Spirit of Excellence 2013: Myles V. Lynk
Myles Lynk, the Peter Kiewit Foundation Professor of Law and the Legal Profession at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law in Tempe, Ariz., is the only African-American faculty...
View ArticleSpirit of Excellence 2013: Jenny Rivera
Jenny Rivera, whose nomination by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to the state’s highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, accepted her award telephonically, since the snow storm and her pending...
View ArticleSpirit of Excellence 2013: Thomas Saenz
Thomas A. Saenz is president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in Los Angeles, where he started as a staff attorney in 1993. Known as the Thurgood Marshall...
View ArticleSpirit of Excellence 2013: Walter Sutton
Walter L. Sutton Jr., associate general counsel for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., is responsible for the development and coordination of diversity for Wal-Mart’s legal department. He was...
View Article50 Years After Gideon: Stephen Bright Urges Overhaul of Indigent Defense System
Stephen Bright, president and senior counsel for the Southern Center for Human Rights, calls the current indigent defense system an absolute disgrace to the legal profession and outlines the problems...
View ArticleABA Honors LGBT Activist with Inaugural Stonewall Award
Mary Bonauto, civil rights project director for the New England-wide Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders since 1990, has worked on nearly every facet of the legal movement for equality under...
View ArticleABA Honors Government Lawyer with Inaugural Stonewall Award
Matt Nosanchuk is an attorney with substantial experience working on constitutional and civil rights issues in all three branches of government, in private practice and at non-profit organizations,...
View ArticleABA Honors Transgender Solo Practitioner with Inaugural Stonewall Award
Mia Yamamoto, a Vietnam combat veteran and private practitioner since 1984, serves on the board of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Criminal Courts Bar Association and International...
View ArticleResolution 104E: Defense Lawyers Should Investigate and Inquire About...
The ABA House of Delegates adopts Resolution 104E, which urges defense lawyers to inquire and investigate the immigration status of juvenile defendants and inform them of any collateral consequences of...
View ArticlePresident-Elect Nominee Hubbard Addresses House of Delegates
The future of the legal profession is contingent on the leadership of young lawyers, says ABA President-Elect Nominee William C. Hubbard in his remarks to the ABA House of Delegates at the 2013 Midyear...
View ArticleABA Executive Director Jack Rives Reports on Association Operations
ABA Executive Director Jack Rives reports on staff operations to the ABA House of Delegates at the 2013 ABA Midyear Meeting in Dallas. Related Top Story: Access to Justice Theme of Several Key Speeches...
View ArticleABA House of Delegates Adopts Ethics 20/20 Resolution 107C
The ABA House of Delegates adopts Resolution 107C, which amends the ABA Model Rule on Pro Hac Vice Admission, to provide judges with guidance about whether to grant limited and temporary practice...
View ArticleABA House of Delegates Adopts Ethics 20/20 Resolution 107B
The ABA House of Delegates adopts Resolution 107B during the 2013 ABA Midyear Meeting in Dallas. The measure permits foreign lawyers to serve as in-house counsel in the United States, with some added...
View ArticleABA House of Delegates Adopts Ethics 20/20 Resolution 107A
The ABA House of Delegates adopts Resolution 107A during the 2013 ABA Midyear Meeting in Dallas. The measure permits foreign lawyers to serve as in-house counsel in the United States, but with the...
View ArticleABA House of Delegates Adopts Resolution 106 on ABA Jury Standards
The ABA House of Delegates passes Resolution 106, which amends various sections of the “2005 ABA Principles for Juries and Jury Trials,” during the 2013 ABA Midyear Meeting in Dallas.
View ArticleABA House of Delegates Passes Resolution 104G to Aid Victims of Human...
The ABA House of Delegates adopts Resolution 104G, during the ABA Midyear Meeting in Dallas. The measure urges governments to enact legislation allowing victims charged with non-violent crimes that are...
View ArticleABA House of Delegates Passes Resolution 104J on Model Grand Jury Charge
The ABA House of Delegates adopts Resolution 104J, during the 2013 ABA Midyear Meeting in Dallas. The measure urges the Judicial Conference of the United States to amend the Model Grand Jury Charge.
View ArticleABA Treasurer Lucian T. Pera Reports on ABA Finances at 2013 Midyear Meeting
ABA Treasurer Lucian T. Pera reports on association finances to the ABA House of Delegates at the 2013 ABA Midyear Meeting in Dallas.
View ArticleAdministrator at Air & Space Law Meeting Warns of Grim Outlook for FAA if...
Michael P. Huerta, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, warns that the FAA faces budget cuts of nearly $627 million, which could result in up to 90-minute flight delays at some major...
View ArticleABA President Speaks Out for Equality at International Women’s Day Event
ABA President Laurel Bellows addresses issues of gender equity, human trafficking and domestic violence during a luncheon program, “How Far Have We Come? A Review of Women’s Equality in the U.S. and...
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