The ABA’s Techshow had a practice management “vibe” instead of an e-discovery one, focusing on practical topics geared to solo and small firms.

In advance of her keynote speech at the Women of Legacy Conference May 11 in San Francisco, ABA President Bellows spoke about her mission to bring more gender equality and equal pay to the workplace [includes audio interview].

This is Law Week, the annual observance sponsored around the country by the ABA and local bar associations.

The 2013 Law Week Celebration in Guam has been given the “Law Day Outstanding Activity” award from the ABA three of the past six years, according to an organizer.

A columnist writes on the erosion of the right to counsel since the Supreme Court decision in Strickland v. Washington, and says that the indigent defense system is rife with lawyers handling too many cases, as defined by ABA guidelines on the maximum that should be ethically allowed.

The increase in suggested pro bono hours called for by New York Chief Justice Jonathan Lippman is a result of a recent ABA survey of pro bono participation.

Law Day, described by the ABA as a way to recognize the promise of equality under the law, is a fitting time to recognize that, 50 years after Congress passed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 to prohibit gender wage discrimination, women – on average – still make 77 cents to the male dollar.

Each year, the ABA adopts a theme for its annual observation of Law Day. For 2013, the theme hearkens to Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Realizing the Dream: Equality for All.”

The ABA committee revising the law school accreditation standards is poised to endorse a new rule that would require at least 80 percent of a school’s graduates to pass the bar within two years of graduation—an increase from 75 percent within five years.

After 42 years, U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., was reunited with his former Army commander, attorney Richard Leefe, at ABA Day, the association’s annual Capitol Hill lobbying event.

The latest report from the ABA finds, on average, just over half of new law school graduates are have found full-time work in law within a year of earning their degrees. But the picture appears brighter for students at the two law schools in Houston.

At a panel discussion, ABA President-Elect James Silkenat stressed the need to address the significant gap in legal representation facing detained and other immigrants, citing a 2010 ABA report that documented the problems with the current immigration adjudication system and made clear the “tremendous need for representation in order to achieve just outcomes” in immigration cases. Silkenat announced that one of his top priorities as ABA president will be the formation of a Legal Access Job Corps.