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Affiliate Public Service Project: Listening to “The Little Voice”

Have you ever been in line at the grocery store and witnessed a parent hit a child? Ever thought about intervening but refrained for fear of what would happen to the child if you did speak up? Under the laws of many states, you actually have a duty to report what you saw. Enter “The Little Voice.”

The Career Development Initiative: 2011–2012 Member Service Project Off to a Great Start

The Career Development Initiative (CDI) is the ABA YLD’s member service project for the 2011–2012 bar year. The ABA YLD has joined forces with the ABA Career Center to co-sponsor and develop the CDI programming. According to ABA YLD Chair Michael Bergmann, the project is meant to be a “virtual library of career resources” for the members of the Division.

Around The Country

As fall departs and the winter wonderland approaches, we can look back on many exciting events that Affiliates organized this past summer and look forward to more. Young lawyers around the nation continue to make a difference while learning, giving, and having fun.

Successful Planning for Law Day 2012 Begins Now

May 1, 2012. The date sounds far away. As I write this article—and cannot think past my upcoming trial on Wednesday—next May is light years away. But this is exactly when you and your Affiliate should turn your thoughts toward planning for a successful Law Day celebration.

A Scholar's Experience in the ABA YLD

In fall 2009, I attended my first American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division conference in Birmingham, Alabama. I went to the conference expecting to attend yet another boring function filled with lawyers.

Meet Your New Secretary-Treasurer

In August at the ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto, Mario Sullivan became the new Secretary-Treasurer for the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division. He prevailed in the first contested ABA YLD election to take place in the last five years. The Division’s last five Secretary-Treasurers, Chris Rogers, Michael Bergmann, David Wolfe, Kelly Ann Clarke, and Lizz Acee, each ran uncontested.

Being Involved: ABA YLD Assembly Speaker Latanishia Watters

Latanishia Watters is a partner at Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker in Birmingham, Alabama, and recently began her term as the Assembly Speaker for the ABA YLD. Watters has previously served in a number of capacities within the Division, including as an Editorial Board member for The Young Lawyer, Minorities in the Profession Scholar, District Representative for Alabama and Georgia, member of the Affiliate Assistance Team, Assistant Diversity Director, and, most recently, as Assembly Clerk.