It’s yesterday’s news that membership in the American Bar Association has fallen. Maybe lawyers no longer find it relevant, maybe they can no longer afford to belong, or maybe they’re really don’t fully appreciate the importance of bringing law to Borneo. There are mutterings and mumblings, sotto voce, here and there, about positions eliminated, hiring freezes, and belt-tightening measures in America’s august legal association, but that’s nothing new. But that hasn’t stopped the tide of meetings in exotic off-shore venues that many members can’t afford to travel to, even if the travel just might be tax-deductible, black-tie events, and initiatives less relevant to the everyday lawyer than Sarah Silverman’s Jesus is Magic.
But why is the American Bar Association now peddling skateboards? Oh, I get it now. It’s a ploy by the the ABA’s magazine to develop some stories and recruit readers.
Stumble It!
Perhaps it's more about that Woody Allen quip:
"I wouldn't wanna be a member of a club which would have me for a member. ..."
Lawyers are after all an independent minded lot.
Posted by: John Calypso | August 26, 2009 at 09:57 AM