AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETING. AUGUST 16, :30 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

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1 Call to Order (Bart Legum): AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETING The Chair called the meeting to order. AUGUST 16, :30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. EDT DRAFT MINUTES Approval of Minutes of August 1, 2012 (Bart Legum): The Chair asked the Committee to approve the August 1, 2012 Administration Committee Meeting minutes. A motion to approve was made and seconded, and the minutes were unanimously approved, subject to technical changes. Review of Administration Committee Calls and Officer Reporting for FY (Bart Legum): The Chair asked the Committee to change the time of the monthly Administration Committee calls to 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. ET to accommodate Publications Officer Bill Mock s teaching schedule. All Committee members agreed to the new time. The Chair asked the Committee to review the proposed Officer reporting schedule for FY Administration Committee calls as circulated with the call materials. All Committee members agreed to the proposed schedule. Policy Officer Ron Bettauer asked Committee members to send in their call materials well in advance so that committee members had at least two full days to review the materials before the call. Addition of Programs Officer to Executive Committee (Sara Sandford): Secretary/Operations Officer Sara Sandford asked the Committee to approve the change to the Section bylaws to add the Programs Officer to the Executive Committee as discussed at the August 1 Administration Committee Meeting. A motion to approve was made and seconded, and the by law amendment was unanimously approved. Ms. Sandford noted that pursuant to Article 11 of the Bylaws, the Section will then need to adopt the amendment at a duly constituted Section Business Meeting by a majority of the members of the Section present and voting. Notice must be given 60 days notice prior to the opening of a Section Business Meeting (giving us time to approve at the 2012 Section Fall Meeting), given in accordance with Article 3 of the Bylaws. The amendment then has to be approved by the American Bar Association s Board of Governors. Monthly Finance Officer Report (Lisa Savitt): 1

2 Finance Officer Lisa Savitt noted that the Mexico standalone program net profit is $20,000. Expenses for the Section Leadership Retreat and 2012 ABA Annual Meeting earlier this month are not yet available. Membership numbers are up (1.4%) within the Section from July The larger ABA had some membership initiatives which the Section participated in to overall increase the ABA membership. However, the Section is projecting a shortfall of $45,000 in membership revenue this coming year due to big ABA changes. Ms. Savitt will be meeting with Deputy Director Julie Pasatiempo next week to discuss this and other items. Membership Officer Report (Robert Brown): Membership Officer Robert Brown noted a successful transition to the new leadership in the Membership team. He has appointed several deputies to head up projects with specific goals including Bill Black extending the city chapter program to include 10 cities, Walter Stuber to extend the Membership Country Representative program to 50 nations, Ausra Deluard to increase Section mentors to 100, Rik Andrews to bring in 1,000 new foreign law student members, Michelle Keith to recruit and retain 25,000 Section members (the number needed to have three ABA House of Delegates representatives), and Hedwin Salmen-Navarro to head up the student writing competition. On membership numbers, Mr. Brown noted that Section membership is at 23,169 as of July 31, 2012, up 359 versus last year (July 2011) and up 73 from last month (June 2012). There were 304 new members in July, which is up 12 from this time last year, and 100 member cancellations, which is down 327 from this time last year. Mr. Brown asked the Committee to approve the final international city chapter charter as amended since the last Administration Committee meeting. A motion to approve was made and seconded, and the city chapter charter was unanimously approved. Mr. Brown noted that the Section held 33 Pathways to Careers in International Law programs attracting over 1,500 law students last year. He asked Committee members to send him suggestions of law schools to hold programs at this year. It was suggested that the Section hold a Pathways program at a law school in Chicago during the ABA Section Officers Conference in Chicago September as many Section leaders will be in Chicago at that time. Award for the Outstanding Performance by an International Lawyer in Government or International Organization (John Magnus): Award Selection Committee member John Magnus asked the Committee to approve the nomination of Angela Ellard, Chief Trade Counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee and Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Trade, as the recipient of the Section Award for the Outstanding Performance by an International Lawyer in Government or International Organization. He noted Ms. Ellard was a close second in last year s review process and that her bio was including in call materials. Her nomination was approved unanimously by the Selection Committee. Subject to Ms. Ellard s availability, the Selection Committee wishes to present the award to her at the 2013 Appreciation Dinner for General Counsel on Monday, April 22 where Ms. 2

