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Bucking a Backlog

ABA pitches in to reduce delays in resolving disability claims

Oct 2, 2009 12:30 AM CDT

ABA Announcements

2010 REGULAR STATE DELEGATE ELECTIONS The following jurisdictions will elect a State Delegate for a three-year term beginning at the adjournment of the 2010 Annual Meeting: AlabamaAlaskaCaliforniaFloridaHawaiiKansasKentuckyMassachusettsMissouriNew MexicoNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaPennsylvaniaTennesseeVermontVirginiaWisconsin PETITIONS Nominating petitions for State Delegates to be elected in 2010 must be filed with the Board of Elections at…

Oct 2, 2009 12:20 AM CDT

Holder Speech Highlights ABA Annual Meeting

New attorney general says administration will seek “smart” strategies to address crime

Sep 2, 2009 1:40 AM CDT

Wells: FTC Delay on ‘Red Flag Rule’ Aids ABA Effort

A recent decision to suspend implementation of a con­troversial federal regulation aimed at preventing identity theft gives the ABA more time to press its argument that the regulation should not be applied to lawyers, said H. Thomas Wells Jr. at his final press briefing as ABA president.

Sep 2, 2009 1:30 AM CDT

Ex-AGs Weigh Justice and Politics

Six former U.S. attorneys general, who served under four different presidents in the past 30 years, expressed serious concerns about proposed investigations into interrogation techniques employed—but now abandoned—in the war against terrorism.

Sep 2, 2009 1:20 AM CDT

Zack Understands Legal Concerns of Hispanic Community

It was just one moment in a hallway outside another hotel meeting room, but it offered a telling glimpse into the impact Stephen N. Zack is likely to have when he takes his turn as
ABA president.

Sep 2, 2009 1:10 AM CDT

Souter Urges ABA to Help Improve Civics Education

Like the manner of the man who delivered it, the message was simple, direct and steeped in the heritage of traditional New England democracy: “We have to do something to improve civic education in the United States,” said re­tired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter.

Sep 2, 2009 1:00 AM CDT

Lamm Becomes ABA President

Carolyn Lamm assumed the presidency of the ABA at the 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago, telling the House of Dele­gates that “the term rule of law may sound like an abstraction, but history is full of evidence that reminds us otherwise.”

Sep 2, 2009 12:50 AM CDT

Firm Hand for Hard Times

Incoming ABA President Carolyn Lamm seeks aid for lawyers facing economic woes

Aug 2, 2009 12:20 AM CDT

Off the Mat

After a beat-down nine years ago, multidisciplinary practice may get another look from the ABA

Aug 2, 2009 12:10 AM CDT

Room on the Front Burner

Congress gives prime spot on its agenda to key criminal justice issues

Aug 1, 2009 11:59 PM CDT

Standing Together

Government branches addressing justice issues still feel some tremors

Jul 2, 2009 12:30 AM CDT

Warming Trend

Congress looks to bolster the LSC as the recession raises legal worries for the poor

Jul 2, 2009 12:20 AM CDT

ABA Announcements

NOTICE BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS Pursuant to § 6.3(e) of the ABA Constitution, the state of Idaho will elect a State Delegate to fill a vacancy due to the demise of M. Allyn Dingel, Jr. The term is effective at the conclusion of the 2009 Annual Meeting and expires…

Jul 2, 2009 12:10 AM CDT

Pressure Points

Bar programs help lawyers cope with the emotional strains of the recession

Jun 2, 2009 1:19 AM CDT

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Richard Posner, influential and iconoclastic federal judge, dies at 87

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