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CHAIR’S MESSAGEgg
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The criminal justice system was
amongst the largest institutional victims of Hurricane Katrina. Victims, defendants and other people
involved in the criminal justice system suffered and continue to suffer
because of the breakdown of the system.
All of us have an obligation to those we represent to be prepared for
a disaster. To that end, the
Criminal Justice Section is sponsoring Disaster Preparedness and the Criminal Justice
System Conference, November 2-3 (with additional Section business meetings on 4th an 5th) in New Orleans. Please join us.
▬ Robert M.A. Johnson
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Criminal Justice Section Leadership, 2006-2007
The Criminal Justice
Section is soliciting nominations for three awards.
POLICY NEWS…
Policy Update (a summary of current CJS policy initiatives)
Recent Resolutions on Criminal Justice passed by the ABA House of
Delegates at the 2006 Annual Meeting:
U.S. Supreme Court Review of Court-Martial
Homeless Court
Enhancing Access to Services for At-Risk Youth
Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Communications
Expert Witness Discovery
Attorney-Client Privilege
Mental Disability and the Death Penalty
For a complete listing of ABA resolutions
on criminal justice issues, see here.
UPCOMING EVENTS…
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2006 ABA/ABA Money Laundering Enforcement Conference
On October 8-10, 2006 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC,
over 1,000 bankers will assemble to learn ways to address these legal
challenges. The conference not only provides instruction from the nation’s
top AML/BSA experts, it also creates opportunities to network with bankers
and lawyers from around the country. Several sessions are geared toward
attorneys working in the AML arena.
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Disaster
Preparedness and the Criminal Justice System
Fall Criminal Justice Conference in New Orleans, November 2 – 5
It has become clear that
criminal justice systems around the country need to be better prepared to
deal with disasters. The ABA Criminal Justice Section has designed
this conference to help criminal justice professionals learn
from the lessons of Katrina about how to do so. A stellar
line-up of leading local and national judges, prosecutors,
defense attorneys, corrections officials and others will share
their insights into Katrina's impact on the criminal justice system
and will work with conference participants to identify policies and
practices to avoid or minimize similar impacts from future
disasters. Click here for Section business meetings.
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See other Criminal Justice Section events: Calendar of Events.
NEW COMMITTEES…
The committees of the Criminal
Justice Section are now rearranged and regrouped into six divisions that are
broadly organized based on subject matter and/or function, which has resulted
in more than doubling the number of options for members to get involved in
committee activities. Here are few new committees and you can join committees
online.
A majority of CJS Committees have
identified their goals for the current year. To access a list of goals
submitted by all committees, see Committee Goals for 2006-2007, or you can go to individual committee web sites at the Committees portal page.
Military Justice Committee
This committee provides those
interested in the U. S. military justice system a forum to analyze, study,
debate, propose and make recommendations on matters affecting the U.S.
military justice system. The mission of the committee is to improve the U.S.
military justice system by providing advice, recommendations and expertise on
military justice matters coming before the section and by promoting a greater
understanding of the U.S. military justice system among association members,
the profession, and the public. The committee prepares comments on the
proposed Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Manual for
Courts-Martial (MCM), under consideration by Congress and the Department of
Defense.
Ethics, Gideon &
Professionalism Committee
This Committee analyses ethical
and professionalism issues in the various Criminal Justice Section membership
practice settings paying particular attention to right to counsel issues.
NEW PUBLICATION…
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Leapholes by James Grippando
Leapholes is time travel with a legal twist, where law books and important
legal precedents come to life. Though a work of fiction, all of the cases
woven into the Leapholes
storyline are actual and important cases from American legal history,
including the the U.S. Supreme Court decision that slaves are property, not
people, appears at Dred Scott v.
Sandford (1857).
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See other available publications and resources.
The American Bar Association
Criminal Justice Section
740 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20005
Phone: (202) 662-1500, Fax: (202) 662-1501
Email: crimjustice@abanet.org Web: www.abanet.org/crimjust
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