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ABA is on a ‘promising path forward,’ President Patricia Lee Refo says     ABA President Patricia Lee Refo addressed the House of Delegates remotely during their session at the midyear meeting. Since taking office, ABA President Patricia Lee Refo has maintained a schedule of events that would've once been unimaginable. She told the House of Delegates at the 2021 ABA Midyear Meeting on Monday that in 2½ consecutive days last fall, she spoke at virtual events hosted by the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Union Internationale des Avocats in Paris. She also, from h...

Spirit of Excellence honorees strive for diversity and inclusion     Pamela Enslen, the chair of the Spirit of Excellence Awards Committee (top left), congratulates this year’s honorees during the ABA Virtual Midyear Meeting. Clockwise from top center, they are Lori Lightfoot, Barbara Creel, Román Hernández, John Yang and Sherrilyn Ifill. Barbara Creel. Román Hernández. Sherrilyn Ifill. Lori Lightfoot. John Yang. “These outstanding lawyers are the embodiment of excellence in our profession,” ABA President Patricia Lee Refo said after reading the names of the recipients of this yea...

All-virtual ABA Midyear Meeting offers multiple days of free events and programs   Image from Shutterstock.com. ABA members from across the country are convening virtually this week for the 2021 ABA Midyear Meeting. The annual event, which runs from Wednesday, Feb. 17, through Monday, Feb. 22, offers a full roster of special events, educational programs and networking opportunities. It also includes meetings of the Board of Governors, House of Delegates and other association entities. The 597-member House of Delegates will consider and vote on about 30 proposed resolutions and amendments du...

Young lawyers bring meditation to ABA Midyear Meeting   Image from Shutterstock.com. It's important to offer people opportunities to practice meditation because once you introduce them to it, it's more likely they'll try it again on their own, says Christina Sava, a member of the Young Lawyers Division Wellness Committee. Christina Sava will be leading mindfulness sessions during the ABA Midyear Meeting. “The purpose for me is often to introduce people to what a basic mindfulness practice is, mindfulness meditation practice, and dispel some myths about what it’s not or how you have to d...

Elizabeth Greene aims to prevent heart disease and stroke in central Massachusetts     ABA member and lawyer Elizabeth Greene with her husband and two sons at the 2020 Remote Central MA Heart & Stroke Walk. Elizabeth Greene had been practicing with Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie & Lougee in Worcester, Massachusetts, for two years in 1997 when she heard about a new opportunity. She received an email from a partner who volunteered with the American Heart Association but was moving on to other projects. He told her the organization wanted to rekindle its presence in central Massachusetts and ...