The Transportation & Transportation Security Law Section invites FBA members and special guests to join Department of Transportation Acting General Counsel John E. Putnam for this program to learn about DOT priorities and his role in working with senior DOT leadership and DOT attorneys to...
This program will provide an overview of some of the current First Amendment issues pertinent to federal court practitioners, including access to coverage of court proceedings, the rise of “anti-SLAPP” statutes, and implications of false information and disinformation in the defamation context. Presented by the...
Law Student Series: Federal Bureau of Investigation Career Panel The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the nation’s premier law enforcement and intelligence agency. Our mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States. We seek individuals from a diverse...
Join us for this quarter’s Supreme Court update from Supreme Court practitioners Charlie Dameron, Caroline Flynn, and Blake Stafford. Charlie, Caroline, and Blake have experience clerking with the Court and federal courts of appeals, briefing cases argued before the Justices, and preparing frequent and repeat...
Law Student Series: Library of Congress Career Panel What is it like to work as a lawyer in the world’s largest library? A panel of lawyers working throughout the Library of Congress - OGC, the Law Library, the Copyright Office, the Congressional Research Service, the...
Talking with Trailblazers Series Wednesday, August 4, 2021 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EST Please join the Federal Bar Association's SDNY Chapter as we kick off an exciting new program, Talking With Trailblazers, a series of discussions with trailblazing lawyers and judges as they...
Law Student Series: Institute of Museum and Library Services Agency Overview The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is an independent federal agency that advances, supports, and empowers the nation’s museums and libraries through grantmaking, research, and policy development. Representatives from the Office of...
Robert “Bob” Pauw, a partner with Gibbs Houston Pauw in Seattle, Washington, will focus on the use of international law in U.S. domestic courts and at the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Mr. Pauw will discuss exhaustion of domestic remedies, the procedure for...
The August 16 Admiralty Law Section Roundtable will feature a discussion on new developments about who can be considered a seaman for Jones Act purposes and whether and what impact Sieracki status can have on your cases. Join us for an interactive roundtable among respected...
DEI Basics In the last year many of us in the legal community have launched diversity, equity, and inclusion committees through various legal employers and legal associations. In our first installment of this series, our speaker will discuss the basic concepts, like what does “diversity”,...
As has been the case in several of the past terms, the U.S. Supreme Court has rendered decisions involving intellectual property law issues that have broader implications which also touch upon other areas of law. So too, in this most recent term, with the Court’s...
Sponsored by the FBA Immigration Law Section, this panel will provide the latest information on the status of those who have evacuated Afghanistan along with the policies of the Biden Administration regarding temporary status and resettlement. The panel will also highlight the work being done to...