Rebein Participates in ABA Bar Leadership Institute

(March 20, 2006) Chicago—Joining nearly 300 leaders of lawyer organizations from across the country at the American Bar Association’s Bar Leadership Institute (BLI), March 9-11 was David J. Rebein of Dodge City, Kan., president-elect of the Kansas Bar Association.

The BLI is held annually in Chicago for incoming officials of local and state bars, special focus lawyer associations, and bar foundations. The seminar provides the opportunity to confer with ABA officials, bar leader colleagues, executive staff, and other experts on the operation of such organizations.

Rebein joined ABA President Michael S. Greco of Boston, Massachusetts, and ABA President-elect Karen J. Mathis of Denver, Colorado, in sessions on bar governance, finance, communications and planning.

Various ABA entities briefed the participants on resources available from the ABA for local, state, national, and specialty bar associations and foundations.

The BLI is sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Services and the ABA Division for Bar Services as part of the association’s long-standing goal of fostering partnerships with bars and related organizations nationwide. Cooperating ABA staff entities included the Division for Media Relations and Communication Services.

For BLI information, contact Pamela Robinson, Associate Director, ABA Division for Bar Services, 321 N. Clark Street, 20th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60610, phone: 312/988-5345, e-mail: robinsonp@staff.abanet.org.

The American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world. With more than 400,000 members, the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.

For access to a photograph of KBA President-elect David J. Rebein with ABA President Michael S. Greco and ABA President-elect Karen J. Mathis click on the following link www.ksbar.org/public/kba/photos.

Kansas Bar Association
1200 SW Harrison St.
PO Box 1037
Topeka, KS 66601-1037
Phone: 785-234-5696

About the Kansas Bar Association
The Kansas Bar Association, located in Topeka, Kan., was founded in 1882 as a voluntary association for dedicated legal professionals and has approximately 6,200 members, including lawyers, judges, law students, and legal assistants. The KBA is dedicated to advancing the professionalism and legal skills of lawyers, promoting the interests of the legal profession, providing services to its members, advocating positions on law-related issues, encouraging public understanding of the law, and promoting the effective administration of our system of justice.

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