Report on the Annual Meeting of the Aba House of Delegates August 5 and 6, 2002, in Washington, D.c

• Jurisdiction: United States,Federal
• Citation: Vol. 31 No. 10 Pg. 67
• Pages: 67
• Publication year: 2002

31 Colo.Law. 67 Colorado Lawyer 2002.

2002, October, Pg. 67. Report on the Annual Meeting of the ABA House of Delegates August 5 and 6, 2002, in Washington, D.C

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The Colorado Lawyer
October 2002
Vol. 31, No. 10 [Page 67]

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ABA Delegates' Report
Report on the Annual Meeting of the ABA House of Delegates August 5 and 6, 2002, in Washington, D.C.
by Fred Rodgers

Frederic Rodgers served as a CBA House delegate and then became the Judicial Division delegate to the House for a three-year term, starting in August 2001. Readers may contact him at (303) 582-5323; Frederic.Rodgers@judicial.state.co.us Other ABA delegates in Colorado are as follows: Judith H Holmes, (303) 575-5855, jholmes@littler.com; Christopher B Little, (303) 779-2747, clittle@mlmpc.com; Prof. Mark Jay Loewenstein, (303) 492-7102, mark.loewenstein@colorado. edu; Beverly J. Quail, (303) 292-2400, quail@ballardspahr. com; Judge W. Terry Ruckriegle, (970) 453-2241, terry.ruck riegle@judicial.state.co.us; Jerry B. Tompkins, (970) 242-2636, jbt@grandjunctionlaw.com; Carolynne C. White, (303) 831-6411, cwhit@cml.org; and Brian D. Zall, (303) 299-8388, bzall@sah.com.

The American Bar Association ("ABA") House of Delegates ("House") held its Annual Meeting to set ABA policy and elect officers in Washington, D.C., on August 5 and 6, 2002. One of the highlights of the sessions was the address by former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer as he began his one-year term as president-elect of the ABA, becoming the first African American to hold that position. He will become president at the Association's 2003 Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Archer, chairman of Dickinson and Wright PLLC, a large Detroit law firm, also is a former justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He said, "I am extremely proud to be here. I am also keenly aware of those who came before me - those who were not able to participate in the great dialogue that we have at the ABA, the great debates on public policy and legal issues. I think of the tremendous contributions these lawyers and others could have made to this association had they been allowed to join." Among the notables in Archer's entourage marching with him down the aisle to the well of the House were Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Mrs. Thurgood Marshall, widow of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

The House also witnessed the installation of new ABA President A. P. Carlton of Charlotte, N.C., who has announced his commitment to ridding the ABA of its "liberal label." The meeting also saw Denver's Karen Mathis ending her two-year term as Chair of the House, the ABA's second highest office, and her succession by Tommy Wells of Birmingham, AL. When President Carlton chaired the House a half-dozen years ago, he stressed the importance of "germaneness" to the legal profession of ABA policy pronouncements from the House. The last time the ABA met in Washington in 1985, President Reagan gave the welcoming address at the membership assembly. This year, there was no such welcome from President Bush because he was off vacationing at his Crawford, Texas, ranch for the entire month of August.

Ethics and Professional Responsibility

The Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice ("MJP") (practice across state lines) submitted nine separate Reports, Nos. 201A through 201J, recommending adoption of various model rules that are more fully described in Bob Keatinge's accompanying report below. All nine Reports were approved, and only...