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Annual ABE grant program supports 15 ‘boots-on-the-ground' projects   Image from Shutterstock.com. Survivors of sexual assault and human trafficking. Residents at risk of losing their homes. Immigrants and asylum-seekers who rely on legal representation. All three of these groups are among those supported by the American Bar Endowment’s Opportunity Grant Program, which announced Monday that it will provide more than $275,000 to 15 “new, innovative, boots-on-the-ground" projects that address the urgent legal needs of underserved communities. “Even a modest grant can accomplish so muc...

SCOTUS should overturn the ‘return to Mexico’ policy, ABA says in amicus brief   Image from Shutterstock.com. The Trump administration's "remain in Mexico" policy undermines asylum-seekers' right to counsel, due process and ethical standards under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, the ABA told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday. Chad F. Wolf, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security et al., v. Innovation Law Lab et al., the ABA noted that only 7% of individuals affected by the policy, officially known as the Migrant Protection Protocols, are represented by counsel. In citing governm...

ABA helps animal shelters address challenges during COVID-19 pandemic     Katie Bray Barnett's three-legged dog Leonidas is a registered therapy dog who serves at juvenile detention facilities and the local VA hospital. "He has lymphoma and won't be with us much longer, but will certainly leave a legacy," says Barnett. Katie Bray Barnett was in her last year at the University of Kansas School of Law in 2010 when she started thinking about organizing a conference for nonprofit animal shelters. She grew up volunteering in shelters, adopted her own dogs and even decided to pursue a career in l...

Meet Annaliese Fleming, the ABA’s new general counsel     Annaliese Fleming: "It's been very gratifying to see the ABA has proven to itself that we can work remotely and effectively in ways that we may not have envisioned before the pandemic." After an extensive nationwide search, ABA Executive Director Jack Rives announced in October that the association had found its new senior associate executive director and general counsel. That lawyer is Annaliese Fleming, someone many staff and members already knew and worked with closely since she joined the ABA in 2015. As its deputy general coun...

Check out our favorite reads from 2020 The Modern Law Library: Year in Review Check out our favorite reads from 2020   Image from Shutterstock.com. As a tumultuous year draws to a close, we gathered together ABA Journal editors and reporters to discuss what the past year has been like for them as readers. With the stress of the pandemic and national elections, how had their reading habits changed? Were they concentrating on current events or comfort reads? With our offices operating remotely, did they have more time for reading? Modern Law Library host Lee Rawles spoke to Victor Li, assistan...