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#	Proposal	Status	Multimedia
10A	That the American Bar Association examine efforts to publish a national, state, territorial and local ranking of law firms and law schools. Summary Full Report	Adopted as Amended
100	That the American Bar Association extend the accreditation of the Social Security Disability Advocacy program of the National Board of Social Security Disability Advocacy... Summary Full Report	Adopted as Part of the House Consent Calendar
101	That the American Bar Association urges the United States Senate to ratify the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, also known as "the Rotterdam Rules." Summary Full Report	Adopted as Part of the House Consent Calendar
102A	That the American Bar Association urges federal, state, territorial and local governments to increase the opportunities of youth involved with the juvenile or criminal justice systems... Summary Full Report	Passed as Revised	Video/Audio
102B	That the American Bar Association urges federal, state, territorial and local legislative bodies and governmental agencies to support the development of simplified Miranda warning language for use with juvenile arrestees. Summary Full Report	Adopted
102C	That the American Bar Association urges local, state, territorial and federal governments to undertake a comprehensive review of the misdemeanor provisions of their criminal laws... Summary Full Report	Adopted	Video/Audio
102D	That the American Bar Association urges policy making bodies of federal, state, local and territorial courts to adopt...a conference with the parties to ensure that they are fully aware of their respective disclosure obligations... Summary Full Report	Adopted as Revised
102E	That the American Bar Association urges federal, state, territorial, and local governments to ensure that judicial, administrative, legislative, and executive authorities expand, as appropriate in light of security and safety concerns... Summary Full Report	Adopted
102F	That the American Bar Association urges bar associations, and law schools to consider and expand initiatives that assist criminal defendants and prisoners in avoiding undue consequences of arrest and conviction on their custodial and parental rights. Summary Full Report	Adopted
102G	That the American Bar Association urges the President and the Attorney General to assure that lawyers in the Department of Justice do not make decisions concerning investigations or proceedings based upon partisan political interests... Summary Full Report	Adopted
102H	That the American Bar Association urges federal, state, local and territorial governments to provide sufficient funding, infrastructure, equipment and other support necessary to acilitate basic and applied scientific research to improve, validate, and set standards for various forensic science disciplines... Summary Full Report	Withdrawn
102I	That the American Bar Association adopts the black letter of the ABA Criminal Justice Standards on the Treatment of Prisoners dated February 2010, to supplant the ABA Criminal Justice Standards on the Legal Status of Prisoners... Summary Full Report	Adopted
102J	That the American Bar Association urges Congress to ensure that funding for the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2008 (Section 951 of PL 110-315) is expanded beyond its original authorization of $25 million to cover the actual national need... Summary Full Report	Adopted
103A	That the American Bar Association adopts the Model Act Governing Standards for the Care and Disposition of Disaster Animals, dated February 2010 and recommends its adoption by state and territorial legislative bodies. Summary Full Report	Adopted as Revised
103B	That the American Bar Association opposes the adoption of legislation by Congress that merges medical payment components of workers compensation and medical payment components of automobile insurance with health insurance, commonly referred to as Universal 24 Hour Health Coverage. Summary Full Report	Adopted
104	That the American Bar Association urges the United States and upon state and territorial governments to work to ensure that the fundamental protections of Article 36 to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ("Article 36") are extended fully and without obstacle to foreign nationals within United States borders... Summary Full Report	Adopted
105A	That the American Bar Association supports the development of comprehensive, systemic approaches to address the special needs of veterans within civil and criminal court contexts... Summary Full Report	Adopted as Revised	Video/Audio
105B	That the American Bar Association urges Congress to increase funding for programs under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and other laws in order to more effectively intervene and end homelessness for youth, ages 12 through 24... Summary Full Report	Adopted
106	That the American Bar Association grants approval to College of the Canyons, Paralegal Studies Program, Santa Clarita, CA; Herzing University Atlanta, Legal Studies Program, Atlanta, GA... Summary Full Report	Adopted as Part of the House Consent Calendar
107	That the American Bar Association urges Congress to enact legislation that would provide more effective remedies, procedures and protections to those subjected to pay discrimination... Summary Full Report	Adopted	Video/Audio
108A	That the American Bar Association urges the United States to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Summary Full Report	Not Adopted
