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March 18, 2010

ABA Urges Sentencing Guidelines Change to Allow Greater Judicial Discretion

James Felman, co-chair of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section’s Committee on Sentencing, spoke on behalf of the ABA before the United States Sentencing Commission yesterday. In his testimony, Felman expressed the association’s support for the commission’s proposals to expand the use of alternatives to incarceration, but said they could go farther

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March 19, 2010

Pepperdine University School of Law Takes Top Honors in Student Trial Advocacy Competition

Pepperdine University School of Law has placed first in the American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Sixth Annual Student Trial Advocacy Competition, winning out over Southern Methodist University in the final round of this national competition held in Washington,

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March 16, 2010

ABA Brief Weighs in on Christian Legal Society Case

The American Bar Association filed an amicus curiae brief late Monday in the Supreme Court of the United States, supporting a decision by the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, to decline official recognition for a campus chapter of the Christian Legal Society. The school “struck a sound and constitutional balance” between combating discrimination and promoting student free speech, according to the association brief in Christian Legal Society Chapter of University of California, Hastings College of the Law, v. Leo P. Martinez

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March 16, 2010

Lee Rosen Awarded 2010 James I. Keane Award for Excellence in e-Lawyering

Lee Rosen, Raleigh, N.C., has been selected by the American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section as the recipient of the 2010 James I. Keane Award for his innovations in the use of technology throughout his law practice that demonstrate a commitment to serving both the public and other legal professionals through Web-based legal work. The award will be presented on March 25 at a luncheon during ABA TECHSHOW at the Chicago Hilton

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March 10, 2010

Legal Adviser to The Department Of State to Speak on U.S National Security Policy

Harold Koh, legal adviser, U.S. Department of State, will share his views this coming Tuesday on the legal implications of the administration’s national security policy at an American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security breakfast program

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