Summer 2012

Generations expert asks: Is your bar ready for X, Y ... and Z?

by Robert J. Derocher

Has your bar had a rough year or two? Or 12? If so, you’re not alone.

Trade, Sports & Professional Associations

Control the debate, control the meeting: Answers to your parliamentary questions

by Nancy Sylvester

At the 2012 ABA Bar Leadership Institute, one of the workshops had some questions that were submitted in writing regarding parliamentary procedure and meeting management.

Lawyer Wellness

Ages & Stages: Bars fight to stay relevant throughout a lawyer’s career

by Robert J. Derocher

Mentoring programs for new lawyers often seem to be at the top of the member wish list at the Rhode Island Bar Association, which is somewhat puzzling to the bar’s communications director, Frederick Massie.

Court Administration

Quick Takes

by Dan Kittay

The judicial retention elections that resulted in three justices of the state’s Supreme Court being removed from office were held in 2010, but the fallout from that time is still very much a part of the Iowa legal community’s discussions.

Practice Management

Crisis communicator tells how to work with media, not be the villain

by Marilyn Cavicchia

Speaking at this year’s ABA Bar Leadership Institute in Chicago, Bruce M. Hennes, managing partner at Hennes Paynter Communications, described his job this way: “Our goal is to make your story shorter, make your story better, or make your story go away.”