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Lawyers giving back

Know someone in the legal field who gets a charge out of helping others? Snap a photo at their next event and please submit them to Julie Brown c/o Lawyers Giving Back. We welcome your “action” photographs of lawyers—whether ABA members or not—giving back to their communities. Send jpeg files…

Mar 1, 2013 6:50 AM CST

The Stonewall legacy: ABA commission creates an award commemorating a key moment for LGBT rights

Until the late hours of June 27, 1969, the Stonewall Inn had tried to keep a low profile as a gathering spot for gays in Greenwich Village. Still, like other clubs and businesses that catered to the gay community at a time when New York City law prohibited homosexuality in…

Feb 1, 2013 7:40 AM CST

Legal ed section takes steps to speed up review of accreditation standards

A committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar continues to make slow but steady progress in what has become an epic quest to overhaul the standards that govern accreditation of U.S. law schools. But the project, which originally was expected to take about two…

Feb 1, 2013 7:30 AM CST

Lawyers giving back

Know someone in the legal field who gets a charge out of helping others? Snap a photo at their next event and please submit them to Julie Brown c/o Lawyers Giving Back. We welcome your “action” photographs of lawyers—whether ABA members or not—giving back to their communities. Send jpeg files…

Feb 1, 2013 7:00 AM CST

We Need to Talk: Sponsors of Judicial Recusal Proposal Seek More Input Before Going to House

As the Nov. 14 deadline for filing resolutions with the ABA House of Delegates approached, two ABA committees were finalizing a proposal on judicial disqualification issues relating to spending in judicial election or retention campaigns. The plan was to submit the resolution and supporting report by the deadline so that…

Jan 1, 2013 7:30 AM CST

Know Your Dough: Division Lends Support to Financial Literacy Project for High School Kids

The typical college undergraduate carries more than $3,100 in credit card debt, according to at least one study, and that amount is dwarfed by the burden of tuition loan debt many students carry when they graduate. In light of those realities, financial literacy is becoming an increasingly important part of…

Jan 1, 2013 7:19 AM CST

It’s Not Just the Economy: Congress Will Face a Full Agenda of Justice System Issues

While pressing economic matters will be at the top of the to-do list for the 113th Congress when it convenes Jan. 3, a range of issues relating to the justice system also will be vying for the attention of federal legislators. Judicial nominations. ABA President Laurel G. Bellows urged U.S.…

Jan 1, 2013 7:10 AM CST

ABA Announcements

2013 BOARD OF GOVERNORS ELECTIONS At the 2013 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 2013 Annual Meeting and ending at the conclusion of the 2016 Annual Meeting. Pursuant to…

Jan 1, 2013 7:00 AM CST

Lawyers Giving Back

Know someone in the legal field who gets a charge out of helping others? Snap a photo at their next event and please submit them to Julie Brown c/o Lawyers Giving Back. We welcome your “action” photographs of lawyers—whether ABA members or not—giving back to their communities. Send jpeg files…

Jan 1, 2013 6:50 AM CST

Dubious Honor: Real Estate Leads the Practice Field for Malpractice Claims, Says ABA Report

Plaintiffs personal injury lawyers might let out a small sigh of relief after reading the results of the latest in a series of four-year studies of malpractice claims experience produced by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability. The committee’s Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims for the years 2008…

Dec 1, 2012 7:50 AM CST

You’ve Come A Long Way: ABA’s Entity for Solos and Small Firms Celebrates 50 Years

Alan DeWoskin still chuckles at the thought of the controversy surrounding the formation in the 1970s of the solo and small firm committee within the ABA’s General Practice Section. “People felt that you could not be a sole practitioner and be involved in an important ABA position,” says DeWoskin, a…

Dec 1, 2012 7:40 AM CST

ABA Announcements

2013 REGULAR STATE DELEGATE ELECTIONS The following jurisdictions will elect a State Delegate for a three year term beginning at the adjournment of the 2013 Annual Meeting: Alabama Alaska California Florida Hawaii Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Missouri New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont Virginia Wisconsin PETITIONS Nominating petitions…

Dec 1, 2012 7:20 AM CST

Three Strikes: Litigation Section Drops Proposal for Guidelines on Dealing with Expert Witnesses

It looks like the Section of Litigation’s idea for developing uniform guidelines that would apply to the retention and employment of experts in contested legal matters has struck out in the ABA’s policymaking House of Delegates. In August, the ABA Guidelines for Retention of Experts by Lawyers failed to pass…

Nov 1, 2012 6:40 AM CDT

The 800-Year Reunion: ABA to Hold Commemorative Events in 2015 to Mark Magna Carta Signing

The ABA has a long-standing affinity for Runnymede, the idyllic meadow along the banks of the Thames River west of London, where legal history was made nearly eight centuries ago. On June 15, 1215, King John of England met with his barons in that meadow to resolve a power struggle.…

Nov 1, 2012 6:30 AM CDT

ABA Announcements

2013 REGULAR STATE DELEGATE ELECTIONS The following jurisdictions will elect a State Delegate for a three year term beginning at the adjournment of the 2013 Annual Meeting: Alabama Alaska California Florida Hawaii Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Missouri New Mexico North Carolina North Dakota Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont Virginia Wisconsin PETITIONS Nominating petitions…

Nov 1, 2012 6:10 AM CDT

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