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	Long-time NBA Member Runs for President-Elect of DC Bar. More Information >
	LOCAL LAW SCHOOL MAKES HISTORY WITH 1ST BLACK LEGAL ARCHIVES ROOM Thursday, February 01, 2007 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Reception to follow for questions Drake University Cartwright Hall, Room 213 2507 University Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50311-4505 More >
	"THE LITTLE ROCK NINE" HONORED AT THE 2006 WILEY A. BRANTON AWARDS LUNCHEON On Friday, November 3, 2006 at 12:00 noon, the National Bar Association honored "The Little Rock Nine" during the Wiley A. Branton Awards Luncheon. This took place during the NBA's Eighteenth Annual Wiley A. Branton Issues Symposium & Award Luncheon, held at The Peabody Little Rock from Wednesday, November 1 through Sunday, November 5, 2006. More >
	NBA HONORS "THE LITTLE ROCK NINE" Washington, DC (October 30, 2006) The National Bar Association will honor "The Little Rock Nine" at the Wiley A. Branton Awards Luncheon on Friday, November 3, 2006 at 12:00 noon in the Arkansas Ballroom, located on the third level of The Peabody Little Rock. This takes place during the NBA's Eighteenth Annual Wiley A. Branton Issues Symposium & Award Luncheon from November 1-5, 2006 at The Peabody Little Rock, Three Statehouse Plaza, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72201. More >
	Law Camp Commences 5th Year of Educating Minority Youth Washington, DC……. The National Bar Association Crump Law Camp has accepted 32 high school students for its intense two week long program at Howard University from July 9 - 22, 2006. These students will be flown in from various cities and receive both a social and academic agenda for the Washington, DC area. Their calendar will include attending classes instructed by professors and deans from the NBA Law Professors Division, and having members of the NBA Law Students Division serve as teaching assistants and student monitors. More >
	JUDGE THELMA WYATT CUMMINGS MOORE RECEIVES THE THURGOOD MARSHALL AWARD Atlanta Daily World reports that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore was recently presented the Thurgood Marshall Award at the 36th Annual National Bar Association Judicial Council Luncheon held in Detroit, Michigan as part of the NBA's 81st Annual Convention. More >
	CORPORATE COUNSEL ELECTED PRESIDENT-ELECT OF NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION Washington, DC (September 5, 2006) …Vanita Banks, Counsel, Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, Illinois, was sworn in as President-Elect of the National Bar Association (NBA) on August 11, 2006. Banks is only the second female attorney from corporate America to be elected as NBA President since the organization was founded in 1925. More >
	FLORIDA LITIGATOR NAMED NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT Linnes Finney Jr., a partner in the national law firm of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus ,Watson & Sperando, was sworn in as the 64th president of the National Bar Association. Finney, an experienced litigator and dedicated civic activist, assumed the helm of the National Bar Association (NBA) during the group's 81st Annual Convention, held Aug. 5-12, 2006, at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, MI. More >
	CU MAKING HISTORY IN LEGAL EDUCATION University of Colorado Law School prepares for move to new Wolf Law Building; Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to deliver keynote address BOULDER, Colo.-The Colorado Law School will officially dedicate the new Wolf Law Building on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus on September 8, 2006. Never before has an entire campus student body voted to tax themselves to build a new law school because of a lack of financial support from the state. The Law School announces that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will attend the dedication and deliver the keynote address. More >
	2006 NBA Hall of Famer Rules 'Bush Spy Program Unconstitutional' The Detroit New reports on federal judge's ruling to halt the Bush Administration's spying program. More >
	Bowman and Brooke LLP Names Lawrence C. Mann to 2006 Management Committee (July 10, 2006 - Detroit, MI) - Bowman and Brooke LLP is pleased to announce that Lawrence C. Mann has returned to firm management and been named a member of the 2006 Management Committee . Lawrence will focus on long-range planning and overall firm leadership, as a member of the Strategic Planning Committee. Lawrence is an active member in the National Bar Association, amongst other organizations. His experience is not limited to the boardroom or courtroom, but transcends to the classroom, as a tenured Associate Professor at Wayne State University Law School. More >
	"THE INNOVATOR" AND LIFETIME NBA MEMBER STACEY J. MOBLEY NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS IN AMERICA Washington, DC ……The National Law Journal has named Stacey J. Mobley one of the most influential lawyers in America. Ranked in the June 19, 2006 issue, the law journal coins Mobley as "an innovator who enforces the 'DuPont model'." More >
	BEN CRUMP SUES FLORIDA STATE AGENCIES FOR $40 MILLION AFTER DEATH OF TEEN Washington, DC (July 28, 2006) …... NBA lifetime member and past board of governors member Benjamin L. Crump is seeking more than $40 million in damages from the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Bay County Sheriff's Office on behalf of the family of Martin Lee Anderson, who died just hours after being manhandled by guards at a juvenile boot camp. More >
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