As a member of the Lawyers Conference, you have the opportunity to participate meaningfully and to interact and network with judges and others in the court system.

Using the national voice that the ABA provides, the Lawyers Conference can and does make a difference on issues that it addresses. Some of the issues that the Lawyers Conference addresses include:

• Public access to the courts
• Judicial selection and evaluation
• Technology
• Civil justice abuses
• Litigation cost and delay
• Public attitudes toward the judiciary
• The delivery of legal services
• Race and the courts
• Rebutting unjustified attacks on judges
• Judicial funding and compensation

The Lawyers Conference has played a significant role in the development of the ABA Guidelines on Judicial Performance Evaluation and the preparation of model instruments for evaluation of Judges.

Each Judicial Division conference has its own bylaws. Click to download and view the Lawyers Conference bylaws.

Complete an online membership application today.

Click here to download our brochure and mail or fax your membership application.

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Contact our Service Center by phone at (800) 285-2221.

For more information on membership, please contact the Judicial Division Membership Specialist by e-mail or by calling 312.988.5124.

The current Membership Co-Chairs are Blake Tartt and Hon. N. Patrick Flanagan, III

The Judicial Division Lawyers Conference is composed of lawyers, judges, court managers, legal teachers, writers and publishers, and law students. The Lawyers Conference is the only Judicial Division Conference composed of both judicial and non-judicial members.

The Lawyers Conference of the Judicial Division provides a forum for attorneys and law students to interact with members of the judiciary and the community; to improve the administration of justice; to advance confidence in the judiciary; and to promote a diverse and adequately funded justice system.