For a bigger, better ABA: three special task forces to examine member relations, services

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The legal profession in the US has changed and will change further, both in the ways it works and in its membership, and the American Bar Ass'n must also change to better attract and retain members. To do this it must better identify the needs of current and potential members, so its leaders have launched several task forces to improve its relationship with members. Also new is a Futures Committee, exploring the profession's long-term development.

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Professional obligations; a former federal judge and FBI director points out that every lawyer has a duty to help improve and perfect the justice system

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Lawyers must act ethically and within their clients' best interest, without personal conflict of interest, and this places upon lawyers in all fields of practice the duty to preserve and make better the legal system governing our practice of law. It follows that for all lawyers this duty is unending. The ABA has taken various steps to make the judicial system better, and this is one of the goals of its Special Committee on Judicial Independence.

Standards, Justice, Administration of, Administration of justice, Legal ethics

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Thanks for the memories: retiring executive director fondly recalls 28-year career at ABA

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David J.A. Hayes, Jr recalls a 28-year career with the ABA culminating in promotion to the position of executive director in 1990. Hayes's four years as executive director were marked by heightened budget consciousness, while the association still managed to produce high-quality professional programming. The association's membership has more than tripled during Hayes's tenure and the General Fund Budget has gone from $3 million to $66 million.

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