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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…

Jul 1, 2011 5:40 AM CDT

A Big Play for BigLaw: Ethics 20/20 Considers Separate Conduct Rules for Large Firms

Photo of London’s Financial District by AP Photo/Leftris Pitarakis When the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 gathered in Washington, D.C., for its most recent meeting, it was already looking at a full menu of challenging issues relating to the impact of technology and globalization on professional conduct rules for lawyers.…

Jun 1, 2011 5:50 AM CDT

Grassroots Advocacy Awards Recognize Support of ABA Lobbying Efforts on the Hill

Over a few days every spring, bar leaders numbering in the hundreds make their way up Capitol Hill to ensure that members of Congress know about key issues affecting the justice system and the legal profession. Participants in this year’s ABA Day in Washington event, held April 12-14, voiced their…

Jun 1, 2011 5:40 AM CDT

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…

Jun 1, 2011 5:30 AM CDT

Folks Still Find Lawyers the Old-Fashioned Way

Lawyers who have a Facebook page, write a blog and maintain a Twitter account are at the forefront of online marketing, but are they getting a payoff for their efforts? A recent survey (PDF) conducted for the ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services raises some questions about…

May 1, 2011 6:30 AM CDT

ABA Task Force Builds Its Case to Broaden Support for Cash-Strapped Courts

As courts around the United States face budget cuts that are forcing some of them to curtail operations and services, concerns are growing that the justice system also is being undercut by political apathy. Those concerns were voiced during a press briefing held March 16 in Washington, D.C., by leaders…

May 1, 2011 6:20 AM CDT

Despite Criticism, a Review of ABA Standards for Law Schools Is Moving Forward

Two and a half years into its review of the ABA standards for Approval of Law Schools, a committee of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is showing no inclination to go along with a plea that it put the process on hold and essentially start…

May 1, 2011 6:10 AM CDT

John Adams Gets His Day: The First Lawyer-President Set a Standard for Representing Unpopular Causes

What would John Adams do? that simple question is at the heart of the ABA’s Law Day theme for 2011. Building a theme around an individual is something of a departure for the celebration of the U.S. justice system that has been held every May 1 since 1958. The only…

May 1, 2011 6:00 AM CDT

Fending for the Elderly: ABA Sees Elder Justice Act as Partial Solution

When President Barack Obama signed the Elder Justice Act into law as part of last year’s health care reform package, the ABA and other advocates for the elderly celebrated the fact that elder abuse was being recognized as a national priority. The act provides for coordination of efforts by federal,…

May 1, 2011 5:50 AM CDT

ABA Treasurer’s Report: Fiscal Year Ending Aug. 31, 2010

Alice Richmond, ABA Treasurer “History is full of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised again.” —Kurt Vonnegut After several years of surprises, the ABA’s Fiscal Year ending Aug. 31, 2010, (FY2010) was one of progress, showing promising signs of stability. When compared with the Association’s FY2009, we…

May 1, 2011 5:40 AM CDT

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…

May 1, 2011 5:30 AM CDT

ABA Announcements

NOTICE BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION REGARDING ELECTION OF DELEGATES-AT-LARGE Pursuant to § 6.5 of the ABA Constitution, six Delegates-at-Large to the House of Delegates will be elected at the 2011 Annual Meeting for three-year terms beginning with the adjournment of that meeting and ending with the…

May 1, 2011 5:20 AM CDT

The 25th ABA Techshow Recalls the Pioneer Days of Legal Technology

The IBM AT, enhanced for business use, was the hot computer to have in 1986. As much as 360 kilobytes of information could be stored on 5-inch floppy diskettes. Letter-quality documents could be churned from a daisy-wheel printer. Or, if you wanted to spend around $4,000, a high-quality laser printer…

Apr 1, 2011 6:00 AM CDT

Bellows Named President-Elect; 10 Chosen for Board of Governors

The nominating committee of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates announced its candidates for ABA president-elect and 10 seats on the Board of Governors in February. The House of Delegates will vote on the nominees in August when it convenes at the 2011 ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto. The…

Apr 1, 2011 5:50 AM CDT

Task Force Probes Defense Lawyers’ Role After Padilla

An American Bar Association task force has plunged into the work of studying the evolving role of criminal defense lawyers in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2010 decision in Padilla v. Kentucky. The panel has taken on the ambitious task of examining the impact of Padilla on…

Apr 1, 2011 5:30 AM CDT

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