Legislative Issues
Joining this Section ensures that your area of specialty has a stronger voice within AAJ on legislative and other important issues. Please bring important cases and proposed legislation and regulations to that attention of the Section Chair.
Directory
AAJ now offers an e-Directory CD featuring up-to-date Section membership information. Once downloaded to your computer, the online directory serves as a useful networking tool and encourages increased communication among colleagues. If you have not provided AAJ with a list of your practice specialties, please do so now so that they may be included in the next directory. Just e-mail your specialties (as well as address updates) to sections@justice.org or call 800.424.2727.
Products Liability Law ReporterProducts Liability Law Reporter features case summaries in the field of products liability, articles by practitioners, announcements of government regulatory actions, and listings of product recalls. It also includes summaries of recent articles in the field. Subscribers are automatically enrolled in the Products Liability Section.
NewslettersThe Section publishes regular newsletters, which contain information to keep Section members abreast of current issues. The Best of Section Newsletters 2006 provides online access to a compilation of more than 30 articles from all 18 AAJ Sections. Members are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to communicate with colleagues on a nationwide level. If you are interested in contributing to the newsletter, please contact the newsletter editor.
Legal Info Online
This Section provides useful legal content on its Web pages. Resources include a free “CLE paper of the month” and previous newsletter issues.
List Servers
AAJ’s 18 Section list servers are exclusively for AAJ Section members. By using the list servers, you can . . .
- Gain strategic advice from other trial lawyers
- Find out about experts your colleagues have faced in court
- Save valuable research time with keyword searching of previous discussions
- Use the “digest” option to receive one summary e-mail per day
As a Section member; you may use any of the 18 Section list servers. To sign up, go to http://www.justice.org/ and click on “List Servers” on the horizontal menu under the search box.
Document Library
The Section is developing an online document library which will allow members to upload and download subject- related files, briefs, depositions, and memoranda, and “hot-link” to the files on the Internet that pertain to the Section.
Education
The Section plans educational programs for Annual Conventions that are specifically targeted to the needs of its members. These seminars are developed by the Section Leadership in conjunction with AAJ Education. Topics from previous conventions include: Techniques for Cross- Examining the Defendant’s Statistical Expert, Tire Defect Litigation, Daubert- Protecting Your Expert, Compliance with Government Regulations-New Challenges and Defenses, The Effect of State Farm vs. Campell on Products Liability Cases.
Section members receive a 25% discount on any recording from an education program presented by their own Section. For more information, visit www.justice.org/Sections.
Annual Meeting and Elections
Section members gather once a year before the Section's education program at AAJ's Annual Convention to hold elections and discuss upcoming events, current affairs, and other topics of interest to members. Members can become more involved in the Association by volunteering for a Section committee or running for Section office. Contact your Section Chair or Sections staff at 800.424.2725, or 202.965.3500, ext. 700, for more information.
