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    August 2022 Washington Letter

     

    Federal Government

    ABA Honors Senators and State Bar Leaders for Efforts to Preserve the Rule of Law

    During this month’s Annual Meeting in Chicago, the ABA presented several awards to mark the 25th anniversary of ABA Day, the association’s annual grassroots event.

    This Month's Articles

    Advocate of the Month

    We are proud to honor our outgoing President, Reginald Turner, and our incoming President, Deborah Enix-Ross as our Advocates of the Month for August 2022. We thank past-President Turner for his tireless service and dedication to the ABA. Deborah Enix-Ross is a senior adviser to the International Dispute Resolution Group of Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City. Enix-Ross served as chair of the ABA’s policymaking House of Delegates and as chair of the ABA Center for Human Rights. As chair of the ABA International Law Section, she co-founded the Women’s Interest Network and worked with the International Bar Association to create its Women’s Interest Group. She also led an international legal exchange delegation to Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Ghana, where she delivered an address commemorating the country’s 50th anniversary of independence.

    Legislative Research Tip

    Historic Legislative Materials: Congress.gov now has a collection of historic legislative materials including congressional bills and resolutions from 1799 to 1873. Browse the entire collection or select a historical congress eg. (1815-1817) from the list of sessions (click “More” for entire list). This collection was recently migrated from the Law Library of Congress website A Century of Lawmaking to Congress.gov for greater accessibility and readability. Read more about the project of preserving early Congressional legislation.

    About the Washington Letter

    The ABA Washington Letter is a monthly publication produced by the Governmental Affairs Office to report and analyze congressional and executive branch action on legislative issues of interest to the ABA and the legal profession. The newsletter highlights ABA involvement in the federal legislative process and focuses on the association's legislative and governmental priorities and other issues on which the ABA has policy.

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