If you didn’t attend the NABE Midyear Meeting here are just a few of the things that you missed. . .
Jerry Brightman teaching us about revolutionizing our leadership skills (speaker materials).
An enlightening, moving and fascinating panel discussion of September 11 and its aftermath and the impact on the staff and volunteers of four of the effected bar associations featuring Patricia Bucklin, executive director, New York State Bar Association, Barbara Berger Opotowsky, executive director, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Marilyn Flood, executive director, New York County Lawyers’ Association and Katherine Mazzaferri, executive director, District of Columbia Bar. The panel was moderated by Craig Landy, president, New York County Lawyers’ Association.
The chance to sample American, Thai and Tex-Mex cuisine, dance a bit, have your face painted (photos) and memorialize it all with a photobutton at the NABE party at the Reading Terminal Market.
Presentation of the 2002 Cindy A. Raisch Award (photo) to the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New York County Lawyers’ Association for its immediate response to the World Trade Center disaster. The LRS quickly organized a panel of volunteer attorneys, and coordinated the provision of entirely fee legal services to victims. The program coordinated with iLawyer (the authorized Internet vendor for ABA approved LRIS programs) to set up and emergency Web site. This enabled the LRS to enter and track referrals as well as to check for conflicts of interest. Procedures were established to allow the staff of the New York State Bar Association LRIS and the Bar Association of Essex County (NJ) to enter date directly into the iLawyer/Legal Referral Service database. This data entry feature, coupled with an agreement to take calls on the NYSBA’s toll-free disaster assistance number, enabled the LRS to expedite assistance to victims when its own lines and staff were overwhelmed. It also provided toll-free access to family members from out of town who had lost relatives or had other 9/11 related legal issues.
Tips for bringing the Bar Leadership Institute a from a panel of experts: Karyn Linn, field service representative, ABA Division for Bar Services, Barbara Earle, Director of Local Bar Services, Annual Meeting and Law Student Division, State Bar of Texas, Elaine Nanney, Assistant Executive Director, North Carolina Bar Association, Karen France, executive director, Clearwater Bar Association and Terry Scheid, Bar Services Coordinator, New York State Bar Association.
A discussion by Mary Howerton, executive director, Mecklenburg Bar Association, John Norwine, executive director of the Cincinnati Bar Association, Cheryl Bruce, executive director, State Bar of New Mexico and Richard Kraft, chair, State Bar of New Mexico Leadership Institute Planning Commission, on how to train bar members to be successful leaders and to develop leadership training programs.
A chance to visit with NABE Midyear Meeting Sponsors (listing) and find out about their products and services with one-stop shopping. Many thanks to those vendors who contributed so generously to support the 2002 Annual Meeting Program.
An inspirational speech by United States Supreme Court Justice William Kennedy at the NCBP-NABE-NCBF Joint Luncheon. Justice Kennedy discussed a new program exploring American values and civic traditions, Dialogue on Freedom.
An all-out celebration of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s 200th anniversary with a lively party that featured phamous Philly phoods such as Tasty Cakes, Hoagies and Cheese Steaks and fabulous, rockin’ entertainment that included Danny and the Juniors, the Crystals and Fabian.