26th Annual Mid-Year Conference & Gertrude E. Rush Award Dinner

"Post-Katrina"

The Peabody Memphis
149 Union Avevnue
Memphis, Tennessee 38103

Downloads:

• 26th Mid-Year Final Program (PDF) Held 4/26/06 - 4/30/06
• Heman Marion Sweatt Luncheon Program (PDF) Held 4/28/06
• Gertrude E. Rush Award Dinner Program (PDF) Held 4/29/06
• 2006 Gertrude E. Rush Awardees (PDF)
• 26th Mid-Year Registration Brochure (PDF)

REGISTRATION
Member pre-registration rate for the Mid-Year Conference and Gertrude E. Rush Award Dinner is $275 on or before April 18, 2006. Registration includes one luncheon ticket, one dinner ticket and continuing legal education (CLE) seminars. Member registration fee after April 18, 2006 is $300.

preliminary schedule of events and pre-registration form are enclosed. Please complete the pre-registration form and mail it with payment or fax it with credit card information to the National Bar Association’s Headquarters by April 18, 2006. The National Bar Association’s fax number is (202) 289-6170. You may also wish to register online at register online.

HOTEL RESERVATION
A block of hotel rooms has been set aside for the Conference at The Peabody Memphis. The Conference room rate is $199.00 single or double occupancy, plus $3.50 hotel service fee per room, per night, not including current local tax of 15.95%. Reservations must be made by April 15, 2006. To make your reservations, please call The Peabody Memphis at (800) PEABODY ext. 2 or (901) 529 4000 and specify your attendance at the National Bar Association Mid-Year Conference, or fax the attached hotel reservation form to (901) 529-3646.

Check-in is 3:00 p.m., check-out is 12:00 noon.

AIRLINE INFORMATION
American Airlines and Northwest Airlines are the official airlines for the National Bar Association Annual Mid-Year Conference & Gertrude E. Rush Dinner. To obtain airline discounts for the Meeting, please call American Airlines Reservations at 1-800-433-1790 and refer to Star file Code A08346AM or Northwest Airlines Reservations at 1-800-328-1111 and refer to Worldfile Number NYT83. To make reservations online for Northwest flights go to www.nwa.com. Under “NWA Discount Travel E-Cert Redemption” enter our worldfile number as Northwest meeting agreement number. Certain restrictions apply. Ground shuttle transportation is available at the airport or Arrow Cab Co. (901) 33- ARROW.

To insure that the NBA establishes a history that in turn will enable us to negotiate lower airfares, be sure to register your flight with our official airlines.

IMPORTANT
All Board of Governors reports must be in writing. To be included in the Board packets, written reports must be received by Friday, April 14, 2006.