In the 1980's, its membership became open to all attorneys with an interest in laws impacting financial institutions. It now claims over 1,600 members. The Committee offers banking attorneys of diverse backgrounds a common meeting ground. As our constituencies have grown, so has our subcommittee and task force infrastructure. Further, we have initiated task forces on derivatives, privileges and development of a bank directors' handbook and recently added a subcommittee on teaching law school.
All meetings are open.
The spring and summer meetings feature programs on major issues of current concern, subcommittee meetings, the meeting of the Banking Law Committee and a two hour committee forum on recent developments in banking. The fall meeting is dedicated to current developments, with emphasis on Congressional and regulatory actions. The highlight of this meeting is the contribution of the general counsel's offices of each of the four federal banking agencies and representatives from Capital Hill. It also includes panel discussions on developing areas of law. All of the meetings afford numerous opportunities for informal discussion, answers to your critical questions and networking.