We hear the reports of breakdowns of civility on the streets of New Orleans, but I am disheartened to see this occurring among members of the legal profession. Lawyers including Ted Frank, Glenn Reynolds and David Kopel are calling for the shooting of looters. I am appalled that members of the legal…

ABA Webmaster Fred Faulkner sends word that the ABA has created a Web site devoted to Hurricane Katrina Disaster Recovery Resources. The site provides information on relief efforts and allows lawyers to volunteer legal assistance and office space. The site has sections for lawyers needing disaster help, for victims and their families, for lawyers…

As I mentioned yesterday, during our Coast to Coast interview with ABA President Michael S. Greco, he stated his commitment to supporting solo and small-firm lawyers during his term. Shortly after I wrote that, the ABA circulated an op-ed written by Greco, America’s Main Street Lawyers, in which he discusses ways the…

University of North Carolina Law Professor Eric L. Muller has set up blogs for the Loyola-New Orleans and Tulane Law School communities to use as message boards — places to post information of common interest.…

To communicate with students, faculty and friends in the wake of Katrina, Tulane Law School has set up this official site. The site includes sign-up for an e-mail notification list.…

Received a note today from Kathie Sullivan alerting me to AALL LawLibAssist, a blog set up by members of the American Association of Law Libraries to help their colleagues, the attorneys they serve, and law school students in the affected areas of the Katrina disaster. “We’re hoping that what we do best as…

As I mentioned yesterday, our podcast, Coast to Coast, included an interview with new ABA President Michael S. Greco. Having heard some smaller-firm lawyers question the relevance of the ABA to their practices, I asked Greco about the “ROI” of ABA membership for small-firm lawyers. His answer: “As president of the ABA this year,…

Today we launched the inaugural program of Coast to Coast, a weekly legal news podcast cohosted by J. Craig Williams and I and produced by the Legal Talk Network. In our debut broadcast, we interview new ABA President Michael S. Greco about the challenges and goals…

I heard this afternoon from New Orleans blogger A.J. Levy, author of Out-of-the-Box Lawyering, who reports that he and his family made it out of the city Saturday and are comfortably ensconsced in a hotel in Arkansas.

Ernie Svenson reported on his blog that he made it out yesterday.

Our thoughts are…

Working from a makeshift studio at LSU, New Orleans station WWLTV.com is providing live, streaming coverage along with a blog providing updates as they come in.…

The American Bar Association said yesterday it will enlist its Young Lawyers Division and lawyers from several ABA sections to assist hurricane victims in the coming days and weeks. The lawyers will assist with insurance claims, home repair contracts, wills and other documents, and related issues.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is in…

From the Fulton County Daily Report:

“No one at Fisher & Phillips has seen what Hurricane Katrina did to its New Orleans office. But Roger K. Quillen, the managing partner of the Atlanta-based firm, received some indication from photographs of the nearby Hyatt Regency that showed scores of shattered windows with curtains fluttering in