http://www.abanow.org ABA Media Relations & Communication Services Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:01:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CHICAGO, Jan. 4, 2012 – In an amicus brief filed in Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida v. The State of Florida, the American Bar Association offers its conclusions to the Florida Supreme Court on public defender ethical obligations when faced with excessive workloads. The brief takes no position ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/01/aba-offers-conclusions-on-public-defender-workloads-to-florida-supreme-court/ WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 22, 2011 — American Bar Association President Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III urges Leon Panetta, U.S. Secretary of Defense, in a letter yesterday to rescind a new Guantanamo Bay policy that appears to violate attorney-client privilege.  Lawyers for detainees have reported that communications with their clients are ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/12/aba-urges-department-of-defense-to-rescind-new-guantanamo-bay-policy/ WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2011 – The American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar today announced changes to the annual questionnaire sent to all ABA-Accredited Law Schools.  The changes will require that schools provide additional information on employment and placement of graduates after they receive ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/07/aba-section-of-legal-education-and-admissions-to-the-bar-changes-annual-law-school-questionnaire/ CHICAGO, July 25, 2011 – The American Bar Association on Friday filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the respondents in the companion cases of Blaine Lafler v. Anthony Cooper and State of Missouri v. Galin Edward Frye. The ABA urges the court to ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/07/aba-urges-supreme-court-to-find-right-to-effective-assistance-of-counsel-at-the-criminal-plea-stage/ In a letter sent yesterday to Gov. Edmund (“Jerry”) Brown and leaders of the California State Assembly, American Bar Association President Stephen N. Zack said the following: “In the face of crisis, some facts become clearer than ever. One such fact is that you cannot —and must not — cut justice ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/06/%e2%80%9ccannot-cut-justice-american-bar-association-warns/ WASHINGTON, D.C., May 25, 2011 – The American Bar Association Commission on Ethics 20/20 has released for comment initial proposals suggesting amendments to several association policies and to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, as the commission reviews the U.S. system of lawyer regulation in the context of advances ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/05/aba-commission-on-ethics-2020-proposals-and-other-resources-available-to-media/ WASHINGTON, D.C., May 23, 2011 – In letters sent today to the chairs and ranking members of the Senate and House Committees on the Budget, Appropriations and Judiciary, American Bar Association President Stephen N. Zack called for consideration at the federal level of bipartisan measures that have already seen success ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/05/increase-public-safety-while-reducing-federal-deficit-says-aba-on-criminal-justice-policies/ WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2011 — In testimony delivered to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Karen Grisez, chair of the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration, expressed serious concerns with the growing burden on immigration courts to keep up with expanded immigration enforcement activity. “Our immigration system is in crisis, ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/05/aba-urges-congress-to-help-overburdened-immigration-court-system/ CHICAGO, May 13, 2011 – The American Bar Association today filed an amicus curiae brief in a case before the Supreme Court of Missouri, asking that the court consider lawyers’ ethical and professional obligations to their clients when resolving whether the state’s public defender office can limit the office’s availability ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/05/aba-files-amicus-brief-on-lawyer-duty-for-competent-representation-in-missouri-public-defender-commission-case/ CHICAGO, April 20, 2011 — The American Bar Association today filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in support of the petitioner’s request for a writ of certiorari in White & Case LLP v. U.S. The case involves a grand jury subpoena for client ... http://www.abanow.org/2011/04/american-bar-association-asks-supreme-court-to-consider-attorney-client-relationship-when-grand-jury-subpoenas-are-served-on-lawyers/