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REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
Monthly Program and Project Highlights Report
September 2009
Table of Contents
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1
ABA Civics Academy 1
ABA Journal 1
ABA Publishing 1
Administrative Law 2
Antitrust 2
Affordable Housing 3
Air & Space Law 3
Bar Services 3
Bioethics and the Law 4
Business Law 4
Center for Continuing Legal Education 5
Center for Professional Responsibility 5
Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity 5
Children and the Law 6
Client Protection 6
Communications Law 6
Criminal Justice 7
Death Penalty Representation Project 7
Dispute Resolution 8
mission 8
Election Law 8
Entertainment and Sports Law 8
Environment, Energy and Resources 9
Environmental Law 9
Ethics and Professional Responsibility 10
Family Law 10
Franchising 11
General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Practitioners 11
Government and Public Sector Lawyers 12
Governmental Affairs 13
Group & Prepaid Legal Services 15
Health Law 15
Homelessness and Poverty 16
Human Rights Center 16
Immigration 16
Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Profession and Legal Needs 17
Individual Rights and Responsibilities 17
Intellectual Property Law 18
Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) 19
International Law 19
Justice Center 20
Law and National Security 20
Law Library of Congress 20
Law Practice Management 21
Lawyers’ Professional Liability 21
Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants 21
Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar 22
Legal Technology Resource Center 22
Public Contract Law 22
Public Education 23
Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law 23
Pro Bono 23
Professional Discipline 24
Professionalism 24
Real Property, Trust and Estate Law 24
Rule of Law Initiative 24
Science and Technology Law 27
Senior Lawyers 27
Specialization 28
State and Local Government Law 28
Substance Abuse 28
Women in the Profession 28
Young Lawyers Division 29
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS
ABA Civics Academy
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