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ABA Silver Gavel Award Winners Announced
The American Bar Association announced today its selections for the Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts, which recognize outstanding work that fosters the American public’s understanding of law and the legal system. This is the ABA’s highest honor in recognition of this purpose, and no more than one Silver Gavel is presented in each category.
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Social Media and Your Brand: Be Proactive, Act Fast
There are 800 million Facebook users; 100 million on LinkedIn. And there are billions of users worldwide on social media sites. Social media is the future of e-commerce, laid out Rob Holmes, of IPCybercrimes.com, during a recent American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law panel.
Only Two Weeks Left to Make a Difference Without Leaving Your Desk
With two clicks of a mouse, you can provide homeless veterans with access to justice, help foster children transition to independent living, or build awareness of Law Day! The American Bar Association recently launched the “Make Your Likes Count” sweepstakes on Facebook, which invites legal professionals to support three ABA Fund for Justice and Education charities. The sweepstakes runs through May 15.
Culture, Access and Training All Critical to Antitrust Compliance Program
An effective antitrust compliance program does not mean everyone in the company becomes a legal expert, said moderator Kathleen Beasley, of Haynes & Boone LLP, at a “General Counsel Roundtable on Compliance” program, in recapping thoughts from the guests. Rather, it means that there is an atmosphere, a culture of compliance; there’s a dialogue and ongoing communications about abiding by the rules.
New York Lawyer Wins ABA Professional Liability Writing Award
Aileen M. McGill, a 2010 graduate of University of Pennsylvania Law School and a second-year litigation associate at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler in New York City, displays the plaque she received as winner of the 2012 Bert W. Levit Essay Contest, sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability. Her winning essay was a legal memorandum to the general counsel of an international law firm on ethics questions concerning how the firm handles engagement letters, office restructuring and taking on new matters in a cross-jurisdictional scenario.
- Statement of Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III, President, American Bar Association Re: Death of Nicholas Katzenbach
May 10, 2012 - Statement of Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III, President, American Bar Association Re: Proposal to Eliminate LSC Funding Ignores Working-Class Families
March 28, 2012 - Statement of Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III, President, American Bar Association Re: Death of Trayvon Martin
March 26, 2012
- It’s time to restore access to justice
Oskaloosa News - Guest column: “No courts, no justice, no freedom,”
Bozeman Daily Chronicle - Law Day warning: Court budget cuts “shutting down justice”
Justice at Stake - States, feds target debt settlement legal firms over upfront fees
creditcards.com - Judge who presided at Anthony trial will speak at Law Day luncheon
Ocala.com (Florida) - Sue me? Not a chance this year
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