Hispanic Bar Names "Lawyer Of The Year"
WASHINGTON – Stephen N. Zack, president of the American Bar Association, will be recognized tomorrow night by the Hispanic National Bar Association for his achievement as first Hispanic in that post, and for rolling out ABA projects focused on the needs of Hispanics in the United States. “Hispanics are now over 20 percent of our population and the largest minority in our country, but make up only three percent of our profession. Hispanics must be fully integrated into our profession and our society,” said Zack, who is the administrative partner in the “We need to move quickly,” he continued. “Unless our profession mirrors our population, ultimately society will lose respect for the rule of law. This is our responsibility, and our obligation, and it is the goal of the newly formed ABA Commission on Hispanic Rights and Responsibilities.” For his presidential year, Zack created a Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities. Within the next eight weeks the Commission will begin holding public hearings in cities across the country. Through these hearings, Zack will be awarded the “Lawyer of the Year” distinction, given to a Hispanic attorney who has made outstanding contributions to the legal profession and to the Hispanic community. Zack took office as Zack is being honored at the 35th annual meeting of the HNBA in The Hispanic National Bar Association is a 25,000 member association representing the interests of the more than 100,000 Hispanic attorneys, judges, law professors, legal assistants, and law students in the With nearly 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the
