ABA Rule of Law Initiative’s Asia Division Convenes Bar
Leadership Roundtable in Bangkok  Photo of roundtable
participants in Bangkok, February 19, 2007   In February, bar
leaders from 15 countries convened in Bangkok, to discuss their
activities and exchange thoughts on how to work more closely
together to strengthen lawyers and bar associations across the
Asia region.  The Asia Division, in partnership with the Thai
Lawyers Council, convened the program as an adjunct to their
joint conference on combating corruption in the justice system.
At the gathering, lawyers from Australia, Bangladesh, Burma,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea, Lao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal,
Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the United
States were represented.  The ABA was represented by its
President, Karen Mathis, as well as by Asia Division Council
Chair Laura Stein and Council Member Clifford Wallace, along
with staff of the Asia Division from the U.S. and Thailand. 
Additionally, the President of the International Bar As