Navigate the 2018 ABA Midyear Meeting from your mobile device with the Mobile App! Gain access to the full event schedules, speaker information, program descriptions, Social Media, notifications of important updates, and more!

Getting your App is super easy, just follow the steps below!

Step 1: All Registrants / Meeting Attendees were sent an App Invite Email – please locate this Email (it may have gone into your junk box)

Subject Line: There's an APP for the 2018 ABA Vancouver Midyear Meeting

Step 2: Download the App

The first thing you'll need to do is download the App on the device you will be bringing to the Midyear Meeting.

Step 3: Verify Your Account

Then, come back to your App Invite Email using the same device from Step 1 and click Verify Account to unlock all the app's advanced features.

IF you are not registered for the meeting and would like access to the App OR you don't have iOS or Android? Visit: https://crowd.cc/s/1j5kU  and use the mobile web version of the App.

Trouble logging in? Check out this quick tutorial video: https://cvent.wistia.com/medias/yte5iuqtii

For advanced troubleshooting assistance, contact the CrowdCompass technical support line at: 866.318.4357 (option 5) or at support@crowdcompass.com.

United States and Canadian border officials claim a right to search the contents of laptops, cell phones, and other electronic devices in the possession of inbound and outbound travelers. Therefore, lawyers and other legal professionals crossing international borders to attend the 2018 ABA Midyear Meeting in Vancouver are advised to consider whether steps should be taken to protect confidential client information that may be contained on their accompanying electronic devices.

This month, in response to an ABA letter and subsequent meeting with senior Department of Homeland Security officials, the United States Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) agency issued a revised directive on Border Search of Electronic Devices. As ABA President Hilarie Bass recently explained in her communication to law firm managing partners, Section 5.2 of the revised Directive adopts several key ABA-requested reforms, including stronger protections for privileged and confidential client information on lawyer electronic devices. While not all of the ABA’s proposals were adopted and more clearly needs to be done, the new directive is a clear improvement over the previous policy.

The Directive applies to any device containing information in an electronic or digital form, specifically including computers, tablets, disks, drives, tapes, mobile phones and other communication devices, cameras, and music and other media players. Under the Directive, CBP officers may examine only information that is stored on the device and accessible through the device's operating system or through other software, tools, or applications. Officers may not intentionally use the device to access information that is only stored remotely, such as on a cloud storage resource.

For more details, please review the full Electronic Device Advisory.