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News from the Midyear Meeting Monday, October 6, 2008

Audio/Video


Monday, February 12, 2007
Lord Peter Goldsmith, Attorney General United Kingdom Addresses
House of Delegates

Speech Highlights
Britain’s Top Lawyer Responds to Stimpson’s Remarks And Defends Lawyers Providing Pro-Bono Work to Guantanamo Detainees
Lord Peter Goldsmith, Attorney General United Kingdom
Lord Peter Goldsmith, Attorney General United Kingdom Addresses
House of Delegates

Full Speech
ABA President Karen J. Mathis Addresses House of Delegates
ABA House of Delegates Approves New Model Code of Judicial Conduct
Robert J. Grey, Jr., Former ABA Presdient
      American Bar Association Nominates New Leadership
    H. Thomas Wells Nominated as ABA President-Elect
Cooperation, Collaboration and Partnership
H. Thomas.Wells, ABA President-Elect Nominee Addresses House of Delegates
State of the ABA
Hank F. White, Jr., ABA Executive Director
      ABA House of Delegates Approves Resolution on Right to Exclude People with Firearms from Private Property
    Radio News Release
John C. Cruden, Chair ABA Special Committee for Violence
      ABA House of Delegates Approves Resolution to Promote Social and Family Support Needs of Children of Deployed Military Personnel
Brig. Gen. David Hague (Ret.) ABA Youth at Risk Commission and Karen J. Mathis, ABA President, Address House of Delegates
    Radio News Release
Fr. Robert Drinan Tribute (1920-2007), ABA Medal winner and former member of ABA House of Delegates by Michael S. Greco, ABA Immediate Past President


Saturday, February 10, 2007
“To the stars with Difficulty” Spirit of Excellence Awards Honor Diversity
      What’s the Right Approach for Juvenile Status Offenders? A Presidential Showcase Event Presented by the ABA Commission on Youth at Risk.
Introductions
Dwight Smith, Chair, ABA Commission on Youth at Risk; Karen Mathis, ABA President; Robert Butterworth, Secretary Florida Department of Children and Families
What is the right approach for Juvenile Status Offenders?
Robert Schwartz, Co-Founder Juvenile Law Center; Robert Butterworth, Secretary Florida Department of Children and Families; Gustavo A. Barreiro,Florida State Representative; Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney; Hon. Richard P. Dawson, Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida; Diane Stone, Consultant Cook County Juvenile Court; Shay Bilchik, President and CEO Child Welfare League of America
    Full Showcase Event
Dwight Smith, Chair, ABA Commission on Youth at Risk; Karen Mathis, ABA President; Robert Butterworth, Secretary Florida Department of Children and Families; Gustavo A. Barreiro, Florida State Representative; Pauline Patrick, Associate Director Florida Network of Youth and Family Services; Shay Bilchik, President and CEO Child Welfare League of America; Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney; Hon. Richard P. Dawson, Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida,;Diane Stone, Consultant Cook County Juvenile Court; Robert Schwartz, Co-Founder Juvenile Law Center; Daniel Castellanos, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics University of Miami Miller School of Medicine


Friday, February 9, 2007
Karen J. Mathis, President of the ABA — News Conference
      Assistance for Families of Military Personnel
“Legal Support for Military Personnel and Their Families”
Brig. Gen. David Hague (Ret.) ABA Youth at Risk Commission
“Legal Preparation for the Military”
Brig. Gen. David Hague (Ret.) ABA Youth at Risk Commission
“Message to Lawyers”
Brig. Gen. David Hague (Ret.) ABA Youth at Risk Commission
“Child Care Concerns”
Patricia Apy, ABA L.A.M.P. Committee Member
      ABA & Girl Scouts Announce Anti-Violence Program
“Take Charge!” Program
Diane Tukman, Director of Healthy Living Initiative for the Girl Scout of USA.
“Capacity to Reach Girls”
Diane Tukman, Director of Healthy Living Initiative for the Girl Scout of USA.
      “Are We There Yet?”
Margaret Brent Awardees Town Hall Meeting
The Unfinished Journey of Women in the Legal Profession
Carol E. Dinkins, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General; Honorable Rosemary Barkett, U.S. Circuit Judge Eleventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals; Janet Reno, Former Attorney General of the United States; Elaine R. Jones, Director-Counsel Emeritus of NAACP Legal Defense Fund ( Excerpts )
Carol E. Dinkins, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General; Honorable Rosemary Barkett, U.S. Circuit Judge Eleventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals; Janet Reno, Former Attorney General of the United States; Elaine R. Jones, Director-Counsel Emeritus of NAACP Legal Defense Fund ( Full Panel )
      Youth At Risk Roundtable
“Welcome to Youth At Risk Panel Roundtable”
Evett L. Simmons, Partner with Ruden McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell and the Chair of the ABA Presidential Advisory Counsel on Diversity in the Legal Profession.
“Mobilizing Efforts”
Andrew Schepard, Professor of Law Hofstra Director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law.
“Dealing with Truancy”
J. Robert Flores, Administrator of the Justice Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention.
Summit on Indigent Defense Improvement

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