http://www.abanow.org ABA Media Relations & Communication Services Tue, 22 May 2012 15:42:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Rabiah Alicia Burks American Bar Association August 30, 2011 WASHINGTON -- The ABA House of Delegates voted unanimously to give the Law Student Division a voice on the Board of Governors at the ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto in August. The 2011-2012 year will be the first time since the division was ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/08/law-students-get-voice-on-aba-board-of-governors/ Business law is a common denominator among many of the most intriguing jobs in the national security and defense industries. Members of an American Bar Association Section of Business Law panel have worked in and around the fields of national defense and homeland security, from the ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/08/international-business-lawyer-of-mystery/ By Ira Pilchen American Bar Association Aug. 7, 2011 [caption id="attachment_19282" align="alignright" width="275" caption="Elaine R. Jones (pictured at left with Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella) received the American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities' Thurgood Marshall Award Aug. 6. Jones broke ground with a number of "firsts" as an African ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/08/u-s-civil-rights-litigator-honored-for-pioneering-work/ By Ira Pilchen American Bar Association News Service Aug. 7, 2011 TORONTO--Marc W. Joseph, general counsel for Dallas-based Haggar Clothing Co., first hired outside lawyers 20 years ago when he was heading a major antitrust case for another company and needed document coding. “In those days we really didn’t think much about the ethical ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/08/outsourcing-legal-work-is-here-to-stay-say-aba-experts/ Recent Annual Meeting News Releases: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Urges Civility, Improved Education at ABA Opening Assembly Aug 7, 2011 O’Connor, Neukom Receive 2011 John Marshall AwardAug 6, 2011 Former Canada Prime Minister Gets Friendly Grilling from ABA Members Aug 6, 2011 Not All Forensic Evidence Reliable, ABA Experts Say Aug 5, 2011 Five Women Attorneys Earn ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/08/aba-annual-meeting-2011-daily-schedule/ By Patricia Gaul American Bar Association Aug. 6, 2011 TORONTO--So much of the discussion on the evolving legal landscape has revolved around technology and bottom line.  An American Bar Association Annual Meeting program Aug. 6 with general counsels, centered on those issues, focusing on human capital. How has the trajectory of a young lawyer’s ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/08/training-for-young-lawyers-diversity-are-part-of-the-evolving-practice-of-law/ By Jason Fujioka American Bar Association Aug. 6, 2011 TORONTO — Sudevi Mukherjee-Gothi has an Asian-West Indian upbringing that she applied to her work. In “Allies, Influence, Power and Politics in the Office,” a program of the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in Toronto, she said that those values did her a disservice.  ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/08/allies-help-minorities-women-advance-their-careers/ Panelists (L-R) Hon. Allan Gropper, Thomas S. Heather, Madame Justice Sarah Papall, and Andrew Kent discuss the operation of insolvency courts in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., and how those courts interact when bankruptcy cases cross borders. http://www.abanow.org/2011/08/when-bankruptcy-crosses-borders/ Panelists (L-R) Kristi Gaines, Renato Izquieta, Carmen Daugherty, Antonia Fasanelli, and Elizabeth Yang discuss the draw of careers in public service with law students and young lawyers. http://www.abanow.org/2011/08/a-life-beyond-the-firm-public-interest-careers-for-lawyers/ By Betsy M. Adeboyejo American Bar Association Aug. 6, 2011 TORONTO — U.S. and Canadian experts weighed in on cross-border class action practices, protocols and issues yesterday at the American Bar Association Annual Meeting. Panelists of the program “Multi-Jurisdictional, Cross-Border, and International Class Actions: Where Are We Heading?” agreed that jurisdictional and due process ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/08/protocols-for-cross-border-cases-%e2%80%a6-will-they-work/