TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 29, 2025

The American Bar Association (ABA) 2025 Midwinter Meeting kicks off tomorrow in Phoenix, Arizona. On Saturday, the TBA will host a reception honoring Belmont College of Law Dean Alberto Gonzales. On Monday, the ABA House of Delegates will consider over two dozen policy matters, including resolutions on judicial security, lawyer well-being, antisemitism education and wrongful convictions according to a news release. Among the proposals are resolutions urging bar associations to support enhanced judicial security, protection for government officials' personal information and limiting alleged "judge shopping" in federal cases. The meeting will be presided over by Tennessee lawyer Jonathan Cole, chair of the House of Delegates, with remarks from Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, ABA President Bill Bay and others. The ABA Young Lawyers Division also will meet and consider resolutions promoting lawyer well-being, prosecutorial efforts to correct wrongful convictions, Holocaust studies in schools and efforts to narrow the scope of questions during the bar admission process.