Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law
Young Lawyers
The Young Lawyers Division (YLD) has a committee specifically dedicated to our practice area. All young lawyers (those under age 36 or have been in the profession for five years or less) are members of the YLD, no extra dues need be paid. The committee offers opportunities to get involved and benefits for its members. To join the YLD committee, click below.
Committee Leadership
Chair: Christopher Fortier
Vice-Chair: Jeffrey Dennis
Liaison: Christopher Fortier, Karthik Nadesan
Greetings!
Welcome to the Section’s Young Lawyers’ Center. Young lawyers typically have had little to no experience with this committee’s areas of law when they graduate law school. The YLD, through its 101 and 201 series, teaches new and more experienced lawyers how to do fundamental tasks of lawyering. The YLD’s Public Utilities, Telecommunications, and Transportation Committee composes checklists in our legal areas guiding you through these tasks. All young lawyers, as members of the YLD, can access these checklists here. Want to add a checklist for our collection? Contact me or any of the vice chairs.
Sincerely-
Chris Fortier, YLD Liaison
Law Students
Welcome to the
The swift pace of change and development in the legal areas affection communications, transportation and utilities and regulated industries promises to continue. The Section brings together members of the bar interested in the rapidly changing legal environment in the communications, cable TV, internet, electricity, gas, oil pipelines, aviation, motor carriers, railroads, and water industries. The third oldest Section in the ABA, the Section was established in 1917 when public interest demanded regulation of these fields. The Section currently has approximately 3,900 members, plus over 3,000 law students
Some Section membership benefits are:
- Access to programs and teleconferences
- Committee membership
- Infrastructure – the Section's newsletter
- Law Student Writing Competition
- The Annual Report – the Section's highly regarded comprehensive overview of developments represented by the Section's committees including regulation and legislation affecting the industries and practice areas.
Section members are involved in all aspects of the law, from regulation to corporate governance to litigation.
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