Former American Bar Association treasurer and Kentucky Bar Association past president Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III, takes office today (Aug 9) as president of the ABA. He will serve in this capacity until the close of the association’s Annual Meeting in August 2012. ‘I am extremely honored and enthusiastically accept the responsibilities of representing you as your next president,’ Robinson said.

How would you like your term as ABA President to be remembered by your peers?  ‘I will consider the year in which I am privileged to serve as ABA President to have been a success if members of the Association can look back and say that we achieved some of our most significant accomplishments in the toughest of financial times – and, most importantly, we did it together!

The Council of the Section on Legal Education of the American Bar Association accepted the recommendation of the Accreditation Committee to acquiesce in Cooley’s application to operate a Tampa Bay branch campus at Riverview, Florida.

Representatives of the Department of the Public Prosecutions (DPP) office told participants at the workshop this week that they were aware of cases involving Asians who were brought into the country unwillingly. … It is organised by the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) for lawyers, police, Ports Authority officials and Government officials in the country.

According to a recent newsletter issued by the American Bar Association Section on Labor and Employment Law, a further complication is raised because ‘most cities are not ready to implement the new requirements’ and the local policies on these costs may not change in all cities at the same time.

The book, a publication of the Commission on Women in the Profession of the American Bar Association, is a collection of  letters from women who have taken the courageous and difficult step of creating a law firm of their own, either solo or with others.’ The book, a publication of the Commission on Women in the Profession of the American Bar Association, is a collection of  letters from women who have taken the courageous and difficult step of creating a law firm of their own, either solo or with others.

You have to make quick decisions that could have a long-term impact so you have to do an analysis of the legal risks,’ said Michelle Wong, legal counsel for Toronto Community Housing Corp., speaking at an American Bar Association panel Aug 5 in Toronto entitled: Crisis Management Tales from In-House Counsel.

The ABA’s House of Delegates approved a resolution on Monday urging the Law School Admissions Council and ABA-approved law schools to require additional information from people who indicate on their registration for the Law School Admission Test and law school applications that they are Native American.

The real estate market is still pretty weak, but don’t tell that to the American Bar Association. The organization hopes to cash in on its Washington location, a historic edifice just a block from the White House. The ABA purchased the building during the early 1990s for $20 million, treasurer Alice Richmond said during a presentation before the ABA House of Delegates.

Sue McCaffrey, vice-president and legal general counsel of Legal Aid Ontario, had just finished providing an overview of the state of legal aid in Canada to visiting members of the American Bar Association. She saved her punchline till the end. ‘One of the things that makes me crazy is how poor you have to be to get legal aid in Ontario.’

The American Bar Association yesterday approved a resolution that encourages legal education providers to develop ‘practice ready lawyers’ by enhancing clinical work and supervised activities and developing more ‘capstone’ courses in the final year.

Student loans. Transparency in law school employment data. Legal skills training.  Legal education was in the spotlight throughout the two-day meeting of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates on Aug. 9 and 10 in Toronto.