April 2020 Washington Letter

     

    Federal Government

    ABA Day Digital Recap

    Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ABA transformed our 24th annual ABA Day in Washington into ABA Day Digital 2020 -- our first fully online lobby event and digital conference. Normally, over 350 bar leaders from across the country join the ABA annually to storm Capitol Hill in person.

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    ABA Day Digital: As Told by Participants

    While we were disappointed to miss all of you in Washington DC for this years ABA Day, moving the conference online allowed us to open the ABA’s annual advocacy day to over 15,000 people across the country. While these individuals varied in the ways they advocated, all of them came together to help represent the rule of law in America. Since this was such a unique conference, we wanted to hear how it went, straight from the advocates. Here is what they had to say.

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