ATHENA International Founder Lauds Leadership of ABA President Bellows
ATHENA International founder Martha Mertz presents ABA President Laurel Bellows with the 2012 Global ATHENA Leadership Award on Oct. 15 in Chicago. ATHENA International is a not-for-profit organization...
View ArticleABA President Bellows Receives ATHENA Award, Urges Renewed Gender Equity Efforts
American Bar Association President Laurel Bellows receives the 2012 Global ATHENA Leadership Award Oct. 15 in Chicago for professional excellence, community service, and actively assisting women in...
View ArticleABA President Bellows: Our Justice System is Being Starved by Our Legislators
ABA President Laurel Bellows emphasizes the importance of legal aid and praises the work of the Legal Services Corporation at an event highlighting the recent release of a 44-page report by its Pro...
View ArticleWomen’s Leadership in the Law: Panelist Keane Advises Women on Career Success
Denise Keane, executive vice president and general counsel at Altria Group, Inc., served as a panelist at the Women’s Leadership in Law program in Chicago, Oct. 18. Keane advises that leadership can...
View ArticleWomen’s Leadership in the Law: Panelist Cranston Advises Women on Career Success
Mary B. Cranston, chair of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession and retired senior partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw and Pittman LLP, served as a panelist at the Women’s Leadership in Law...
View ArticleWomen’s Leadership in the Law: Panelist Duffly Advises Women on Career Success
Fernande R.V. Duffly, associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts , served as a panelist at the Women’s Leadership in Law program in Chicago, Oct. 18. Duffly advises future...
View ArticleABA President Bellows Opens Criminal Justice Section’s Fall Institute, Calls...
ABA President Laurel Bellows welcomed attendees to the Fifth Annual Fall Institute of the Criminal Justice Section Oct 26 in Washington, D.C. Bellows lauded the section’s support for human trafficking...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Attorney General Questions Use of Incarceration at 2012 Criminal...
There is an over-reliance on incarceration, and as a mechanism for enforcing violations, it is not effective, says Edwin Meese, former U.S. Attorney General, in his opening address of the American Bar...
View ArticleLawyers are Crucial in Fight to End Human Trafficking, says UN Ambassador
Actress Mira Sorvino, United Nations goodwill ambassador to combat human trafficking, offers words of encouragement to lawyers attending the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section’s Fifth...
View ArticleLawyers Critical to Recovery, Says Trafficking Victim
“Angelina,” a trafficking victim, shares how she was fortunate to find a savvy lawyers to help her situation. In an effort to build awareness of the problem, the ABA Task Force on Human Trafficking, is...
View Article22nd Annual Review of National Security Law: Intelligence Law Developments 2012
Counsel from the CIA, Department of Defense and the U.S. House Intelligence Committee discuss how technology has changed the notion of privacy not only in the intelligence field, but also as it relates...
View Article22nd Annual Review of National Security Law: Increase in National Security...
Despite the increased number of complex national security cases appearing before federal judges since 9/11, the judiciary should remember that the Constitution does not give it a role in national...
View Article2012 WILL Academy: Documentary Filmmaker Decries State of Women in the Workforce
Excerpts from keynote speech of Jennifer Siebel Newsom, founder and chief executive officer of MissRepresentation.org, who addresses gender equality issues and urges attendees “to demand a culture that...
View Article2012 WILL Academy: San Francisco Superior Court Judge Counsels Women Lawyers...
Excerpts from keynote speech of Angela Bradstreet, who advises attendees to be visible and toot their own horns: “Don’t mistake modesty for stupidity.” The conference attracted more than 300 women...
View Article2012 WILL Academy: Former Latham & Watkins Partner Says Asking for Help is...
Excerpts from speech by Edith R. Perez, who urges would-be leaders to visualize goals, exercise extreme discipline and be relentlessly persistent. The conference attracted more than 300 women lawyers...
View ArticleLawyers: Join Fight Against Human Trafficking, Urges ABA Task Force
The American Bar Association Task Force on Human Trafficking was formed by President Laurel Bellows in 2012 to address human trafficking, a problem that President Obama has called “one of the greatest...
View ArticleChief Judge James F. Holderman on Jury Trials
James F. Holderman, Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, who chairs the ABA Commission on the American Jury Project, underscores the importance of the...
View ArticleABA Members Encouraged to Converge on Capitol Hill on Behalf of the Profession
ABA Day Planning Committee Chair Linda Klein urges lawyers from around the country to participate in the association’s annual grassroots “lobby day” in Washington, DC. April 16-18. The 113th Congress...
View ArticleSpirit of Excellence 2013: M. Javade Chaudhri
Javade Chaudhri, executive vice president and general counsel of Sempra Energy in San Diego, is the only South Asian-American general counsel of a Fortune 500 company. He is chair of the National...
View ArticleSpirit of Excellence 2013: Stacy L. Leeds
Stacy Leeds, dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Ark., is the first Native American woman to be a law school dean. She is the first and only woman to serve as a justice...
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