A report on child custody concerns involving military parents presented to the U.S. House and Senate Committees on the Armed Forces by the Department of Defense supports ABA policy on military child custody.

The June issue of ABA Journal profiles “The Boss” Robert Morgenthau, former district attorney for New York County. Morgenthau’s career spans from the post-WWII era to the present, including his current of counsel job with Wachtel, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York City. In between, he held the DA’s job in Manhattan for a record 35 years.

Michael Goodwin of St. Anthony, Minn., a lawyer with Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, is the winner of the 2010 Bert W. Levit Essay Contest sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability. LPL provides information on legal malpractice claim statistics and information on insurance for lawyer

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.), the lead sponsors of legislation to reauthorize the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), appeared together April 27 before a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing to highlight the need to expand and improve vital civil legal services to low-income citizens.

Whether guiding the audience through the legal maze of education statutes, or sharing real world experience with bilingual education program implementation, a panel of leading local and national experts at a recent ABA Section of State and Local Government Law conference offered varying perspectives on the practical implementation of bilingual education programs in their municipalities, as well as a basic legal background of this often controversial topic.

On the expected eve of the Senate passage of the financial regulatory bill, certain elements — including what a consumer protection agency would look like under the Senate bill— are becoming clearer. However, the Senate and House will still need to come to agreement on final language.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson has been named recipient of the American Bar Association Justice Center’s 2010 John Marshall Award in recognition of her exemplary lifelong commitment and dedication to the improvement of the administration of justice.

Economic turmoil around the world set the tone for the 58th Annual ABA Section of Antitrust Law Spring Meeting in the nation’s capital. With leadership changes at several major competition authorities, including several agencies in the United States as well as the European Commission, conversations about competition law and policy developments in jurisdictions around the globe took center stage.

The ABA expressed strong support April 27 for increasing the federal investment in the only two government efforts targeted at providing critical services to homeless children, youth and families: the Department of Education’s Education for Homeless Children and Youth program and the Department of Health and Human Services Runaway and Homeless Youth Act programs.

This spring lawyers from the ABA Section of State and Local Government Law gathered in Miami to discuss the latest legal issues in land use, zoning codes, bilingual education, property rights and other pressing issues of interest to municipal and state practitioners.

More regulation and oversight for corporate America are on the forefront of congressional debates. In light of this, businesses should be knowledgeable about internal investigation protocol and how to be prepared in a world where communication channels seem endless, and are discoverable through E-discovery. Legal experts gathered recently to discuss “Nuts & Bolts: How to Conduct an Effective Ethical Internal Investigation,” during the American Bar Association’s Internal Corporate Investigations and Forum for In-House Counsel 2010 meeting.

Miami lawyer Stephen N. Zack, a partner in the national law firm Boies, Schiller and Flexner, will speak at law school commencements in Gainesville, Ft. Lauderdale and Jacksonville, Fla., May 14 – 16. Zack, the association’s first Hispanic American president-elect, will challenge the graduating law students to fulfill their potential and right the wrongs they will inevitably encounter in their future legal careers.