ABA Journal - July 2009

ABA ANNOUNCEMENTS

NOTICE BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS Pursuant to § 6. 3(e) of the ABA Constitution, the state of Wyoming will elect a State Delegate to fill a vacancy due to the resignation of Timothy J. Kirven. The term commences immediately upon certification by the Board of Elections and expires at the conclusion of the 2011 Annual Meeting. For rules and procedures on filing petitions, visit ABAJournal.com/magazine.

NOTICE BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS Pursuant to § 6. 3(e) of the ABA Constitution, the state of Idaho will elect a State Delegate to fill a vacancy due to the demise of M. Allyn Dingel, Jr. The term is effective at the conclusion of the 2009 Annual Meeting and expires at the conclusion of the 2012 Annual Meeting. For rules and procedures on filing petitions, visit ABAJournal.com/magazine.

ELECTION FOR DELEGATE-AT-LARGE VACANCY (2009-2010 TERM) Due to the resignation of Robert A. Stein, a Delegate-at-Large vacancy exists. To fill this vacancy, one Delegate-at-Large to the House of Delegates will be elected at the 2009 Annual Meeting for a one-year term beginning with the adjournment of that meeting and ending with the adjournment of the 2010 Annual Meeting. Candidates for election as Delegate-at-Large are to be nominated by written petition. The deadline for filing nominating petitions for the 2009 vacancy election in Chicago, Illinois, is Friday, July 10, 2009. For rules and procedures on filing petitions, visit ABAJournal.com/magazine.

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Proposed amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws of the American Bar Association summarized below have been duly filed with the Secretary of the Association by the indicated sponsoring members of the Association for consideration by the House of Delegates at the 2009 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Copies of the full text of these proposals will be published in the book of reports to the House of Delegates and are also available on the ABA’s

Website on the House of Delegates Leadership Page http://www.abanet .org/ leadership/2009/annual/ (click on Summary of Recommendations). These proposals are also available to any member upon request to the Division for Policy Administration at the American Bar Association, 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60610, 312/988-5230.

I

Notice is hereby given that Edward Haskins Jacobs proposes to amend § 1. 2 of the Constitution to include the following language as one of the purposes of the Association: “to defend the right to life of all innocent human beings, including all those conceived but not yet born.”

II

Notice is hereby given that Jay G. Foonberg (Primary Sponsor), Joel Bennett, James Brill, John W. Clark, Jr., R. William Ide III, Nathan Mease, Sharon D. Nelson, Stephen N. Maskaleris, Mark Robertson and Dwight L. Smith propose to amend Article 6 of the Constitution to provide for a delegate in the House of Delegates from American Samoa.

III

Notice is hereby given that Hon. Glenn Murdock (Primary Sponsor), Louise Michaux Gonzales and Jack B. Middleton propose to amend § 6. 3(c) of the Constitution to provide the Board of Elections with the option of using paper ballots, electronic ballots or a combination of paper and electronic ballots in conducting State Delegate elections.

IV

Notice is hereby given that Karl J. Ege (Primary Sponsor), Nathaniel Doliner, Lynne Barr, Linda Rusch and Charles McCallum propose to amend § 30.5 of the Bylaws to provide that non-U.S. lawyer associates may serve on the Council of the Section of Business Law.

V
Notice is hereby given that C.
Timothy Hopkins (Primary Sponsor),
Sara A. Austin, Joanne A. Epps, Gerald
T. Giaimo, Peter M. Suzuki, David K. Y.
Tang, David C. Weiner, and Hon.
Bernice B. Donald propose to amend
various sections of the Constitution and
Bylaws as housekeeping amendments to
include the following:
a) Amend § 6. 8 of the Constitution to

change the name of the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association to the National LGBT Bar Association.

b) Amend § 29.5 of the Bylaws and § 45. 2 of the House Rules of Procedure to authorize the Secretary to correct punctuation, grammar or numbering where appropriate of recommendations adopted by the House if the correction does not change meaning.

VI

Notice is hereby given that Charles A. Collier, Jr., (Primary Sponsor), T. Maxfield Bahner, John P. Driscoll, Jr., Ruth L. Kleinfeld, Richard J. Podell, Anthony R. Palermo and Richard L. Thies propose to amend § 10.1(a) of the Constitution to change the name of the Senior Lawyers Division to the Elder Law and Experienced Lawyers Division. Respectfully submitted.

Hon. Bernice B. Donald Secretary

ABE ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS The Annual Meeting of Members of the American Bar Endowment will be held in conjunction with the ABA Annual Meeting on August 3, 2009, at 8: 45 A.M. in the Grand Ballroom, Gold Level, East Tower, of the Hyatt Regency Chicago. At this meeting two Directors will be elected, each to serve a five-year term, and one Director will be elected to serve a two-year term.