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Welcome to the web site for the American Bar Association's Coalition for Justice. The Coalition's mission is to build public trust and confidence in the justice system — and in the legal profession — through partnerships with the public in justice reform. Please explore our web site to find a plethora of information about our current programs and initiatives, and do not hesitate to contact us to discover more about how you can get involved in improving the administration of justice in your area.

2009 Annual Meeting Events

The Assumption of Justice:  A Town Hall Dialogue on Color Ethnicity and the Courts, Part II
Thursday, July 30, 2009
1:00p - 4:30p
Northwestern University
Rubloff Building, Thorn Lobby
375 E. Chicago Avenue
Refreshments will be served
RSVP by July 1, 2009 to fairleyg@staff.abanet.org

Sponsored by the ABA Judicial Division Lawyers Conference, the Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice and the Coalition for Justice

CLE Program

Business Luncheon Meeting
St. Gallen Salon 2
2nd floor, Event Center
Thursday, July 30, 2009
12:00 - 2:30

Non-Lawyer Organizations Roundtable

2009 Midyear Meeting Events

Coalition for Justice Separation of Powers National Issues Forum
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Boston, MA

Coalition for Justice Burnham Hod Greeley Award Presentation
Friday, February 13, 2009
Boston, MA

The Anatomy of a Successful Merit Selection Defense Campaign
Friday, February 13, 2009
Cosponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence  and the American Judicature Society
Boston, MA

Coalition for Justice Business Meeting
Friday, February 13, 2009
Boston, MA

Upcoming National Issues Forums

Upcoming National Issues Forums
*  Atlanta, GA
*  Boston, MA
*  Charlotte, NC
*  Deland, FL
*  Fulton County, GA
*  Kansas City, KS
Lafayette, LA
*  Oahu, HI
Santa Fe, NM
Washington, DC

Past National Issues Forums
American Lawyers Auxiliary, New York, NY
August, 6, 2008

American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
April 15, 2008

Woodrow Wilson Senior High School Debate Team, Washington, DC
April 15, 2008

Susan Miller Dorsey High School, Los Angeles, CA
February 8, 2008

Past Programs and Roundtables

Dangerous Intersection: Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse as Domestic Violence - What Judges, Lawyers and Victim Advocates Need to Know
Thursday, August 7, 2008
CLE program hosted by the Coalition for Justice, cosponsored by the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence and Legal Momentum.

The program pointed to the hidden aspects of intimate partner sexual assault and the complex challenges presented while protecting the victim and her children while insuring due process for the accused.

Missed the presentation?  National Judicial Education Program is offering Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse:  Adjudicating this Hidden Dimension of Domestic Violence Cases as a free web course and resource.  For more information visit www.njep-ipsacourse.org.  This is a project of Legal Momentum.

THE SAN FRANCISCO ROUNDTABLE ON YOUTH AT RISK
Hosted by the American Bar Association Coalition for Justice
Thursday, August 9, 2007 
San Francisco, CA

Special guest:  American Bar Association President Karen J. Mathis

2007 ABA Day in Washington, DC

Right arrowCoalition Program
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Washington, DC

Race and Gender Bias in Judicial Election and Selection: Truth or Fiction?
Are Women and Minority Judges More Likely to be Targeted by Special Interests?

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