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A new century for ATLA: the association and its members have a 60-year history of fighting on the right side of justice. Now, they look ahead: how will the rules of engagement change in the 21st century?

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Important internal and external changes are marking ATLA's entry into its seventh decade--and a new century.

"ATLA is at a really important place in its history," said Jon Haber, who became ATLA's chief executive officer last year. "We are at a crossroads, and the role the association plays is changing."

Haber noted that two essential purposes drive ATLA as an organization: providing trial lawyers with the tools they need to serve their clients (through resources such as its publications, continuing legal education, the Exchange, and ATLA's Web site) and protecting the civil justice system. These core functions, he said, will not change, although the strategies and tactics for achieving them will.

"It's not like 5 or 10 years ago," Haber said. "Our world has changed. Corporate CEOs and powerful interests--like the insurance industry and drug companies--have succeeded in getting laws passed that limit the right of any person injured by...

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