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The article focuses on former director of Alabama Law Institute chief law reform agency. It discusses his contribution to legislation drafting and law revision. It further discusses his guidance in training conferences for sheriffs, probate judges and legislators. It also discusses his involvement in National Conference of State Legislature (NCSL) a bipartisan organization based on research and assistance to policymakers and his contribution as president of Kiwanis International Foundation.

The article reports on the efforts of the legal community to help the victims of the April 27, 2011 multiple tornadoes in Alabama. It focuses disaster planning meeting of the local lawyers to help assists fellow lawyers and the community who were affected by the disaster. The objectives of the meeting was accomplished through the efforts of several individuals including Alyce Spruell, Brad Carr, and Clay Lanham.

The article offers information on the Alabama's Act 2016-296 that amends the Alabama Title Insurance Act which was previously amended in 2012 and discusses how the amendment will impact the Alabama lawyers who have real estate practices.

The article reports that assistant Ann Rittenour in Alabama State Bar Foundation has found a letter signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the U.S., in which he thanked the members of the Alabama Bar Association. It presents information on the two incidence in which employee has found important documents while performing their daily task carefully. The author suggests the importance of performing a task vigilantly for the protection of relevant documents.

The article focuses on launch of the new ASB website at www.alabar.org along with introduction of consolidated fee and reporting statement. Topics discussed include efforts of chair of the Digital Communications Committee Cleve Poole for developing parameters of website and improving its navigation, role of consolidated fee statement in renewal of special memberships, and enhanced online trust account certification interface for Alabama lawyers.

The article offers information related to the judicial recusal law of Alabama passed by the Alabama Legislature in 1995. Topics discussed include support of Alabama governor Fob James to the statue, judicial recusal and judicial campaign contributions for the recusal law and rebuttable presumption standard.

In this article, the author focuses on the decreasing number of law professionals in the Alabama. He states that the replacement of biennial sessions with annual sessions has caused the increase in the number of legislative days and working hours for lawyers. He further states that legal practice has become a less attractive profession for people because of additional working hours to fulfill the legal and ethical responsibilities of a law professional.

The article focuses on the impact of funding cuts on the judicial system of Alabama. It mentions that in spite of limiting hours of operation, delaying or canceling jury trials and increasing court fees, the state's judicial system has been laying off law personnel. It further mentions that if justice will be delayed it will hamper the Rule of Law as it is the fundamental of the law. It also presents a chart which depicts a decrease in judicial branch in Alabama since 2008.

The article presents information on the efficient methods of making the return on investment 35 to 70 times the investment put in a year. Payment of the license fee helps in privileging the earning through the practice of law. Information on the payment of fees and dues to the Alabama State Bar with reference to the dollar values specifically tailored for the lawyers of the state courts of Alabama is also presented. INSET: Education Debt Update.

The article focuses on the retired Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb of Supreme Court of Alabama and her judicial career. It further states that during her career, she was passionate about the justice for children and thus founded the Children's Alliance and Children First Foundation at Alabama. It also states that she contributed towards caseload disparity, Access to Justice Commission and Judicial Study Commission.

The article offers information on the concept of a Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) in Alabama. It mentions the discussion about UBE facilitated by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) to have a mechanism where lawyers can practice any states wihtout taking another exams. It outlines the three components of the exam including the multi-state performance test (MBE), multi-state essay examination (MEE) and the multi-state performance test (MPT).

Information about the topics discussed at the 42nd annual meeting of the Southern Conference of Bar Presidents (SCBP) at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama in October 2010 is presented. Topics include pseudo-patriotism, the impact of economic condition in the U.S. on the legal profession, and judicial modesty. The conference was attended by bar associations from various states including North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Maryland.

The article offers information about Casemaker, a Web-based legal research library supported by the Casemaker consortium of state and metropolitan bars. Topics discussed include use of Casemaker by Alabama lawyers as a member benefit service, searchable information offered by Casemaker related to jury instructions, workers' compensation decisions and law reviews and use of Casemaker to avoid the cost of the other online legal research services.