A GUIDE TO PROFESSIONALISM COMMISSIONS (SECOND EDITION)
Background
AUGUST 2008
The first edition of this publication was supported by a grant from the Program on Law & Society of the Open Society Institute. Bruce A. Green served as Reporter for the first edition.
Nothing contained in this publication is to be considered as the rendering of legal advice for specific cases, and readers are responsible for obtaining such advice from their own counsel. This publication is intended for educational and informational purposes only.
@2008 by the American Bar Association. All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
Contents
Section I: Background: The Derivation of the Professionalism Commissions
Section II: Programs and Activities
- Continuing Legal Education
- Convocations/Conclaves
- Town Hall Meetings/Public Education
- Annual Symposia
- Law School Programs
- Judicial Programs
- Law Firm Programs
- Mentoring/Transition into Law Practice Programs
- Conciliation/Peer Review Programs
- Professionalism Awards
- Publications, Videos and Websites
- Studies
- Promoting Community Service
- Proposals for Reform
- Measuring Professionalism
Section III: Structure and Organization of the Professionalism Entities
Section V: Advice to New Commissions
Appendix: Contact List and Documents Regarding Creation of Commissions
ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism (2007-2008)
Jim O. Stuckey, Chair
Columbia, SC
Pamela Moran Dashiell
Boston, MA
Joanne M. Garvey
San Francisco, CA
Diane L. Karpman
Los Angeles, CA
Ronald C. Minkoff
New York, NY
Errol H. Powell
Tallahassee, FL
Irma S. Russell
Tulsa, OK
Robert J. Saltzman
Brooklyn , NY
Melvin F. Wright, Jr.
Raleigh, NC
Charles A. Weiss
Saint Louis, MO
Jeanne P. Gray
Director
Arthur H. Garwin
Professionalism Counsel
Kathleen Maher
Assistant Professionalism Counsel
