TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 25, 2017
Former American Bar Association President Alfred P. (A.P.) Carlton died today. Carlton served from 2002 to 2003, during which he focused on reforming corporate governance and promoted the rule of law in Iraq. His most prominent advocacy, however, was his fight for judicial independence: he chaired the ABA’s Standing Committee on Judicial Independence and created the association’s Commission on the 21st Century Judiciary. Carlton was also a member of a number of community organizations and civic groups, both nationally and in his home state of North Carolina.