National Reach, Local Impact
This President’s Message was published in the Winter 2026 issue of The Federal Lawyer. by Hon. Karoline Mehalchick, FY26 FBA…
How the FBA Advocates for the Rule of Law
This President’s Message was published in the Fall 2025 issue of The Federal Lawyer. by Hon. Karoline Mehalchick, FY26 FBA…
Thank you, Tom Black.
This article was published in the Summer 2025 issue of The Federal Lawyer. Dear Members: By the time you read…
President’s Message: Lucky Number 78
Dear Members: The theme for this issue is International Law. Therefore, I thought it fitting to discuss the very quality…
How FBA Members Can Support Our U.S. Magistrate Judges
President’s Message published in the Winter 2025 issue of The Federal Lawyer magazine Dear FBA Members: By the time you…
Fall 2024 President’s Message
President’s Message published in the Fall 2024 issue of The Federal Lawyer magazine It is my pleasure to be writing…
Service with a Smile
President’s Message from the Summer 2024 issue of The Federal Lawyer I love this old Chinese proverb: “If you want…
President’s Message: FBA Takes Its Priorities to DC
On March 23, 2023—thanks to the extensive efforts of our Government Relations Committee (led by Chair Ben Robinson) and our…
President’s Message: Improving Law School Engagement
This edition highlights the great efforts of three groups within the FBA that have worked, and are continuing to work,…
President’s Message: Making Progress
I am writing this installment during the first week of November (although you are likely reading it long after that)…
President’s Message: The Clerk’s Committee
Like many FBA members, when I think of the federal courts, the first things that come to mind are the…
President’s Message: It’s Been a Privilege
This is my last column as the outgoing president of the FBA. And what a journey this year has been!…