ABA Announcements
NOTICE OF UNCONTESTED STATES FOR THE 2011 REGULAR STATE DELEGATE ELECTIONS
The Board of Elections certified the following persons State Delegates for the 2011-2014 term: Patricia Lee Refo, Arizona; Alice A. Bruno, Connecticut; Marna S. Tucker, District of Columbia; Robert A. Clifford, Illinois; David L. Brown, Iowa; Ann M. Courtney, Maine; Reginald M. Turner, Jr., Michigan; David Wright Clark, Mississippi; Robert M. Carlson, Montana; Amie C. Martinez, Nebraska; Wayne J. Positan, New Jersey; Jimmy K. Goodman, Oklahoma; Armando Lasa-Ferrer, Puerto Rico; I S Leevy Johnson, South Carolina; Robert B. Frieberg, South Dakota; Eduardo R. Rodriguez, Texas; Paula E. Boggs, Washington; and Joseph B. Bluemel, Wyoming.
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
The ABA President will appoint one minority member-at-large and one woman member-at-large to the Nominating Committee for the term 2011-2014. Nominations for these appointments are submitted to the President by the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession and the Commission on Women in the Profession. For information, interested persons should contact the Commissions directly: Racial and Ethnic Diversity (312/988-5638) or Women in the Profession (312/988-5497).
RESULTS OF MINNESOTA STATE DELEGATE VACANCY
The Board of Elections certified Trudy J. Halla as State Delegate from Minnesota effective immediately through the conclusion of the 2012 Annual Meeting.
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 8-9, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Proposals to amend either the Constitution or Bylaws may be submitted by any ABA member. It is preferable that proposals be submitted in the form of a memorandum that details the purpose and effect of the proposal.
In order to be considered at the 2011 Annual Meeting, a proposed amendment must be received by the Division for Policy Administration at the American Bar Center on or before Friday, March 11, 2011. This deadline is essential in order to allow time for proposed amendments to be considered by the Standing Committee on Constitution and Bylaws.
Exact language will be drafted by the Standing Committee on Constitution and Bylaws and submitted to the sponsors for approval. This procedure will ensure that all amendments that are approved conform to style required by the rules.
Articles 12 and 13 of the Constitution require that notice of proposed amendments must be given to all ABA members at least 30 days in advance of the meeting at which the amendments are to be considered. Therefore, proposed amendments will be published in the July 2011 issue of the ABA Journal. The proponent or his or her designee must be in attendance to present the amendment for debate by the House of Delegates at the meeting at which the proposal will be considered.
Copies of Article 12, concerning amendment of the Bylaws, and Article 13, concerning amendment of the Constitution, will be provided to any member upon request to the Division for Policy Administration at the American Bar Center, 321 N. Clark Street, 21st Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60654.
Hon. Bernice B. Donald
Secretary
CLE PROGRAMS IN MARCH
For information, contact the ABA Service Center at 800-285-2221 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or visit americanbar.org/publications_cle.
