May-June 2002 Volume 26 Number 5 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: Bar committees move toward short-term projects, Internet communication In today’s climate of time pressures and over-committed schedules, some bars are finding it’s much easier to encourage active participation in groups that work on specific, short-term projects than it is to persuade someone to serve on a standing committee for an indefinite time. They’re also using the Internet to help keep members of these new, fast-paced committees in touch and on task. New Hampshire bar restructures to avoid ‘mission creep’ The staff of the New Hampshire Bar Association was feeling the strain as it struggled to implement countless new projects while still continuing its ongoing work. Thanks to a streamlined governance structure, a clearly defined mission, and a new “vetting” procedure for all new projects—even those proposed by the bar president!—staff and member volunteers are now working in harmony toward common goals. The sound of freedom: Dialogue fills classrooms across the country In a past issue of Bar Leader, you read about Dialogue on Freedom, a program spearheaded by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy that encourages high school students to explore what American freedoms and civic values really mean to them. Now, bars across the country have implemented the program, venturing into their local schools—particularly on Law Day—and marveling at the meaningful results. ABA leaders got in on the act, too—some of them even returning to their alma maters! Building bridges between the ABA and minority bars The ABA is committed to a broad array of efforts aimed at diversifying the legal profession. A vital part of its work is to link with minority bars across the country to exchange ideas and develop joint projects. Here, Stephen N. Zack, chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services, explains how the ABA is reaching out to minority bars and highlights the tremendous benefits of this relationship. Back to Top Copyright American Bar Association. http://www.abanet.org
May-June 2002 Volume 26 Number 5
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Bar committees move toward short-term projects, Internet communication
In today’s climate of time pressures and over-committed schedules, some bars are finding it’s much easier to encourage active participation in groups that work on specific, short-term projects than it is to persuade someone to serve on a standing committee for an indefinite time. They’re also using the Internet to help keep members of these new, fast-paced committees in touch and on task.
New Hampshire bar restructures to avoid ‘mission creep’
The staff of the New Hampshire Bar Association was feeling the strain as it struggled to implement countless new projects while still continuing its ongoing work. Thanks to a streamlined governance structure, a clearly defined mission, and a new “vetting” procedure for all new projects—even those proposed by the bar president!—staff and member volunteers are now working in harmony toward common goals.
The sound of freedom: Dialogue fills classrooms across the country
In a past issue of Bar Leader, you read about Dialogue on Freedom, a program spearheaded by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy that encourages high school students to explore what American freedoms and civic values really mean to them. Now, bars across the country have implemented the program, venturing into their local schools—particularly on Law Day—and marveling at the meaningful results. ABA leaders got in on the act, too—some of them even returning to their alma maters!
Building bridges between the ABA and minority bars
The ABA is committed to a broad array of efforts aimed at diversifying the legal profession. A vital part of its work is to link with minority bars across the country to exchange ideas and develop joint projects. Here, Stephen N. Zack, chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services, explains how the ABA is reaching out to minority bars and highlights the tremendous benefits of this relationship.
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