108B	That the American Bar Association urges the United States to ratify and implement the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Summary Full Report	Adopted as Part of the House Consent Calendar
108C	That the American Bar Association urges that legislation be enacted to provide procedures for implementing on an expedited basis commitments in existing treaties where the President reports to the Congress that binding measures are necessary to avoid the imminent risk of breach by the United States... Summary Full Report	Adopted
109	That the American Bar Association urges courts to interpret the statutory first sale doctrine in Section 109(a) of the U.S. Copyright Act and the copyright owner's importation right in Section 602(a) to exclude application of the first sale doctrine to the importation of goods embodying a copyrighted work that were not manufactured in the United States. Summary Full Report	Adopted
110	That the American Bar Association urges Congress, state, territorial, tribal, and local governments to enact child welfare financing laws and/or implement policies to reform the child welfare financing structure to end the current fiscal incentives to place children in foster care... Summary Full Report	Adopted as Revised
111A	That the American Bar Association approves the Uniform Real Property Transfer On Death Act, promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2009, as an appropriate Act for those states desiring to adopt the specific substantive law suggested therein. Summary Full Report	Adopted as Part of the House Consent Calendar
111B	That the American Bar Association approves the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act, promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2009, as an appropriate Act for those states desiring to adopt the specific substantive law suggested therein. Summary Full Report	Adopted as Part of the House Consent Calendar
111C	That the American Bar Association approves the Uniform Collaborative Law Act, promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2009, as an appropriate Act for those states desiring to adopt the specific substantive law suggested therein. Summary Full Report	Withdrawn
111D	That the American Bar Association approves the Uniform Statutory Trust Entity Act, promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2009, as an appropriate Act for those states desiring to adopt the specific substantive law suggested therein. Summary Full Report	Adopted as Part of the House Consent Calendar
112	That the American Bar Association dues for lawyers age 60 and above shall be one-half of the regular dues for Class 7 members; and that dues for lawyers age 75 and above shall be waived. Summary Full Report	Withdrawn
113	That the American Bar Association urges Congress to amend the College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA) to include both spouses' debt and both spouses' incomes in calculating a total Income Based Repayment (IBR) payment cap for Direct Loans. Summary Full Report	Adopted as Revised
114A	That the American Bar Association urges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement the following policies and procedures within the immigration removal adjudication system... Summary Full Report	Adopted	Video 1 Video 2
114B	That the American Bar Association supports the following measures regarding immigration courts: Increase the number of immigration judges by at least 100... Summary Full Report	Adopted as Revised
114C	That the American Bar Association supports the following measures regarding administrative review by the Board of Immigration Appeals: Increase resources available to the Board... Summary Full Report	Adopted
114D	That the American Bar Association supports the restoration of federal judicial review of immigration decisions and urges Congress to enact legislation... Summary Full Report	Adopted
114E	That the American Bar Association supports the following measures regarding legal representation and legal information for noncitizens in the immigration removal system: representation should be provided by an attorney... Summary Full Report	Withdrawn
114F	That the American Bar Association supports the creation of an Article I court, with both trial and appellate divisions, to adjudicate immigration cases... Summary Full Report	Adopted
115	That the American Bar Association urges Congress to re-authorize and fully fund the Violence Against Women Act and similar legislation... Summary Full Report	Adopted
116	That the American Bar Association urges the government of the United States, and specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services to undertake measures which would: Ensure the least possible disclosure of patients' personally identifiable information... Summary Full Report	Withdrawn
177B	That dues for lawyer members of the Association shall be in accordance with the following schedule, effective for dues commencing with FY2011-2012 and each year thereafter... Summary Full Report	Adopted as Revised	Video/Audio
300	That the American Bar Association urges Congress to amend the current method by which Federal Judges are given cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to their salaries... Summary Full Report	Adopted
301	Urges Congress, the Executive Branch and/or Commercial Lenders to develop and implement programs to assist law students and recent law school graduates experiencing financial hardship due to deferred or lack of employment (and consequently lack of income) during a period of economic crisis. Summary Full Report	Adopted	Video/Audio