3 Ellard would function as the dinner speaker. A motion to approve was made and seconded, and the nomination of Angela Ellard was unanimously approved. Programs Officer Report (Steve Richman): Programs Officer Steve Richman asked the Committee to approve a standalone program entitled New Perspectives for Infrastructure Projects In South America to be held at Hotel Sheraton, Sao Paulo World Trade Center, July 27-28, He noted that the budget has undergone extensive revision and work by the group it projects three scenarios based on 100, 150, and 200 registrations with net revenues of $2,000 - $11, 000 approximately with an expectation of $10,000 in sponsorship. There has been discussion of re-establishing the Latin American Regional Forum program the Section organized some years ago, and this program along with the successful Mexico City standalone program earlier this summer might be used to try to organize a biennial approach to that. A motion to approve was made and seconded, and the Sao Paulo stand alone program was approved. As the proposed date is close to the 2013 Section Leadership Retreat, Mr. Richman will work with the group on possible earlier dates. Mr. Richman noted that planning for the recurring standalone program with the Israel Bar Association continues as the Israel Bar has set the dates for their Annual Conference May 26 29, Liaisons to the Israel Bar Aaron Schildhaus and Eric Sherby will continue to lead the planning while opening up the Planning Committee to anyone interested. Mr. Schildhaus is working with the Israel Bar to hold a more integrated program, so that there would no longer be a separate hotel and a separate conference within a conference. It was suggested that Mr. Richman or the Chair invite ABA President Laurel Bellows to attend the conference as soon as possible to ensure top ABA leadership is present. The Chair is also waiting to hear back from ABA President-Elect Jim Silkenat about a proposed trip to Israel, to hopefully combine his proposal and the standalone program. Russia/Eurasia Committee Chair Gene Burd reported on the success of the 2012 St. Petersburg International Legal Forum. He noted that the Forum is being planned again for 2013 and expects that the Section will again participate in the programming, marketing, and attendance, and he hoped that the big ABA may be involved this year. Mr. Richman noted he would talk to Gene and the organizers offline to clarify the role they d like the ABA to play before involving to ABA leadership. Mr. Richman noted that the Section s China and the International Antitrust Committees under the guidance of Yee Wah Chin are working together to develop a program proposal 1.5 day standalone program in Beijing in 2013, tentatively focused on antitrust, intellectual property, national security and foreign investment regulatory aspects of inbound and outbound investment and including an enforcers' roundtable and mock trial. Mr. Richman held preliminary discussions with Former Section Chairs Homer Moyer and Mike Burke about a joint program with the ABA Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI). Report from Section Task Force on ABA Ethics 20/20 Commission (Steve Richman): 3

4 Mr. Richman noted that the six recommendations from the ABA Ethics 20/20 Commission, co-sponsored by the Section, were approved by the ABA House of Delegates at the ABA Annual Meeting. He noted that debate ensued in the House on Recommendation 10A on the sharing of legal fees with non-lawyers. Mr. Richman and Vice-Chair Marcelo Bombau will solicit Section Committee leaders for input on the topic, hold a discussion at the 2012 Fall Section Council Meeting, and share those views with the Commission at their meeting the week following. Section Delegate Jeff Golden will reach out to Ellen Rosen at the Commission on how the Section can be most helpful. Policy Officer Ron Bettauer asked the Committee to review and discuss the ABA guidelines for participation of delegations at multilateral meetings such as those at the United Nations at the next Administration Committee meeting in September. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. 4

5 AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE CALL AUGUST 16, 2012; 10:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. ATTENDEE LIST Bart Legum Gabrielle Buckley Marcelo Bombau Lisa Savitt Adam Farlow Robert Brown Sara Sandford Steve Richman Isabella Bunn Ron Bettauer Bill Mock Gretchen Bellamy Dixon Miller Fiona Schaeffer Mike Burke Glenn Hendrix Jeff Golden Mike Byowitz Sandra McCandless Leanne Pfautz Julie Pasatiempo Christina Heid Katie Van Geem Angela Benson Gene Burd John Magnus No 5