Section News

• ABA HOD to Consider Section-sponsored Recommendation at the ABA 2005 Midyear Meeting
• Section Sponsors Two Programs at the Midyear Meeting
• Schedule of Section Events at the Midyear Meeting
• Register Now for Midyear Meeting
• 2005 Thurgood Marshall Award Nominations Due
  

At the ABA 2005 Midyear Meeting, the ABA House of Delegates will consider a proposed resolution developed by the Section opposing governmental actions and policies that interfere with patients' abilities to receive from their healthcare providers (a) all of the relevant and medically accurate information necessary for fully informed healthcare decision-making; and (b) information with respect to their access to medically appropriate care.  The proposed resolution is co-sponsored by the ABA Health Law Section.

• View Section-sponsored proposed resolution
• View all proposed Reports with Recommendations being considered by the ABA House of Delegates at its Midyear Session
  

Two Section-sponsored programs are among the Section's events scheduled for the Midyear Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.

On Friday, Feb. 11, a program entitled, "Slavery and Post-Slavery Redress: Do We Need a Study?" is being held at the Prime Hotel and Suites.  Panelists will examine the purpose and parameters of a study addressing post-slavery redress and will discuss slavery and post-slavery redress issues generally.

On Saturday, Feb. 12, the Section will present, "The United States' Responsibility to Indian Trust Beneficiaries: An Examination of the Historic Cobell v. Norton Case" at the Prime Hotel and Suites. Panelists will discuss Cobell v. Norton, a case in which the U.S. Federal District Court ruled that all sales and transfers of Indian-owned land by the Department of the Interior (DOI) must include a detailed court-approved notification of the landowner's rights as trust beneficiaries and class members. The Court's ruling marks the first time in history that such notification has been required of DOI before the agency sells Indian land.

• More information on Slavery Redress program
• More information on the Indian Trust Beneficiaries program

Friday, February 11

• Section Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Prime Hotel and Suites, Cottonwood, Lobby Level
• Program: "Slavery and Post-Slavery Redress: Do We Need a Study?", 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Prime Hotel and Suites, Parleys 1, 2nd Level
• Reception and Presentation of the Section's Robert F. Drinan Section Service Award honoring Hon. Cruz Reynoso, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Grand America Hotel, Grand Ballroom A, Lobby Level

Saturday, February 12

• Development Committee Meeting, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Prime Hotel and Suites, Juniper, Third Level (Committee members only)

• Section Council Meeting, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Prime Hotel and Suites, Cottonwood, Lobby Level
• Program: "The United States' Responsibility to Indian Trust Beneficiaries: An Examination of the Historic Cobell v. Norton Case", 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Prime Hotel and Suites, Parleys 1, 2nd Level

Sunday, February 13

• Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project Steering Committee Meeting, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Prime Hotel and Suites, Parleys 1, 2nd Level
  

Friday, Jan. 7, 2005, is the deadline for advance registration for the ABA 2005 Midyear Meeting, to be held in Salt Lake City Utah, Feb. 9-15, 2005.  Members can register online or complete and fax a registration form available below.

• Register Online for 2005 ABA Midyear Meeting
• Print a Faxable Registration Form
• 2005 ABA Midyear Meeting Home Page
  

The Section currently is accepting nominations for the 2005 Thurgood Marshall Award, established in 1992 to recognize substantial and long-term contributions by members of the legal profession to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties, and human rights in the United States.

Nominees should be judges or licensed members of the bar in good standing.  In exceptional circumstances, someone who is not a lawyer may be considered. The nomination submission deadline is Friday, Jan. 7, 2005.

• Thurgood Marshall Award Home Page

April 1-2, 2005, Spring Council Meeting, Howard University Law School, Washington, D.C.

August 3-9, 2005, 2005 ABA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill.

August 5-6, 2005, Summer Council Meeting, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, Ill.

August 6, 2005, Thurgood Marshall Award Dinner, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, Ill.