CHICAGO, Oct. 15, 2012 — The American Bar Association is the first not-for-profit organization in the country to be certified for disaster preparedness and response under the Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Program, PS-Prep™, approved by the …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 15, 2012 — South Carolina Chief Justice Jean Toal and Associate Justice Costa Pleicones will speak about critical issues facing the legal profession and the role of civics in our society at the American Bar Association Young Lawyers …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 12, 2012 — Families, communities, corporations and governments increasingly use mediation as a successful avenue to resolving conflict. The American Bar Association’s Mediation Week Oct. 14 – 20 is a national effort to increase …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 10, 2012 — New developments, policies and tools used to actively enforce anti-corruption laws by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice will be the focus of legal experts at the American Bar Association’ …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 4, 2012 — Barbara Madsen, chief justice of the Washington State Supreme Court, will speak about the crisis of sex and labor trafficking at the 2012 Northwest Human Trafficking Summit Oct. 13 at the Westin hotel in Seattle. State Sen. …
CHICAGO, Oct. 23, 2012 – As the state of Florida prepares to execute John Ferguson, a man diagnosed as severely mentally ill for more than 40 years, at 6 p.m. EDT today, the American Bar Association filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court today …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 24, 2012 — Should employers be obligated to report employees who view or store child pornography on an office network? How does the growing recognition of gay marriage and civil unions influence the workplace? Is pregnancy and family …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 18, 2012 — U.S. Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, director of the State Department’s office to monitor human trafficking, and Edwin Meese III, former U.S. attorney general, will speak at the American Bar Association’s Fifth Annual Fall …
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2012 — The surge of tax enforcement activity by governments around the globe is having an increasing impact on practitioners and their clients doing business abroad. With this as a backdrop, leading tax experts will provide a window …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 14, 2012 — New York and New Jersey environmental and disaster experts, including John Gray of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, will discuss cleanup regulations and the environmental costs of restoring critical …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 8, 2012 — Business law experts will provide updates on the latest trends in auditing, financing, securities, investments and lobbying at the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section Fall Meeting. The ABA Business Law Section …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 5, 2012 — The American Bar Association and the Center for Migration Studies will host a dialogue on the ABA’s new Civil Immigration Detention Standards from 3:15 – 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Sullivan Worcester LLP in New York City …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 12, 2012 — Senior officials from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice will explore insider trading, fraud violations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other issues at the American Bar Association …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 2, 2012 — On the eve of Election Day, a panel of experts assembled by the American Bar Association will explore whether new voter registration laws fight voter fraud or suppress the vote. More than a dozen states have passed new laws …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 25, 2012 — Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, who was instrumental in negotiating a $1-billion mortgage settlement for state residents, will be the luncheon keynote speaker at the American Bar Association’s Banking Law …
CHICAGO, Nov. 28, 2012 – Early review of data on first-year enrollments at ABA-approved law schools reveals that 44,481 full-time and part-time students began their law school studies in the fall of 2012. This represents a decrease of 4,216 students (9 …
CHICAGO, Nov. 27, 2012 — Women lawyers looking to accelerate their careers will have the opportunity to hear from those holding the keys to success during the 2012 Women in Law Leadership (WILL) Academy presented by the American Bar Association Commission …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 26, 2012 — Smartphones and other technology have vastly expanded the number of videotaped police actions, and recent case law has protected a citizen’s right to openly record under the First Amendment. A teleconference on Tuesday, …
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 27, 2012 — The American Bar Association Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law have submitted comments (see link below) regarding the proposed regulation of the European Parliament and of the European Council on the …
CHICAGO, Nov. 26, 2012 – A nonprofit legal benefit plan founded by the State Bar of Texas is honoring the American Bar Association for its role in developing the group legal services industry, which helps consumers manage their legal needs through …
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