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ABA Annual Meeting to Focus on COVID-19, Police Reform, Election

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 15, 2020

The American Bar Association will hold its 2020 Annual Meeting virtually from July 29 to Aug. 4. Among the issues to be explored by attendees and governance bodies are legal problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic, police reform, foreign cyberthreats and voter suppression. Other highlights include remarks by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on July 29 and presentation of the association’s highest honor, the ABA Medal, to World Justice Project founder William H. Neukom. The ABA House of Delegates will meet on Aug. 3 and 4.

ABA House of Delegates Amends, Passes Innovation Resolution

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 18, 2020
News Type: ABA Meeting News

The ABA House of Delegates, meeting in Austin yesterday, voted to approve a resolution calling on states to consider innovative approaches to the access-to-justice crisis that could improve the accessibility, affordability and quality of civil legal services. Language was added during consideration to clarify that nothing in the resolution should be construed as altering ABA model rules, including Rule 5.4, which covers non-lawyer ownership of law firms. For other actions taken by the ABA House during the group's Midyear Meeting, see this recap.

ABA Legal Ed Council Approves Rules Revisions, Tables Diversity Standards

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 27, 2019
News Type: ABA Meeting News
The council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, which met in an open session Friday, approved various proposed revisions to accreditation rules and standards, but tabled, for further discussion, a suggested change to Standard 206, which addresses diversity and inclusion, the ABA Journal reports. The standard states that law schools should show their commitment to diversity by providing underrepresented groups, “particularly racial and ethnic minorities,” full opportunities to study law and enter the profession.

Judy Perry Martinez of Louisiana Assumes Office of ABA President

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 14, 2019
News Type: ABA Meeting News

Judy Perry Martinez of Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn in New Orleans became president of the American Bar Association yesterday at the conclusion of the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Arizona attorney Patricia Lee Refo assumed the mantle of president-elect, and will serve as the organization's president in the 2020-2021 bar year.

ABA Midyear Meeting to Relocate to Chicago

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 7, 2019
News Type: ABA Meeting News
The American Bar Association Board of Governors has voted to move its 2021 Midyear Meeting from Orlando to Chicago, with the expectation of saving more than $1 million, the ABA Journal reports. The association’s headquarters are located in the city. The meeting will take place Feb. 10-15, 2021. 

Tennessee Legal Leaders Represent State at Equal Justice Conference

Posted by: Liz Slagle Todaro on May 15, 2019
News Type: ABA Meeting News
Nearly 30 members of the Tennessee legal community joined a record crowd at the 2019 Equal Justice Conference in Louisville last week. The annual event drew close to 1,200 lawyers, law students and members of the judiciary, who discussed the delivery of legal services to the poor and low-income individuals in need of legal assistance. Those representing Tennessee included Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeffrey Bivins, Access to Justice Commission liaison Justice Connie Clark, ATJ Commission Chair and past TBA President Gail Ashworth, TBA Vice-president Michelle Greenway Sellers, TBA ATJ Committee Chair Jim Barry and TBA Executive Director Joycelyn Stevenson, as well as representatives from legal service organizations across the state. Former TBA President Buck Lewis serves as chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, which co-sponsors the annual conference. 

Deadline Near to Apply for ABA Presidential Appointments

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Feb 6, 2019
News Type: ABA Meeting News
The deadline to nominate yourself or another attorney for an American Bar Association presidential appointment for the 2019-2020 bar year is Feb. 15. ABA President-elect Judy Perry Martinez is expected to make approximately 700 appointments to ABA Standing Committees, Special Committees, Commissions and other association entities and initiatives, which are open to any ABA member. Questions can be directed to ABA State Delegate John Tarpley, (615) 259-1395, or ABA Resources Chair Jonathan Cole, (615) 726-7335.

ABA House Passes Resolution on 'Fair Use' Doctrine

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 28, 2019
News Type: ABA Meeting News
The American Bar Association House of Delegates today approved a resolution encouraging courts to take a consistent approach to the "fair use" doctrine, a defense to copyright infringement that permits use of copyrighted works for free without obtaining a license or permission in appropriate circumstances, The ABA Journal reports. The resolution, passed at the ABA Midyear Meeting in Las Vegas, asks that repackaging and distribution of all, or nearly all, of a copyrighted work to the copyright owner’s actual or potential market not be deemed a “transformative” act in favor of fair use, regardless of whether the copyrighted material is delivered more efficiently.

ABA Entertainment and Sports Forum Coming to Memphis

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 28, 2019
News Type: ABA Meeting News
The ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries is bringing its Spring Governing Committee Meeting to Memphis on April 4. The event, which will be held at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphries School of Law, will include a luncheon featuring renowned author Robert Gordon whose books Memphis Rent Party and Respect Yourself tell the stories of Stax Records and Memphis’s rich musical tradition.

Pera Helps Lead ABA Effort to Modernize Rules on Lawyer Advertising

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 9, 2018
News Type: ABA Meeting News
The ABA House of Delegates on Monday voted in favor of amending Rule 7 of ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which addresses lawyer advertising, the ABA Journal reports. Lucian Pera told delegates that in the decades since the 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bates v. State Bar of Arizona allowed for lawyers to advertise their services, there’s been a “breathtaking variation in advertising rules” among states. He said the amendments were necessary to clarify and simplify these rules.
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