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Spotlight on Administrative Law Judges THE FEDERAL LAWYER The Magazine of the Federal Bar Association Volume 62, Issue Four Spotlight on Administrative Law Judges MAY 2015 Washington Watch A Return to the Past in Combatting Frivolous Litigation page 8 FBA Events 2nd Annual Women in the Law Conference June 5 • Washington, D.C. Annual Meeting and Convention Sept. 10–12 • Salt Lake City Securities Law Seminar Oct. 20 • New York City 17th Annual D.C. Indian Law Conference Nov. 6 • Washington, D.C. THE SAVE THE DATE! WOMEN IN THE LAW One out of every three lawyers CONFERENCE in the United States is a woman; however, a recent study shows that 11 percent of the country’s largest PUTTING PROGRESS INTO law firms have no women on their governing committees. 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