The more than 2,500 members of the Forum on Communications Law represent a wide variety of specialized legal talent. The principal aim and objective of the Forum are:

• To encourage discussion of problems relating to legal counseling and representation of the the print media, the telecommunications industry, and the electronic media.
• To promote the exchange of information among practitioners in the field. To support and promote research, forums, and publications focusing on communications
• To keep abreast of developments in the law and to discuss evolving issues.
• To preserve and develop professional competence and integrity in the practice of law.

Member benefits:

• For a description of the benefits of membership in the Forum, click here.

Membership Dues

• $45 Regular and Associate Members
• Free to Law Student Members

How to Join the Forum!

American Bar Association
MS 18.2
321 North Clark St.
Chicago, Illinois 60610
Telephone: 312.988.5658
Fax: 312.988.5677
E-mail:tucok@staff.abanet.org

Congratulations to the all the participants in the Forum's 2009 First Amendment and Media Law Moot Court Competition, held in February 2009. A report on the Competition can be found HERE.

Congratulations to the following members who were elected to serve on the Forum’s Governing Committee:

Chuck Tobin, Holland & Knight LLP, Washington, D.C. Mr. Tobin is the incoming Chair-elect, one year term commencing August 2009, to be followed by a two year term as Chair of the Forum, commencing August 2010.

The new members of the Governing Committee, whose three-year terms will commence in August 2009, are:
John Borger, Faegre & Benson LLP, Minneapolis, MN;
Lucy Dalglish, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, DC;
Johnita Due, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Atlanta, GA;
David Giles, E.W. Scripps Company, Cincinnati, OH.

CLE Program, May the Source Be With You: The Debate Over Journalists and a Federal Shield Law
August 1, 2009
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Chicago, IL

15th Annual Forum Conference
January 28-30, 2010
Ocean Reef Club
Key Largo, FL