Annual Meeting

Team protest cases are labor law, not free speech

Terri Carmichael Jackson recalled leading the Women’s National Basketball Players Association during a panel on Social Activism and Freedom of Speech in Sports at the ABA Annual Meeting.

Oct 1, 2018 12:40 AM CDT

Women’s experiences differ from men’s and affect their longevity in law, survey finds

Women in law already face unique challenges, and a new study appears to show that a large number of female attorneys with more than 20 years of practice are leaving the profession.

Oct 1, 2018 12:36 AM CDT

Would Pope’s rejection of death penalty have changed Scalia’s opinion?

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago told American Bar Association members that if Justice Antonin Scalia, a devout Catholic, had lived to hear the pope’s death penalty proclamation, he might have reconsidered his position supporting capital punishment.

Oct 1, 2018 12:35 AM CDT

ABA presidents share views from the top

New ABA President Robert M. Carlson, President-elect Judy Perry Martinez and outgoing President Hilarie Bass each addressed the House of Delegates in the last days of the 2018 ABA Annual Meeting.

Oct 1, 2018 12:30 AM CDT

Immigration lawyers must deal with ‘manufactured crisis’

Attorneys who’ve spent their careers concentrating on immigration law and child welfare have been scrambling to deal with the fallout of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Oct 1, 2018 12:25 AM CDT

Incoming President Robert Carlson sees expansive roles for attorneys

Robert Carlson hopes that during his term as president the ABA will carry on its work toward bringing in more members and promoting the importance of an independent judicial system. He’d also like to see continued work involving changes in legal education and bar admissions, and the promotion of wellness for lawyers and law students.

Sep 1, 2018 1:35 AM CDT

With political will, global community could solve refugee problem, says former UN official

There are more displaced people internationally now than at any point since World War II, says Alex Aleinikoff, a former Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees at the United Nations. But the problem is manageable, he says—if there's the political will to deal with the problem.

Aug 7, 2018 3:39 PM CDT

ABA House urges legal employers not to require mandatory arbitration of sexual harassment claims

After a year in which sexual harassment in the workplace has taken center stage, the ABA’s House of Delegates voted Tuesday to urge legal employers not to require mandatory arbitration of such claims.

Aug 7, 2018 2:44 PM CDT

ABA needs ‘smart, resourceful and agile thinking,’ says president-elect Judy Perry Martinez

“As to those challenges facing our association, you have already, in this House, undertaken actions during this meeting that will drive greater stability,” ABA President-elect Judy Perry Martinez said in her Tuesday speech.

Aug 7, 2018 2:25 PM CDT

ABA resolution urges federal government to immediately cease separating immigrant families

The ABA House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on Congress and the executive branch to end the separation of immigrant families and protect their legal claims.

Aug 7, 2018 2:04 PM CDT

House resolutions decry over-discipline in schools, urge tech access for those with disabilities

Technological access for those with disabilities and curbing the school-to-prison pipeline were the focus of two resolutions brought by the Commission on Disability Rights before the ABA House of Delegates on Tuesday. Both were passed with overwhelming support.

Aug 7, 2018 1:26 PM CDT

Congress should exempt Puerto Rico from shipping law, ABA House says

A nearly century-old shipping regulation is hampering Puerto Rico's economic and physical recovery in the wake of Hurricane Maria last year, and Congress should enact legislation to permanently exempt the island, the ABA House of Delegates declared in a vote on Tuesday.

Aug 7, 2018 1:06 PM CDT

ABA House overwhelmingly adopts new standards for care of unaccompanied immigrant minors

The ABA’s House of Delegates agreed Tuesday to adopt standards for how the federal government should treat unaccompanied immigrant minors.

Aug 7, 2018 11:58 AM CDT

ABA House urges Congress to protect transgender service members in the military

The ABA House of Delegates on Tuesday voted for a resolution in support of transgender service members in the military, calling on the federal government "to recognize that service by persons who otherwise meet the standards for accession or retention, as applicable, in the United States Armed Forces should not be restricted, and transgender persons should not be discriminated against, based on gender identity."

Aug 7, 2018 10:56 AM CDT

Model code of conduct for state administrative law judges adopted by ABA House

State administrative law judges aren’t covered by judicial conduct rules for judicial-branch judges, but many states don’t have adequate rules for protecting their independence, North Carolina chief administrative law judge Julian Mann III told the ABA House of Delegates at the ABA Annual Meeting on Monday in Chicago.

Aug 7, 2018 10:27 AM CDT