http://www.abanow.org ABA Media Relations & Communication Services Mon, 20 May 2013 11:15:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Penn State University's Board of Trustees has agreed to pursue separate ABA accreditations for its Dickinson School of Law campuses at Carlisle and State College before they can operate as two independent law schools, beginning from the academic year 2014-15. http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/penn-state-law-school-campuses-to-function-as-separate-schools/ ABA President Laurel G. Bellows encourages AARP readers to write a health care advance directive. http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/don%e2%80%99t-delay-your-health-care-planning/ The Detroit Free Press’ series, entitled “Free to Kill,” won an ABA 2013 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts. http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/free-press-wins-national-american-bar-association-silver-gavel-award/ A “scathing” 2006 ABA report on Florida’s death penalty system notes that the state “is one of the few states that allow a jury to recommend a sentence of death based on a majority vote rather than a unanimous one.” http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/op-ed-grotesque-speed-for-florida-capital-cases/ The ABA’s Commission on Immigration determined “that a shift to initial asylum office interviews could have a ‘substantial impact on the immigration courts’ workload’ because it would reduce the number of cases that are ultimately adjudicated by the courts.” http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/asylum-and-the-bipartisan-senate-immigration-bill/ Joerg Moddelmog, the senior German attorney-adviser for the Kaiserslautern Legal Services Center, and a native of Clueversborstel, Germany, was recognized by the ABA with the Legal Assistance for Military Personnel Distinguished Service Award for 2012. http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/21st-tsc-german-attorney-wins-bar-association-award/ Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) while speaking at the ABA’s Section of Taxation 2013 May meeting, said if tax reform legislation were enacted, “it is ‘likely’ the mortgage interest deduction would be limited to a first home.” http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/hatch-calls-reduced-mortgage-interest-deduction-likely-reaction-mixed/ Martha Barnett is described as the “second woman to head the ABA” and the “first to chair the House of Delegates.” She will speak at the Florida Times-Union EVE Awards luncheon on May 31. http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/eve-speaker-attorney-martha-barnett-was-second-woman-leader-of-the-american-bar-association/ Proposed election reform efforts by the ABA’s Task Force on Federal Lobbying Laws is mentioned in an editorial about new ways to implement reform measures. http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/op-ed-a-new-recipe-for-election-reform/ The ABA is among other legal jobs data resources on the new website, Law Jobs: By the Numbers (educatingtomorrowslawyers.du.edu/law-jobs). http://www.abanow.org/2013/05/website-offers-comparison-shopping-for-law-schools/