Annual Meeting: Arizona Maine New Jersey Texas Connecticut Michigan Oklahoma Washington District of Columbia Mississippi Puerto Rico Wyoming Illinois Montana South Carolina Iowa Nebraska South…

Dec 1, 2013 7:30 AM CST

Key battles of WWII were fought in courtrooms and legislatures, shows new ABA book

A new book published by the ABA offers nearly 600 pages of proof that the wheels of the law don’t stop turning during the trauma of war. If anything, the book produced by ABA Publishing—World War II Law and Lawyers: Issues, Cases and Characters—provides evidence that modern war is a…

Nov 1, 2013 6:10 AM CDT

Attorney general’s speech reflects ABA push against overcriminalization

When U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the ABA’s 560-member House of Delegates about his sweeping initiative that in effect renounced decades of tough-on-crime anti-drug legislation and policies, it fell on welcoming ears. For years, the ABA has been calling for these and other reforms to criminal laws. “The attorney…

Oct 1, 2013 7:10 AM CDT

Legal ed council offers choice on law professors’ job security

The governing council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar tentatively approved three more chapters of proposed amendments to the law school accreditation standards. The council, which met during the annual meeting, voted to post the proposed changes to chapters 1, 3 and 4 of…

Oct 1, 2013 7:00 AM CDT

Ex-secretary of state Hillary Clinton calls for voting rights action

Adding a taste of political campaign 2016, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called strongly for protection and restoration of voting rights when addressing the ABA’s House of Delegates in San Francisco. She announced that this would be the first in a series of policy-oriented speeches she intends to give…

Oct 1, 2013 6:50 AM CDT

House of Delegates supports key measure to fight human trafficking

The ABA House of Delegates has approved a uniform law that could become an important weapon in the war against human trafficking in the United States. The 560-member House, which sets policy for the ABA, approved the Uniform Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking Act (PDF) in August “as…

Oct 1, 2013 6:40 AM CDT

New ABA President James Silkenat sets his agenda

Accepting the presidential gavel, new ABA President James Silkenat of New York City laid out a series of initiatives he intends to push during his term that runs until August 2014. In what may turn out to be Silkenat’s signature project, he discussed the joining of two pressing issues for…

Oct 1, 2013 6:30 AM CDT

Technology advances will put mobility into trials, doing more for less

A small conference room packed mostly with judges from around the country heard one word that defines the future for how they go about their work: mobility. “Mobility is the key word for information technology,” Glenn Grant, administrative director for the courts of New Jersey, told the audience at the…

Oct 1, 2013 6:20 AM CDT

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