Amanda Robert

2 weeks ago | abajournal.com | Amanda Robert

Home Web First Coco Su helps expand access to justice throughout… Members Who Inspire Coco Su helps expand access to justice throughout California Coco Su, a nonlawyer member of the ABA, received the Cindy A. Raisch Award for her work with SmartLaw. (Photos courtesy of Coco Su) In early May, Coco Su received a letter from the State Bar of California. It relayed much-anticipated and welcome news: SmartLaw, the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s lawyer referral service, had been approved to...

3 weeks ago | abajournal.com | Amanda Robert

Home Web First DOJ restricts ABA's access to vet and rate… Judiciary DOJ restricts ABA's access to vet and rate judicial nominees The Department of Justice is taking significant steps to thwart the ABA’s longstanding efforts to impartially evaluate federal judicial nominees. In a letter posted on X on Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the DOJ’s Office of Legal Policy will not ask judicial nominees to provide waivers that allow the ABA to access their bar records and other...

3 weeks ago | abajournal.com | Amanda Robert

Home Magazine Bryanna Jenkins advocates for the Black transgender… Members Who Inspire Bryanna Jenkins advocates for the Black transgender community Bryanna Jenkins was in Baltimore in March 2015, when National Security Agency police shot and killed Mya Hall outside of Fort Meade. Hall, a 27-year-old Black transgender woman, had been driving a stolen SUV that crashed into a police vehicle at the military base. A couple of weeks later, Baltimore police arrested Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old...

1 month ago | abajournal.com | Amanda Robert

Home Magazine Meet the ABA's newest leaders ABA Leadership Meet the ABA's newest leaders The ABA’s newly nominated officers and members of the Board of Governors will begin their terms in office after the association’s annual meeting in August. In the months before the meeting, we asked these nominees the same four questions: • What positive experiences have you had with the ABA? • What would you like to accomplish during your term? • What is something not a lot of other ABA members know...

1 month ago | abajournal.com | Amanda Robert

Home Magazine Bar Service: Barbara Howard, a longtime leader… ABA Leadership Bar Service: Barbara Howard, a longtime leader in the ABA, prepares for her next role Barbara Howard is a self-described bar junkie. She began participating in the Cincinnati Bar Association as a student at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. She ultimately held leadership roles in that association, including serving as its president and as a member of its board of trustees. She became just as active in the...