BAR REPORT - NJSBA Delegation at American Bar Association Annual Meeting
Delegation expected to support a resolution to strengthen national broadband infrastructure
August 12, 2019 at 08:01 AM
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A New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) delegation attending the American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco this week is expected to support a resolution to strengthen national broadband infrastructure so people living in rural areas can have equal access to justice.
The NJSBA joined a coalition of bar associations in backing the resolution, which is up for a vote this week in the ABA’s House of Delegates, its policymaking body. The conference runs Aug. 8-13, and is scheduled to include a number of high-profile speakers and explore issues such as the impact of two new justices on the U.S. Supreme Court; the right to vote and gerrymandering; and the implications of social media on First Amendment concerns.
The resolution is intended to remove the barriers caused by inadequate internet service for attorneys and pro se litigants in rural areas.
An ABA report prepared by the Colorado Bar Association in support of the resolution stated “slow or non-existent broadband access is a major issue in many rural communities throughout the United States, affecting practically every field, including the legal profession.”
The report said attorneys and pro se litigants in rural communities without proper service struggle to communicate, download court forms and file documents. Rural communities without adequate broadband struggle to attract new attorneys, and the attorneys practicing in those areas are aging out, the report added. The NJSBA’s Board of Trustees voted to support the resolution.
In addition, members of the NJSBA executive committee will take part in meetings with other bar groups from around the country to discuss issues of mutual concern.
|Padin Presents Teacher of the Year Award
On Friday at the conference, NJSBA President Evelyn Padin spoke at the American Lawyers Alliance, the ABA’s charitable and educational nonprofit organization, where she presented its National Teacher of the Year Award to Robert Fenster of Hillsborough High School. Fenster teaches honors and advanced placement U.S. history, government and politics at the high school.
“His engagement in student experience in civic education extends well beyond the classroom,” Padin told attendees at the ceremony.
Fenster established Hillsborough’s first mock trial team, which competes in the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s program. The team has won six county championships.
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