Midyear Meeting of the Aba House of Delegates Held February 9, 2004, in San Antonio, Texas

• Publication year: 2004
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• Citation: Vol. 33 No. 4 Pg. 25

33 Colo.Law. 25 Colorado Lawyer 2004.

2004, April, Pg. 25. Midyear Meeting of the ABA House of Delegates Held February 9, 2004, In San Antonio, Texas

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The Colorado Lawyer
April 2004
Vol. 33, No. 4 [Page 25]

Departments
ABA Delegates' Report
Midyear Meeting of the ABA House of Delegates Held February 9, 2004, In San Antonio, Texas
by Fred Rodgers

Members of the Colorado delegation 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.loewen stein@colorado.edu Karen Mathis, former chair of the House and lifetime member, (303) 571-4500, kmathis@abanet.org; Kathleen Odle, (303) 297-2900, kodle@sah.com; Beverly J. Quail, (303) 292-2400, quail@ballardspahr.com; Judge Frederic B. Rodgers, (303) 582-5323, x16, frederic.rodgers@judicial.state.co.us; Judge W. Terry Ruckriegle, (970) 453-2241, terry.ruckriegle@judicial.state.co.us; Jerry B. Tompkins, (970) 242-2636, jbt@grandjunctionlaw.com; Timothy Walker, (303) 730-0067, tbwalker10@aol.com; Carolynne C. White, (303) 831-6411, cwhite@cml.org; and Brian D. Zall, (303) 299-8388, bzall@ sah.com.

Fred Rodgers is Gilpin County Court Judge,
Golden, and a member of the ABA Board of Governors,
serving in the House of Delegates -
frederic.rodgers@judicial.state.co.us.

This year, 2004, marks the sixty-fifth year that the American Bar Association ("ABA") has assembled for its Midyear Meeting. Since the reorganization of the ABA in 1936, which led to the creation of the policy-making House of Delegates ("House"), there have been only two years when the ABA failed to convene for the Midyear Meeting: once in 1938, for financial reasons, and again in 1945, due to restrictions placed on travel and conventions during World War II.

Although the size of the Midyear Meeting does not match that of the summer Annual Meeting, the volume of business transacted is still high. For example, at past Midyear Meetings, Reports covered such important matters as the insanity defense, federal product liability legislation, Internal Revenue Code, judicial salaries, the United Nations Genocide Convention, Standards for Lawyer Discipline and Disability Proceedings, and a legal definition of "death."

Along with the House convening February 9, 2004 in San Antonio to review recommendations submitted by various ABA entities, many sections and committees were meeting to review the business of their groups. In addition, two ABA commissions held hearings on issues of importance. First, the Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct held hearings that attracted considerable attendance and the attention of the press. Second, the ABA's decennial Governance Commission held hearings on the organization, structure, size, and composition of the House of Delegates and the Board of...