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- Conveyor Belt to Deportation: Asylum Cases Don’t Get Attention They Deserve
- ABA President Lamm Discusses Judicial Review Process
- Tips From the Top: Justice Scalia, Garner Advise on Art of Persuasion
- American Bar Association Calls on Board of Immigration Appeals to Discard Procedural Changes Adopted in 2002
ABA President-Elect Stephen N. Zack Receives Gavel from Outgoing President Carolyn Lamm
On Monday afternoon of the meeting of the House of Delegates during the American Bar Association Annual Meeting, the House of Delegates saw the passing of the gavel from President Carolyn B. Lamm to incoming President Stephen N. Zack. During her introduction of Zack, Lamm noted, “I know you’ll be in fabulous hands.” She outlined Zack’s rise in the leadership of both The Florida Bar and the ABA.
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- ABA Adopts Policy on Federal Preemption of State Tort Law, Civil Right to Counsel, Judicial Training, Other Key Legal Issues August 10, 2010
- ABA House of Delegates Adopts Policy on Marriage Equality, Microstamping of New Semi-Automatic Pistols and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty August 10, 2010
- American Bar Association Adopts Criminal Justice, Preemption and Civil Gideon Policies August 9, 2010
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Receives Highest ABA Honor August 9, 2010
In-House Counsel Tell Outside Lawyers: Clarity, Common Sense Build Strong Relations
The financial services industry spends billions of dollars annually on legal assistance to supplement the work of in-house counsel. Firms that want to be invited back year after year would do well to heed the advice from a seasoned panel of in-house attorneys from the likes of Alliant Credit Union, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Mechanics Bank and PNC:
Miranda Waivers Can be Based on Faulty Warnings, and Courts May Never Know
Using Spanish to read a Spanish-speaking crime suspect her rights can have unintended consequences. “You have the right to remain whitewashed” was one of the bad translations of the Miranda warning that led to the appeal of a conviction, shared forensic psychologist Dr. Eric Y. Drogin of Hingham, Mass., in “Miranda Warning and Waivers: The Impact of Age, Culture and Disability Status,” a program at the 2010 American Bar Association Meeting in San Francisco.
ABA President Calls on Lawyers to Teach Students About Civics
ABA President Stephen N. Zack will focus on civic education in America during his term as association president and is calling on lawyers across the country to get involved in a new effort to bring back civic education, not only to the nation’s classrooms, but also to America’s dining room tables.
Genetics, Gene Patenting the Cause of Myriad Legal and Ethical Complexities
Predictive genetic testing and gene patenting may sound like something from “A Brave New World,” but these seemingly science-fiction issues have become the basis for recent headlining litigation, Nanette R. Elster, director of the DePaul College of Law’s Health Law Institute, told audience members at an ABA Annual Meeting program in San Francisco.
- Joseph A. Dewoskin, Kansas City Lawyer, Chairs American Bar Association General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division
August 23, 2010 - ABA Adopts New Model Rules for Client Trust Account Records, Addressing Changes in Banking Laws, Technology and Practice Methods
August 19, 2010 - Birmingham Lawyer Jennifer (Ginger) M. Busby is New Chair of American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
August 13, 2010
- Statement of Carolyn B. Lamm, President, American Bar Association Re: Ruling of Judge Vaughn Walker on Proposition 8
August 5, 2010 - Statement of Carolyn B. Lamm, President, American Bar Association Re: Final Passage of the Fair Sentencing Act
July 28, 2010 - Statement of ABA President Carolyn B. Lamm on Death of Proskauer Rose's Steven Krane
June 29, 2010
- ABA President Zack Discusses Judicial Budget Cuts
WMBF (Myrtle Beach) & WIS (Columbia) - ABA President Zack on WABC’s “Tiempo”
WABC - Emotional Testimony Given in Former Courtroom
Bainerd Dispatch - Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls With Electronic Documents
Inside Track - MU’s Law Dean Praises Kagan
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - FEMA Awards Nearly $2M to Local Flood Victims So Far
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