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State Bar & Bar Associations

Aug. 9, 2002

ABA's Leader Wants to Shed 'Liberal' Label

WASHINGTON - Saying the American Bar Association has been stung by decades of unanswered accusations of liberalism, the new president of the world's largest lawyers group is vowing to make "Legal" the new "L" word when people describe the ABA's orientation.

By James Gordon Meek
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - Saying the American Bar Association has been stung by decades of unanswered accusations of liberalism, the new president of the world's largest lawyers group is vowing to make "Legal" the new "L" word when people describe the ABA's orientation.
        A.P. Carlton, 54, due to...

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