ABA Section of Business Law
ABA Section of Business Law
Business Law Today
July/August 1999
Section sound bites
About the Annual Meeting
This summer, Atlanta will host the ABA Annual Meeting. The Business Law Section has a full schedule of events. Our activities encompass all areas of business law and there is no better time to experience all the Section has to offer. The Section will be headquartered in the Atlanta Hilton and Towers in the heart of downtown, just steps from exciting dining, shopping and entertainment.
For detailed information on programs and meetings, call the Section’s automated "fax on demand" at 312/988-5810 or check out the Section’s Web site at www.abanet.org/buslaw.
Important deadlines:
Advance registration: July 15, 1999
Business Law advance ticket purchase: July 15, 1999
Section highlights:
• Welcome Reception: Aug. 8, 6:30 -8 p.m.
The Section will host a Welcome Reception at the Hard Rock Cafe. All Section members and their guests are invited to attend. The Hard Rock promises to provide a lively social setting where guests can mix and mingle with colleagues and check out more than 300 pieces of rock ’n roll memorabilia!
• Presidential Showcase CLE program: Sunday, Aug. 8, 2 – 5 p.m.
"The virtual death and resurrection of money, agents and institutions in cyberspace," presented by the Committee on Cyberspace Law, Committee on Banking Law and Section of Science and Technology
The program will discuss, debate and demonstrate how traditional modes of commerce and payments are changing and how parties, payments and entities will see rules eliminated. The program will include a demonstration of real-time online retail and business-to-business transactions, which focus on the principle developing issues.
• Annual business luncheon: Aug. 10, 12:30 -2:30 p.m.
The Section is delighted to welcome James Carville, best-selling author and presidential adviser, as the keynote speaker for the Section Business Luncheon. Make plans to join us as the country’s best known and most colorful political consultant takes a look at American politics and the presidential election in 2000. Order your tickets early as seating for this event is limited.
• Section Council Meeting: Aug. 7, 8:30 a.m. - noon
• Other highlights:
ABA Expo: Aug. 6-9, hours vary.
Opening Assembly: Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m.
President’s Reception: Aug. 7, 7-9 p.m.
Congratulations to our Jim
The Section of Litigation recognized James L. Baillie, chair of our Section’s Pro Bono Committee, with its John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism award at its Annual Meeting in Dallas in April. This award recognizes lawyers who have made significant contributions to the quality of justice in the legal profession and in their communities by extending legal assistance to the poor, the disenfranchised and other under-represented groups.
Baillie, of Minneapolis, began his pro bono work by representing indigent criminal defendants. He gradually switched his focus to bankruptcy representation. He was instrumental in persuading the Bankruptcy Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association to develop and fund a pro bono program that has become a nationwide model. He also has been actively involved with assisting other jurisdictions in developing their own bankruptcy programs. Baillie chaired the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Public Service Responsibility for three years.
New benefit for members only
Check out the Section’s Web site for the latest Spring Meeting program materials. A complete listing of program materials, price and ordering information is now available on the site at www.abanet.org/buslaw.
Coming soon … Section members will have online access to selected materials prepared for the Section’s Spring Meeting. Original materials will be available in full text on the Section’s Web site — free of charge. Be sure to check out www.abanet.org/buslaw for this latest information.
