What Katrina Can Teach Lawyers About Disaster Preparedness; FEMA Grants $1.7M to Preserve Records

Judge Madeleine Landrieu of Louisiana’s court of appeals was a civil trial judge in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005. She was among 16 out of the civil court’s 18 judges who lost their homes in the disaster. Landrieu evacuated with her family and moved them into…

Feb 4, 2012 1:40 AM CST

Nonlawyer Ownership Interests in Law Firms Remains an Unsettled Issue for Ethics 20/20 Commission

Corrected: The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 still is undecided on whether it will make a recommendation on whether nonlawyers should be allowed to have some form of limited ownership interest in U.S. law firms. In recent months, the commission’s work on the issue has focused on what the substance…

Feb 4, 2012 1:21 AM CST

Ethics Proposals Would Require Law Firms to Report Lawyers’ Judicial Campaign Contributions

Adam Skaggs. Photo by Kathy Anderson Should law firms have to report judicial campaign contributions by their lawyers and staffers? Should they include information about nonfinancial support, such as endorsements? And how should judges use that information to decide whether to recuse themselves? Those questions were considered at a public…

Feb 3, 2012 9:12 PM CST

Lawyers Still Have a Lot to Learn About Technology, Ethics 20/20 Witnesses Say

Jayne Reardon. Photo by Kathy Anderson Lawyers don’t fully appreciate how much technology is changing the nature of law practice, several witnesses said today at a public hearing conducted by the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20. “Many lawyers don’t understand that technology is a leading cause of the economic climate…

Feb 3, 2012 2:12 AM CST

Scalia and Holder to Speak at ABA Midyear Meeting in New Orleans

The ABA Midyear Meeting returns to New Orleans today, six years after Hurricane Katrina forced the association to move its midyear gathering out of the city. To ABA President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III, the meeting has symbolic significance. “In returning to New Orleans, we hope the ABA will demonstrate…

Feb 1, 2012 11:45 AM CST

Back to the Big Easy: ABA to Hold Its First Major Post-Katrina Meeting in New Orleans

Feb 1, 2012 7:50 AM CST

Ethics 20/20 Commission Issues White Paper About Alternative Litigation Financing

Dec 1, 2011 7:40 AM CST

Witnesses Describe State and Local Courts Reeling from Budget Cutbacks

Mar 1, 2011 8:40 AM CST

Litigation Lending Makes Its Case

Mar 1, 2011 8:30 AM CST

Midyear Attendees Get Special Showing of Robert Redford’s New Film ‘The Conspirator’

Mar 1, 2011 8:20 AM CST

Future Law: Rethink Client Needs, or Else

Mar 1, 2011 8:10 AM CST

Value Billing: Plunging In

Mar 1, 2011 8:00 AM CST

Bellows: ABA Should Be a Part of Public Debates

Mar 1, 2011 7:50 AM CST

ABA Calls for More Civics Education

The ABA on Monday called on federal and state governments to require civic education for elementary, middle, and secondary students in the nation’s schools and provide grant funding for such programs. The ABA’s Commission on Civic Education is organizing civics academies that will be staffed by lawyers nationwide for high…

Feb 14, 2011 8:42 PM CST

ABA Protests Proposed Cuts to Legal Services Funding

The ABA opposes any proposed cuts to funding of the federal Legal Services Corp., the ABA House of Delegates said today. Last week, Rep. Hal Rogers, a Kentucky Republican who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, proposed a funding resolution that, among other things, would seek to reduce funding for the…

Feb 14, 2011 8:28 PM CST