Bellows on Track for 2012
March 1, 2010 BY JAMES PODGERS ABA Journal It is not much of a secret that Laurel G. Bellows will become ABA president in August 2012. Bellows, a principal at the Bellows Law Group in Chicago who concentrates much of her business law practice on litigation matters, formally announced her candidacy at the midyear meeting […]
2010 Women in Law Leadership Academy
Posted Feb 7, 2010 1:35 PM CST By James Podgers Don’t tell anyone, but Laurel G. Bellows will become ABA president in August 2012. Bellows, a principal at the Bellows Law Group in Chicago who concentrates much of her business law practice on litigation matters, formally announced her candidacy today with a speech to the […]
Gender Equality
Rite of Spring
ABA’s lobbying push on Capitol Hill focuses on access-to-justice issues Posted May 1, 2009 6:10 PM CST By Rhonda McMillion In an event that has become as reliable a ritual of spring in Washington, D.C., as the blossoming of the cherry trees lining the Tidal Basin, hundreds of lawyers representing the ABA made their way […]
ABA revises mission, restates goals regarding justice, members, public
August 12, 2008 By Patricia Manson Law Bulletin staff writer NEW YORK — After debating lawyers’ place in the world and quibbling over wording, American Bar Association delegates on Tuesday approved revisions to the bar group’s statement of its mission and goals. The policymaking House of Delegates adopted a mission statement asserting that the ABA’s […]
Is the Past Prologue?