| The Midyear Meeting of the American Bar Association in Houston, TX was especially busy for the ABF. The ABF hosted two CLE research seminars, presented awards to several accomplished lawyers, and celebrated the release of Richard Pena and John Hagan's new book, Last Plane Out of Saigon. The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation hosted a CLE program, "Communities in Crisis: The Effects of Immigration Law and Politics on American Communities." Panelists included Hon. Delissa A. Ridgway as moderator; Jamie G. Longazel, University of Dayton and 2010 ABF Doctoral Fellow; Patrisia Macias-Rojas, University of Illinois at Chicago and ABF Visiting Scholar; Christina A. Fiflis, Chair of the ABA Commission on Immigration and Co-Chair of the ABA Working Group on Unaccompanied Minor Immigrants.* The ABF also offered a co-sponsored CLE program with the ABA Young Lawyers Division, "After the JD: Perspectives on Diversity in the Legal Profession." ABF Director and Co-Principal Investigator Robert Nelson discussed the survey results which examined survey respondents' professional satisfaction. The Fellows presented awards to several outstanding scholars and practitioners at the 2015 Fellows Awards Banquet. The honorees were: Benjamin H. Hill, III (Outstanding Service Award); Professor Stephen Gillers (Outstanding Scholar Award); Ava E. Lias-Booker and Kevin L. Shepherd, Maryland State Officers (Outstanding State Chair Award); and Professor Ted Eisenberg, in memoriam (Distinguished Career in Research Award). Sarah Weddington, an attorney and native Texan with an extraordinary career, presented the keynote address. View photos from all events � *An earlier version of this newsletter incorrectly used the title of Judge for Christina A. Fiflis and omitted mention of Judge Delissa A. Ridgway as moderator of this CLE panel. These errors are corrected above. |
