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Registration for the 57th Annual Meeting of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association and Judicial Conference of the Seventh Circuit is now closed.
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                            Letter from the President of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association

March 2008

Dear Members and Friends:

    It is my honor and privilege to be President of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association in 2007-2008.  I look forward to continuing and building on the fine leadership of my predecessors, Dan Conley, Jim Figliulo, and many others.

   My goals for this year include the following.  First, working with Chief Judge Easterbrook and the Circuit, we will strive to organize a superior Annual Meeting and Judicial Conference on May 18-20, 2008, at the Intercontinental Chicago.  Second, we will improve the services to our membership by, among other things, reviewing the Association’s website and determining how it can be improved.  Third, we will strive for active committee work throughout the year and seek to have several substantive programs sponsored by the Association that will attract new members and provide benefits to our existing ones.  Fourth, we will seek to aid the Circuit in the improvement in the administration of justice by, among other things, continuing support of the groundbreaking American Jury Project started by the Circuit and this Association two years ago.  Fifth, we are pleased to continue with the publication of The Circuit Rider, the acclaimed periodical of the Association.

    As noted, the Seventh Circuit Bar Association's Annual Meeting and Judicial Conference will be held May 18-20, 2008 in Chicago.  This year's meeting will include remarks by United States Supreme Court Associate Justices John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia.  In addition, we will have sessions on the relationship between the district and circuit courts, the evolution of law firms, the war on drugs, what the courts can learn from ADR, and the implementation of the new e-discovery rules, as well as the usual practice- and district- specific panels.  Also, for the first time, there will be an experimental open-discussion seminar between the bar and the bench on statutory interpretation.  Registration is now open and we encourage you to attend this year's meeting.

    If you are not a member, yet practice in the federal courts in the Seventh Circuit, we urge you to join the Association.  Membership benefits include information about Association activities, a copy of the Association’s Directory (with handy information about the federal courts and court personnel), and a subscription to the Circuit Rider.  We are especially interested in attracting younger lawyers into our ranks and we have a very active younger lawyers group in our Association.

    I am proud to be a leader of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association.  The other officers and I, and the Board of Governors, encourage your active participation throughout the year and also encourage you to share with us any ideas you may have on how to make the Association even stronger.

Sincerely,

J. Andrew Langan