Registration is underway for the 2018 American Bar Association Annual Meeting set for Aug. 2-7 in Chicago.
The annual gathering attracts more than 5,000 registrants from around the world. This year’s meeting, headquartered at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, will include nearly 1,000 educational sessions, networking opportunities and social functions.
High-profile speakers include Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein of the U.S. Department of Justice; Tina Tchen, founder of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund; and Executive Director Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of “Just Mercy.”
Educational opportunities during the event include:
• CLE in the City Series – The ABA has developed a special series of continuing legal education programs that take participants out of typical meeting rooms and into Chicago law firms to experience first-hand the city’s vibrant legal community.
Eight specialty tracks are offered including cybersecurity law; ethics; gaming, sweepstakes and franchise law; mergers and acquisitions; legal writing, ethics and persuasion; litigation; family law; and privacy and security.
Among the more than 100 continuing legal education programs offered will include:
•“#MeToo, Time’s Up — Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.”
• “Managing Social Activism and Freedom of Speech in Sports”;
• “Government Searches, Privacy, and Cybersecurity in a Digital Age”;
• “The Trump Administration and Diverse Communities: A Kaleidoscope of Controversies”;
• “The Quest for Transparent Government in the US and Abroad”;
• “Sexual Harassment in the Workplace”;
• “Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call: The Business You Save May Be Your Own.”
Meanwhile, the annual meeting will include the presentation of the association’s highest honor, the ABA Medal, and a keynote presentation by the Equal Justice Initiative’s Bryan Stevenson.
The ABA also will host a concert to raise awareness for the need for legal aid from the Legal Services Corporation, which helps provide access to justice to millions of low-income Americans.
Defense attorney Joey Jackson will serve as master of ceremonies. The event will include noted Chicago-based performers from Broadway, cabaret and local companies, who will entertain with song or performance. Interspersed will be inspirational stories of people who have been helped by legal aid.
A President’s Reception also is scheduled during which ABA President Hilarie Bass will host a taste of Chicago under the stained-glass Tiffany dome.
The reception will include local food favorites and entertainment by Big Band group, the Chicago Catz, along with live blues music, local improv theater and local cabaret performers.
Visit www.ambar.org for further details and registration information.
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