Annual Meeting

No Shortage of Politicians and Legal Legends at ABA Annual Meeting #ABAChicago

Politicians and judges will be in abundant supply at the ABA Annual Meeting that kicks off in Chicago on Thursday. The headliner is newly retired Justice David H. Souter, who will keynote the ABA’s opening assembly on Saturday evening. Souter will talk about the need for civics education, a topic…

Jul 29, 2009 7:19 PM CDT

Souter and ABA House to Discuss Civics Education #ABAChicago

The ABA Annual Meeting that begins Thursday in Chicago will have something of a civics theme. Newly retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter will talk about the need for civics education when he addresses the ABA opening assembly Saturday evening. Then the policy-making ABA House of Delegates will…

Jul 29, 2009 6:43 PM CDT

ABA Annual Meeting 2009 on Twitter #ABAChicago

If you’re writing about the ABA Annual Meeting—taking place July 30 through Aug. 4 in Chicago—on Twitter, we encourage you to include the hash tag #abachicago in your tweets to make them easier for others to find. What’s Twitter? Twitter is a free microblogging and social networking service that enables…

Jul 29, 2009 3:47 PM CDT

ABA Board to Consider Membership Efforts at Annual Meeting

Facing an expected membership decline of up to 4,000 lawyers this year, the ABA has hired Leo Burnett Co. to help market itself. The advertising agency will give a presentation to the ABA Board of Governors at the annual meeting that begins this Thursday in Chicago, the National Law Journal…

Jul 27, 2009 11:47 AM CDT

Rule of Law to Baseball

Neukom plans to stay active on international issues

Sep 1, 2008 1:30 PM CDT

In Search of Equality

Commission says barriers remain after 20 years

Sep 1, 2008 1:25 PM CDT

Screening Door Held Ajar

Modification of Model Rules is tabled—for now

Sep 1, 2008 1:20 PM CDT

Assisting Military Families

Wells also focuses on voter rights, judicial choices

Sep 1, 2008 1:15 PM CDT

The Way of the Dinosaurs?

Warnings of need for change fill legal services hearing

Sep 1, 2008 1:10 PM CDT

A Lesson Unlearned

Sixteen years after watershed case, lawyers may yet be subprime targets

Sep 1, 2008 1:05 PM CDT

Coverage Roundup: Day 6

UPI: “Wells is new leader of lawyers’ group” Blog of Legal Times: “Mukasey on Justice Department Hiring: The System Failed” New York Times: “Mukasey Won’t Pursue Charges in Hiring Inquiry” Associated Press: “Mukasey: No prosecutions in Justice hiring scandal” National Law Journal: “ABA coasts through resolutions involving in-house counsel, law…

Aug 13, 2008 1:05 AM CDT

President-Elect to Focus on Upping ABA Member Rolls

New ABA President-Elect Carolyn B. Lamm told the House of Delegates today that she plans to appoint a series of task forces to look at key segments of the legal profession to determine what the association can do to more effectively bring lawyers from those fields in as members. She…

Aug 12, 2008 6:06 PM CDT

ABA Stands Pat on Lateral Lawyer Rules

Updated: By a single vote, the ABA’s 555-member policy-making House of Delegates decided this morning to postpone indefinitely consideration of an amendment to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to allow a law firm to hire a lateral associate or partner who has a conflict of interest with a firm…

Aug 12, 2008 4:02 PM CDT

DOJ Has Cleaned House, Mukasey Tells ABA

Updated: Attorney General Michael Mukasey told the ABA House of Delegates this morning that “politics must play no role in either the hiring of career [Department of Justice] employees or the investigation and prosecution of cases.” He said the DOJ has cleaned house since the disclosure in late July by…

Aug 12, 2008 2:42 PM CDT

House of Delegates Passionately Debates ABA’s Goals

In the 25 years since the ABA’s policy-making House of Delegates took a comprehensive look at the association’s mission and goals, the number of ABA goals has grown from seven to 11. This morning, the House decided it was time for a little housekeeping. But first, it held a passionate…

Aug 12, 2008 2:00 PM CDT