May - June 2007
Volume 31 Number 5
Highlights:
The new senior lawyer: Is your bar ready?
Gone are the days when senior lawyers just wanted the occasional luncheon or golf outing. Retirement has a whole new meaning these days, and many senior lawyers want assistance in finding part-time opportunities or pro bono service. Above all, they want to stay connected with the bar and with the legal profession. Here's how some bar associations are reaching out to this changing-and growing-segment of their membership.
Bar leaders and senators unite to preserve attorney-client privilege
Is chipping away at attorney-client privilege the best way to prevent future corporate scandals like Enron and WorldCom? The ABA and many other bars don't think so-and neither do two U.S. senators who are leading a bipartisan effort to preserve what they see as important constitutional rights.
Do you dare to innovate? Why should you?
As a bar executive, should you simply carry out the plans made by your board of governors? Or should you scout out new ideas that could increase membership, member satisfaction, and revenue? At a session at the February 2007 Midyear Meeting in Miami, three entrepreneurial executive directors highlighted their successes and explained why being an innovator is worth risking the occasional failure.
Page two: ABA Day in Washington: Were you there?
Many bars participate in lobbying efforts such as ABA Day in Washington, but many others stay away from Capitol Hill. Some feel they can't lobby because of Keller, and others think it's enough to meet with legislative staff in the home district. Michelle A. Behnke, chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services, explains why it is important that you make your voice heard in Washington.
