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ABA’s Practice Forward group puts focus on members' needs, well-being   Image from Shutterstock.com. The challenges confronting the legal profession as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a prime focus of the 2021 ABA Midyear Meeting. In the first CLE program Wednesday, the ABA Coordinating Group on Practice Forward provided a sneak peek at results of a new ABA survey seeking to better understand issues that have impacted lawyers at work and at home. In September and October, 4,400 people nationwide answered questions about how legal employers revised policies and procedures and wh...

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...

CLE Programs Wednesday, February 17, 2021 10:30 – 11:30 AM CST | Practice Forward—State of the Art Best Practices for a Profession Impacted by the Pandemic Sponsored by: Office of the President Co-Sponsored by: Diversity and Inclusion Center; Law Practice Division; Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division The pandemic has had a profound impact on everyone, including members of the legal profession. Anticipating the need for substantial changes to the practice of law going forward, the American Bar Association commissioned a survey of its members to understand how, as a result of ...

Meet 14 ABA members who inspired us in 2020 Year in Review     Throughout the year, the ABA Journal profiles exceptional ABA members in its Members Who Inspire series. In 2020, we featured attorneys from across the country whose important and influential work includes using visual storytelling for legal advocacy, bringing attention to the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women, and combating racial injustice and inequity. LaToya Bell, an assistant public defender in Houston County in Georgia, handles as many as 200 to 250 cases involving misdemeanors and traffic offenses in state c...