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May 8, 2013
Rocketing to new frontiers

Law Technology News
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.
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May 7, 2013
Women of legacy positively impact our world!

Womens Radio
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].
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May 6, 2013
Rule of law in action

Canton Rep.com (Ohio)
This is Law Week, the annual observance sponsored around the country by the ABA and local bar associations.
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May 6, 2013
Law Fair draws crowd at Micronesia Mall

Guam PDN
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.
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May 3, 2013
Op-ed: Something else O’Connor should regret

Tampa Bay Ties
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.
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May 2, 2013
Lawyers now required to report pro bono hours

Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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.
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May 2, 2013
How is the wage gap still a thing?

NYU Local
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.
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May 1, 2013
Op-ed: 15th Amendment issues still resonate

Evansville Courier-Press
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.”
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May 1, 2013
ABA eyes tighter bar-passage rule for law schools

National Law Journal
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.
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April 30, 2013
Frelinghuysen reunites with old Army buddy on the Hill

Roll Call
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.
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April 30, 2013
Houston bucks national trend on law school grad employment

Houston Public Radio
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.
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April 29, 2013
Importance of counsel for asylum seekers and immigrants in detention stressed by faith, civil rights, legal, and other leaders

Human Rights First
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.






