around the bar  Annual Meeting
6:48PM CST
August 4
2012

E-lawyers Offer Tips on Delivering Unbundled Legal Services

To expand business during the bad economy, more lawyers than ever are providing unbundled legal services. Just as iTunes allows consumers to buy specific tracks off an album for a cheaper price than paying for a full album, this kind of representation allows clients to pick and choose what they want from a lawyer, usually for less money than full representation.

5:33PM CST
August 4
2012

The Consequence of Pro Se Representation

According to lawyer Karina Ayala-Bermejo, 12 percent of Illinois residents live in poverty. They may also need to go to court. Living paycheck to paycheck means that unanticipated expenses like medical bills, a rent hike, or a court case can send a family over a budgetary cliff.

5:01PM CST
August 4
2012

All-Star Panel of Best-Selling Authors Shares Secrets to Success

A distinguished panel of best-selling lawyer-authors gathered to discuss their writing careers in “The Law as a Platform for Writing” Aug. 4 at the ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago.

4:04PM CST
August 4
2012

Education and Legal Action Can Remedy School Bullying, Panelists Say

As many as nine out of 10 LGBT teens reported being bullied within the past year because of their sexual orientation, panelists noted during a 2012 ABA Section of Litigation Annual Meeting program titled “Leave My Child Alone, or I’ll …What? Using the Law to Stand Up to Bullies.”

2:20PM CST
August 4
2012

Implicit Bias: 'Is She Tough Enough?'

Implicit bias, also known as hidden or unconscious bias, is more evident as women of color climb the corporate ladder, said lawyers from Fortune 500 companies at “Visible Invisibility,” a panel discussion during the ABA Annual Meeting.

12:25PM CST
August 4
2012

Don’t Blink: Challenging, Changing Data Privacy and Security Concerns for Lawyers, Businesses and Consumers

Privacy has never mattered more than it does today, said moderator Christopher Wolf of Washington, D.C., in introducing the Aug. 3 panel, “Privacy Law in 2012: Where We Are and Where We Are Going,” sponsored by the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. Wolf leads Hogan Lovells’ privacy and information management practice, and co-chairs a think tank dedicated to responsible data practices.

9:02AM CST
August 4
2012

Justice Ginsburg Weighs In on Constitutional Systems Across the Globe

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg took the spotlight during a panel discussion comparing constitutional systems in the United States, Israel and Canada at the ABA Annual Meeting Aug. 3 in Chicago.

11:45PM CST
August 3
2012

ABA President-Elect Vows to Help End Human Trafficking

American Bar Association President-Elect Laurel Bellows expressed confidence that the association would do its part to eliminate one of the fastest-growing crimes in the country. “We are going to take the expertise of the ABA and end human trafficking in the U.S.,” she said. “But the ABA is not going to do it alone.”

3:47PM CST
August 3
2012

Client Growth Specialist Shares Strategies at ABA Annual Meeting

If you want to stand out to potential clients, “it’s not about selling yourself,” said Nancy Mangan, senior consultant and client growth specialist with the Wicker Park Group, speaking to lawyers at an Aug. 3 program of the ABA Annual Meeting. Rather, “it’s about selling a solution you have to their problem.”

1:42PM CST
August 3
2012

ABA Panelists: Be Careful Whom You ‘Friend’ on Social Networks

Lawyers and judges are becoming increasingly aware of the effect that social media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have on jurors and ensuring fair trials. An expert panel at the ABA Annual Meeting on Aug. 3 in Chicago investigated what happens when technology and the law mix.

12:22PM CST
August 3
2012

Judges, Lawyers Discuss Difficult Courtroom Questions and the Ethical Way to Respond

Is it ethical for judges to avoid cases that are likely to evoke intense public reaction when they are up for re-election? Should children testifying about sexual abuse be allowed to hold a dog to make them more comfortable in court?

11:21AM CST
August 3
2012

DREAM State: ABA Panel Discusses How Immigration Policies are Affecting Students' Access to Higher Education

If you are an undocumented immigrant and want to attend college, where you live matters.

With comprehensive federal immigration reform stalled, states are taking widely different approaches on whether undocumented young people can receive in-state tuition, scholarships or even attend a university or college at all.

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