RES #	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
10A	Encourages law firms to develop initiatives to provide women lawyers with opportunities to gain trial and courtroom experience.	ADOPTED
100	Concurs with adopting amendments to Standard 106 of the ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools.	ADOPTED
101A	Urges rules and legislation to establish an evidentiary privilege applicable only to clients of USPTO patent agents. *(VIDEO of debate)*	ADOPTED AS REVISED
101B	Supports certain efforts in Congress and courts to allow copyright infringement filing once a proper application for registration of a copyright has been delivered.	ADOPTED
102	Affects approval, reapproval, withdrawal or extension to several paralegal education programs.	ADOPTED
103A	Grants accreditation to the Privacy Law program of the International Association of Privacy Professionals certification program. *(VIDEO of debate)*	ADOPTED
103B	Grants reaccreditation to the Elder Law program of the National Elder Law Foundation.	ADOPTED
104	Urges Congress and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to strengthen protections for all individuals receiving benefits via the representative payee program.	ADOPTED
105	Urges consideration consider of recommendations set out in the report, The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change.	ADOPTED
106	Urges re-authorization and funding for the Legal Assistance for Victims Grant Program of the Violence Against Women Act.	ADOPTED
107	Urges federal courts to adopt pro bono panels for civil litigants.	WITHDRAWN
108A	Urges laws and policies regarding the use of solitary confinement for detainees.	ADOPTED
108B	Urges rights and procedures for individuals to challenge forensic evidence used to obtain their conviction.	ADOPTED AS REVISED
108C	Urges limited use of mandatory minimum sentencing and prohibit its use to secure plea agreements. *(VIDEO of debate)*	ADOPTED AS REVISED
108D	Urges prohibition of discrimination against jurors on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.	ADOPTED
108E	Urges the Executive Branch to rescind its decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. *(VIDEO of debate)*	ADOPTED AS REVISED
109	Urges enabling the Library of Congress to adequately staff, maintain, modernize, and enhance its services.	ADOPTED
110	Adopts the Model Provisions on Electronic Commerce for International Trade Agreements.	ADOPTED
111	Urges each death penalty jurisdiction not to execute or sentence to death anyone who was 21 years old or younger at the time of the offense.	ADOPTED
112A	Approves the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.	POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
112B	Approves the Uniform Directed Trust Act.	ADOPTED
112C	Approves the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act.	ADOPTED
112D	Approves the Uniform Parentage Act (2017).	ADOPTED
112E	Approves the Uniform Protected Series Act.	ADOPTED
112F	Approves the Uniform Regulation of Virtual-Currency Businesses Act.	ADOPTED
113	Supports the development of systems to address legal needs of youth and young adults experiencing homelessness.	ADOPTED
114	Urges governments to provide legal counsel as a matter of right at public expense to low-income persons in all proceedings that may result in a loss of physical liberty.	ADOPTED
115A	Urges governments to adopt or preserve tax code provisions that allow alimony deduction for payors and treats alimony as taxable income to payees.	WITHDRAWN
115B	Adopts the ABA Model Act Governing Assisted Reproductive Technology dated February 2018.	WITHDRAWN
115C	Urges Congress to repeal Section 641 of the National Defense Authorization Act.	ADOPTED
116A	Supports an interpretation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. *(VIDEO of debate)*	ADOPTED
116B	Urges Congress to enact legislation overruling Middlesex County Sewerage Auth. v. Nat’l Sea Clammers Ass’n.	ADOPTED
117	Urges courts to recognize that individuals in the U.S. Armed Forces should not be discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.	WITHDRAWN
300	Urges governments and stakeholders to work to reduce, social determinants of health that drive the HIV/AIDS epidemic.	ADOPTED
301	Endorses General Comment No. 21 on Children in Street Situations issued in June 2017 by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.	ADOPTED
302	Urges employers in the legal profession to adopt and enforce policies that prohibit, prevent and redress harassment and retaliation based on sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation. *(VIDEO of debate)*	ADOPTED AS REVISED

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