http://www.abanow.org ABA Media Relations & Communication Services Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:01:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CHICAGO, Feb. 8, 2012 – The American Bar Association is calling on entities that administer a law school admission test to provide appropriate accommodations for test takers with disabilities to best ensure that the exam results reflect what the exam is designed to measure and not the test taker’s disability. The ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/aba-urges-law-school-admission-tests-to-accommodate-people-with-disabilities/ CHICAGO, Feb. 6, 2012—The American Bar Association has adopted new policy on a number of key legal issues.  The association’s 560-member House of Delegates met today during its Midyear Meeting. Some legislatures have sought recently to regulate the ability of state and local bar associations to function independently and freely represent ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/state-and-local-bar-regulation-law-enforcement-access-to-third-party-records-and-standards-for-language-access-adopted-as-aba-policy-during-new-orleans-meeting/ NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6, 2012 – New York City lawyer James R. Silkenat, a partner in the national law firm of Sullivan & Worcester, was nominated today to become president-elect of the American Bar Association.  The ABA House of Delegates will vote on the nomination in August.  If elected, Silkenat ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/american-bar-association-nominates-james-r-silkenat-as-aba-president-elect/ WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 3, 2012 — Are all government regulations of violent video games and programming for children obsolete?  How can courts make sense of conflicting social science studies on media’s effect on kids?  These and other questions regarding challenges to the First Amendment in light of the Supreme Court ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/the-verdict-on-regulating-video-games-and-violence/ WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 3, 2012 — The impact of WikiLeaks and the implication of it altering the role of the free press and national security law will be explored at the 17th Forum on Communications Law Annual CLE Conference in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 10. The American Bar Association’s Forum Committee on ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/the-future-of-wikileaks-examined-by-legal-and-media-experts/ WASHINGTON, D.C., February 2, 2012 — Leading children’s rights advocates from Florida and across the country will highlight the urgent need for abused and neglected kids to have lawyers protecting them in all court proceedings that impact their lives, during a media briefing on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m., ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/legal-representation-of-children-in-abuse-and-neglect-cases-theme-of-2-day-florida-symposium/ WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 1, 2012— Innovative veterans programs, issues related to female veterans, military sexual trauma and defending veterans in criminal court will be topics of an interactive discussion of national and local issues related to homelessness, veterans and model court-based and pro bono initiatives at the American Bar Association ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/02/veterans-issues-among-topics-at-aba-meeting-in-new-orleans/ WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 30, 2012 — The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law will host its premier International Cartel Workshop at the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb 1-3.  The workshop is co-sponsored by the International Bar Association. Following tradition, this year’s workshop includes demonstrations of hypothetical international cartel ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/01/antitrust-experts-and-officials-from-around-the-world-to-gather-in-vancouver-to-examine-international-cartels-and-enforcement/ CHICAGO, Jan. 26, 2012— Indigent defense, pretrial diversion, juvenile justice, cybercrime and whistleblower cases are chief among criminal justice issues that will be explored at the 2012 American Bar Association Midyear Meeting, Feb. 1 – 6, in New Orleans. High-profile speakers at the meeting include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/01/attorney-general-holder-highlights-criminal-justice-sessions-at-aba-midyear-meeting-in-new-orleans/ CHICAGO, Jan. 26, 2012— Preventing foreclosures, a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Model Code of Judicial Conduct regarding judicial disqualification, women's challenges in the legal profession and many other legal topics will be featured at the 2012 American Bar Association Midyear Meeting, Feb. 1 – 6, in New ... http://www.abanow.org/2012/01/foreclosure-prevention-judicial-disqualification-highlight-aba-midyear-meeting-in-new-orleans/