http://www.abanow.org ABA Media Relations & Communication Services Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:34:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia will speak at the opening plenary of the American Bar Association 2010 Spring Legal Malpractice Conference in Washington, D.C., at 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, April 15, at the J. W. Marriott Hotel. Scalia and his co-presenter Bryan A. Garner will answer ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/03/justice-scalia-discusses-art-of-persuasion-at-spring-malpractice-conference/ The American Bar Association recently passed a resolution urging federal, state, territorial and local governments to limit the collateral consequences imposed on citizens as a result of contact with the juvenile justice system. Americans across the country find themselves being denied opportunities to progress in society after they ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/03/aba-adopts-policy-to-limit-collateral-consequences-for-juvenile-offenders/ [caption id="attachment_5756" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL)"][/caption] On a beautiful Tuesday morning in September 2001, Speaker of the House of Representatives J. Dennis Hastert received an urgent notification that something had happened in New York City. After turning on the news, he watched the second plane ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/03/former-house-speaker-j-dennis-hastert-shares-sept-11th-experience/ The American Bar Association’s Section of International Law will host its 2010 Spring Meeting April 13-17 at the Grand Hyatt New York, located at 109 E. 42 St. in New York City. The global economy and its effects on the international legal profession and its clients ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/03/aba-international-2010-spring-meeting-addresses-the-convergence-of-the-past-present-and-future-of-the-international-legal-profession/ The American Bar Association is teaming up with TreeUtah to plant trees in South Jordan City, Utah, as part of the Great Salt Lake Audubon Society’s Jordan River Migratory Bird Habitat Restoration Project, on Saturday, March 20 from 1 - 4 p.m. This service project is being held ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/03/american-bar-association-and-treeutah-team-up-to-plant-trees-in-salt-lake-valley/ Experts in trial practice, leading public officials, jurists and representatives of the news media will participate in sessions for the nation’s largest gathering of trial lawyers when the American Bar Association Section of Litigation meets in New York City for its annual conference April 21-23 at ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/03/annual-meeting-of-litigators-set-for-new-york-city/ The American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution will hold its 12th Annual Spring Conference April 7-10 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, located at 5 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco. Panels will focus on a variety of topics including government transparency, class action suits, international negotiations, issues ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/03/economic-recovery-health-care-mediation-and-same-sex-dissolution-to-be-topics-at-aba-spring-conference/ The American Bar Association Section of Litigation will recognize Martha Bergmark of Jackson, Miss., the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP and the Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership with the annual John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award for their contributions to public service. The awards ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/03/2010-john-minor-wisdom-awards-recognize-pro-bono-and-public-service-efforts/ The latest developments since the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, civil and criminal enforcement priorities, Toxic Substances Control Act reform, as well as other important issues related to international environmental law are on the agenda for the American Bar Association 39th Annual Conference on Environmental Law in Salt Lake ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/03/obama-environmental-policies-and-climate-change-post-copenhagen-top-issues-for-legal-conference-2/ Award honors those who have demonstrated a commitment to promoting diversity in the legal profession Indiana Supreme Court Justice Frank Sullivan Jr. and the Coca-Cola Company Legal Division are the recipients of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation’s 2010 Diversity Leadership Award.  The awards will be ... http://www.abanow.org/2010/03/justice-frank-sullivan-jr-coca-cola-company-legal-division-honored-with-diversity-leadership-awards/