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Institute, and as chair of the Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia and the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia. She currently serves on the advisory boards of Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers. Klein is also an advisory board member of the Cuba Consortium, an assembly of companies, non¬profit organizations, investors, academics, and entrepreneurs organized by The Howard Baker Forum, to track and examine the normalization process in the US and Cuba. She is a member of the American Law Institute, and serves as a mediator and arbitrator.
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initiative focused on developing online resources to address the legal needs of veterans, and increasing the availability of legal services through law schools and bar associations by using new and under-employed lawyers, and promoting legal check-ups for veterans through VA medical facilities. The initiative resulted in an increase in pro bono services to veterans.
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Klein's previous ABA roles include chair of the ABA's House of
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Other priorities during Klein's term as ABA president included the ABA Blueprint, an initiative to help members be more efficient and productive; a non-partisan voting initiative that encouraged political participation; and an education commission tasked with studying and reporting on legal concerns
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American Bar Association (ABA). During her term as ABA president, Klein's priorities included an effort to mobilize lawyers on behalf of enhanced legal services for the nation's veterans. In August 2016, she launched a Veterans Legal Services Initiative. The
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Klein has served on the boards of directors for multiple organizations, and is currently a member of the executive committee of the
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Klein served a six-year term on the firm's Board of
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