January-February 2002 Volume 26 Number 3 Bar Leader Home Subscriptions News/Story Ideas Form Current Issue Older Issues This page uses JavaScript. To take advantage of this feature, please download Internet Explorer or Navigator 4.x. Bar Leader Home|Subscriptions|Current Issue|Older Issues Table of Contents Cover stories: Retired bar leaders: Where are they now? Ever wonder what ever became of the friends you used to see at every Midyear and Annual Meeting? From dogsledding in Alaska to greeting visitors at an inn in Maine, here’s what some of those retired bar leaders have been up to. This article was written by Theodore Stellwag, who retired in 1999 as executive director of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. How’s that for an insider’s perspective? Bar planning for mass disaster response: Lessons from September 11 You may think you know all about the legal and other problems faced by those affected by the September 11 terrorist attack, and about bars’ immediate efforts to help. But as the New Jersey State Bar Association found in conducting its relief efforts, each disaster presents different challenges, and some needs only become apparent in the weeks and months following the event. Daniel M. Waldman, bar president at the time of the attack, shares some of the issues his bar has encountered. For example, are volunteers eligible for workers’ compensation? Dialogue on Freedom: Start the discussion What does it mean to be free? Following the events of September 11, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy found himself wondering how the nation’s high school students might answer such a question. To spark discussion and to ensure that American ideals are passed on to the next generation, Justice Kennedy involved the ABA in creating a new program called Dialogue on Freedom. Here, Stephen N. Zack, chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services, discusses the program and explains how bars can get involved. The big gift: How two bar foundations handled large donations Imagine this: One day, your small bar association is offered an endowment. The amount?: $1 million. That’s what happened to the Evansville (Ind.) Bar Association, and that gift allowed it to create a bar foundation. Meanwhile, one state to the west, the Chicago Bar Foundation has received the first half of what will eventually be a $2.2 million gift, the largest individual gift in its 49-year history. What are these two groups’ plans for their considerable windfalls, and what have they learned along the way? Back to Top Copyright American Bar Association. http://www.abanet.org
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Cover stories:
Retired bar leaders: Where are they now?
Ever wonder what ever became of the friends you used to see at every Midyear and Annual Meeting? From dogsledding in Alaska to greeting visitors at an inn in Maine, here’s what some of those retired bar leaders have been up to. This article was written by Theodore Stellwag, who retired in 1999 as executive director of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. How’s that for an insider’s perspective?
Bar planning for mass disaster response: Lessons from September 11
You may think you know all about the legal and other problems faced by those affected by the September 11 terrorist attack, and about bars’ immediate efforts to help. But as the New Jersey State Bar Association found in conducting its relief efforts, each disaster presents different challenges, and some needs only become apparent in the weeks and months following the event. Daniel M. Waldman, bar president at the time of the attack, shares some of the issues his bar has encountered. For example, are volunteers eligible for workers’ compensation?
Dialogue on Freedom: Start the discussion
What does it mean to be free? Following the events of September 11, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy found himself wondering how the nation’s high school students might answer such a question. To spark discussion and to ensure that American ideals are passed on to the next generation, Justice Kennedy involved the ABA in creating a new program called Dialogue on Freedom. Here, Stephen N. Zack, chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services, discusses the program and explains how bars can get involved.
The big gift: How two bar foundations handled large donations
Imagine this: One day, your small bar association is offered an endowment. The amount?: $1 million. That’s what happened to the Evansville (Ind.) Bar Association, and that gift allowed it to create a bar foundation. Meanwhile, one state to the west, the Chicago Bar Foundation has received the first half of what will eventually be a $2.2 million gift, the largest individual gift in its 49-year history. What are these two groups’ plans for their considerable windfalls, and what have they learned along the way?
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