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Press Release - Thursday, March 24, 2005

Wheaton Attorney Chuck Roberts Participates in ABA Bar Leadership Institute

CHICAGO-Joining some 300 other emerging leaders of lawyer organizations from across the country at the American Bar Association's Bar Leadership Institute (BLI), March 10-12, 2005, was Chuck Roberts of Wheaton, Ill., President-elect of the DuPage County Bar Association.

The BLI is held annually in Chicago for incoming officers 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.
Roberts joined ABA President Robert J. Grey Jr. of Richmond, Va., and ABA President-elect Michael S. Greco, of Boston, Mass., 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, IL 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.