Section News

• ABA HOD to Consider four Section-sponsored Recommendations at ABA 2004 Midyear Meeting
• Section Sponsors Two Programs at Midyear Meeting
• Section Schedule of Events at Midyear Meeting
• Members in the News
  
  

At the ABA 2004 Midyear Meeting, the ABA House of Delegates will consider four proposed resolutions developed by the Section on universal jurisdiction, HIV/AIDS and human rights, civil marriage, and Native American health care.

• View all proposed Reports with Recommendations

Two Section-sponsored programs are among the Section's events at the Midyear Meeting.

On Friday, Feb. 6, a program entitled, "From Military Commissions to USA Patriot: The International Impact of US Counter-Terrorism Initiatives across the Globe" will be held in Conference Rooms 3/4 on the third floor of the Marriott Rivercenter. Panelists will examine how the USA PATRIOT Act has led to copycat laws passed around the world and their impact.

On Saturday, Feb. 7, the Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project will sponsor a program entitled, "A Moratorium on Executions: The Professional Responsibility to Make the Case" in Conference Rooms 3/4 on the third floor of the Marriott Rivercenter. Speakers will discuss the unique responsibility of lawyers to become involved in the moratorium movement. ABA President Dennis J. Archer will make opening remarks. The Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities will co-sponsor the program.

• More information on the PATRIOT Act program
• More information on the moratorium program

Friday, February 6, 2004

• Section Council Meeting, 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m., Marriott Rivercenter, Salon J (3rd Floor)
  
• Program: "Son of Patriot", 3:30 p. m. to 5:00 p. m., Marriott Rivercenter, Conference Rooms 3/4 (3rd Floor)
  
• Reception and Presentation of the Section's Robert F. Drinan Section Service Award to Marna S. Tucker, Marriott Rivercenter, Conference Rooms 17/18 (3rd Floor)

Saturday, February 7, 2004

• Section Council Meeting, 9:00 a. m. to 11:30 a.m., Marriott Rivercenter, Salon J (3rd Floor)
  
• Program: "A Moratorium on Executions: The Legal Profession's Responsibility to Make the Case", Marriott Rivercenter, Conference Rooms 3/4 (3rd Floor)

Programs Co-sponsored by the Section

With the Judicial Division, the Section will co-sponsor a Mock Social Security Hearing on Thursday, Feb. 5, from 1:00 p. m. - 2:30 p. m. at the Bexar County Courthouse, 5th Floor Courtroom. The Courthouse is a ten-minute walk from the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel, host hotel for the Section.

With the Commission on Immigration Policy, Practice, and Pro Bono the Section will co-sponsor a CLE program on Saturday, Feb. 7, from 9:00 a. m. - 12:00 p. m. entitled, "Immigrant Children: Pro Bono or Pro Se?" The program will be held in room Salon C on the 2nd Floor of the Marriott Riverwalk, directly across the street from the Marriott Rivercenter.

• Congratulations to Privacy and Information Security Committee Vice Chair Jeffrey M. Rosen on the release of his new book, "The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age." The book discusses how Americans can and must preserve freedom, privacy, and security in a post-9/11 world.
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee Vice Chair Mary L. Bonauto was named "Lawyer of the Year" by Lawyers Weekly, which selected 10 Massachusetts lawyers who stood out from the crowd in 2003, for her work in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, which resulted in the Supreme Judicial Court decision that found prohibitions on same-sex marriages unconstitutional in Massachusetts. She is the only attorney in the history of Lawyers Weekly to be named "Lawyer of the Year" twice.
• Rights of Women Committee Co-chair Julia L. Ernst has started a new position as Legislative Counsel for Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY), spearheading Slaughter's work as co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues and the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus.