Young Lawyers Division 2000-2001
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1999
YLD Liaisons Can Help Affiliate Outreach Programs
by Timothy M. Lupinacci
What are YLD liaisons and how can they help your affiliate? The YLD liaisons are the primary conduits of communication and information between the ABA Young Lawyers Division and numerous other ABA Divisions, Sections, Committees, and Forums. Over fifty young lawyers are appointed by the YLD Chair to serve two-year terms as liaisons to various ABA entities.
The liaisons are vital to ensuring the ongoing success of the ABA YLD. The liaisons keep the YLD membership informed of relevant news, information, and opportunities for young lawyer involvement with various other ABA Sections and committees. The liaisons also promote YLD events, continuing legal education programming, policy recommendations, and other YLD activities to the rest of the ABA.
The status of YLD liaisons is as varied as the numerous ABA sections, committees, and forums that have YLD liaisons. Some groups allow the liaison to vote on their governing councils and will fund the liaison's travel to council meetings. Others view the liaison as a mere observer and provide no vote or funding. While a large number of liaisons are appointed to work with substantive law sections of the bar, such as the Sections of Business Law Section, Torts and Insurance Practice Law (TIPs), or Labor and Employment Law, many liaisons work with commissions and forums that can greatly assist outreach programming for local affiliates. A contact list of liaisons working with ABA groups that may be of assistance to local affiliates is provided below. Feel free to contact these individuals to secure information or ideas about various outreach programs related to their areas of focus. Alternatively, you can contact the YLD Liaison Coordinator, Tim Lupinacci, at tlupinac@burr.com, for general information or referrals to YLD liaisons. Your YLD liaisons are ready to assist your affiliate in any way.
Center on Children and the Law Advisory Board
Kristin Brewer
kristinb@email.utcourts.gov
Commission on Domestic Violence
Jonathan Cole
jcole@bdbc.com
Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs
Paul Carmona
paul.carmona@oag.state.tx.us
Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
Scott LeBarre
slabarre@interfold.com
Commission on Women in the Profession
Laura Farber
lfarber@hahnlawyers. com
Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Laura Butler Embleton
lembleton@cobar.org
Standing Committee on Continuing Education of the Bar
Lynn Howell
howell@hermes.law.stetson.com
Standing Committee on Professionalism
Melody Wilkinson
mwilkinson@canteyhanger.com
ABA Coordinating Committee on AIDS
Jody Odell
jodell@btlaw.com
Commission on Evaluation and Rules of Professional Conduct
James Niemann
jniemann1@aol.com
Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities
Lisa Jo Fanelli-Greer
717/772-5128
Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants
Harlan Loeb
loebh@pipeline.com
Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly
Abigail Kampmann
agkampma@coxsmith.com
Timothy M. Lupinacci is ABA YLD Liaison Coordinator and practices law with Burr & Forman LLP in Birmingham, Alabama.
