2012 ABA Midyear Meeting
February 2–5, 2012 • New Orleans, Louisiana
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Meetings for this day will be held at Tulane Law School.
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Gas/Fracking CLE
Sponsor: Government Operations and Land Use Committees
2:45 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Urban Education CLE
Sponsor: Public Education and Emergency Management/Homeland Security Committees
The panel will address legal challenges involved in re-building a school system after a natural disaster.
4:15 p.m.–5:45 p.m.
Hot Topics in Diversity Law CLE
Sponsor: Diversity Law Committee and ABA Standing Committee on Disability
The panel will focus on current legal issues confronting the community(ies) served by their respective associations and/or an issue confronting practitioners or law students regarding diversity law in the legal profession.
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Networking Reception
The CLE package and reception is $25 per person.
To register, please go to: http://americanbar.org/statelocal or contact Marsha Boone at 312/988-5649 or Marsha.Boonem@americanbar.org.
Friday, February 3, 2012
SOC meetings for this day will be held at the Sheraton.
8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
SOC Breakfast
9:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
SOC Membership Committee Meeting
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
SOC Law Student Outreach Committee Meeting
12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
SOC Joint Meeting of Chairs and Chairs-Elect
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Section of State and Local Government Law
Executive Committee Meeting, Royal Sonesta
4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
SOC Business Meeting
Saturday, February 4, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Crime After Crime—free screening,
Sheraton, Napoleon Ballroom, C3, 3rd Floor
The film chronicles two San Francisco Bay Area land use lawyers who volunteer to provide their services to try and help free a woman who has been imprisoned for 20 years. To RSVP, contact Marsha Boone at 312/988-5649 or marsha.boone@americanbar.org.
6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Dinner—Antoine’s Restaurant, 713 Rue Saint Louis
This is a ticketed event. The cost is $70 per person. Contact Marsha Boone at 312/988-5649 or marsha.boone@americanbar.org.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
SOC Conference of Section and Division Delegates Business Meeting
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
SOC Conference of Section and Division Delegates Reception
For more information contact Marsha Boone at 312/988-5649 or e-mail
Marsha.Boone@americanbar.org or go to the Section’s website at http://ambar.org/SL2012midyear.
