How can we as a profession eradicate the stigma that prevents lawyers with disabilities from reaching the pinnacle of their careers? That was the question posed during “Disability Inclusion: Corporate and Law Firm Best Practices,” a panel during the Third National Conference on the Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities.

A recent Section of Business Law-sponsored CLE program, “Privacy and Anti-Money Laundering: An Oxymoron?” described the challenges of navigating the conflicting guidance and legal requirements relating to anti-money laundering efforts and privacy requirements. The program also provided operational tips on managing those requirements, and some scenarios that may arise because of the tension between the two sets of rules.

Human trafficking is a $32 billion industry, with an estimated 27 million people entrapped at any given time, said Norman Greene, the moderator of a recent panel, “Combating Human Trafficking: The U.S. Government’s Response.” Attendees and webinar listeners of the program sponsored by the Section of International Law, of which Greene is also a member, heard from several agency representatives who explained some of the ongoing efforts against trafficking.

“Ask.” “Gather information.” And “assess and change.” Those were just a few tips that Vernā Myers offered in her presentation, “Intentional Inclusion: Key to Member Retention.” The program—presented by the Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Office of the Executive Director, Section Officers Conference and Center for CLE —addressed ways to improve diversity and the experience, specifically in bar associations.

More than 300 presidents-elect, officers and executive staff from about 150 state, local and specialty bar associations and foundations are receiving training and tips March 14-16 at the American Bar Association’s Bar Leadership Institute in Chicago.

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz discussed the agency’s law enforcement actions and initiatives Nov. 17 at the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section’s Fall Forum in Washington, D.C. The conference of antitrust lawyers, government enforcers and scholars also included a discussion of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Experts from around the country weighed in on the impact of federal budget cuts on the implementation of the recent healthcare reform at the American Bar Association’s Washington Healthcare Summit in Pentagon City Tuesday. The two­­-day event was sponsored by the ABA Health Law Section.

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling for cybersecurity legislation, but the legal and policy issues arising out of cyberwarfare are largely unsettled. So when the American Bar Association assembled a panel of experts on June 13 to discuss recent developments in cyberwarfare law, they called their program “Cyberwarfare Law and Frontier Justice: What’s the Law, Who’s the Judge, and Where’s the Authority?”

ABA President Stephen N. Zack barnstormed through his home state, speaking to new graduates from law schools at the University of Florida, Florida State University and Saint Thomas University School of Law. Zack urged young lawyers to focus on just four words: “Equal Justice Under Law,” inscribed above the entrance to the United States Supreme Court building.

How does a U.S. lawyer select an on-the-ground foreign counsel when contemplating an international transaction? Are the expectations for electronic billing and conflicts check similar in developing nations and Europe, as they are in the United States? What are some cultural and language issues about which to be cognizant?

Immediate Past-President of the American Bar Association Carolyn Lamm spoke today at a Washington Foreign Law Society luncheon in Washington, D.C., about her efforts as the ABA’s representative to the United Nations to develop a system of civil responsibility for states that engage in state-sponsored violence against women as a weapon of war, and a system of reparations to victims from offending states.

A delegation from Georgia participated in a “Dialogue on Strategies to Save Money, Reform Criminal Justice and Keep the Public Safe,” on Friday, May 6 at the American Bar Association in Washington, D.C.