The National Bar
Association (NBA) held its Mid-Winter Law Conference last week at the
Sheraton Resort in Nassau, Bahamas under the theme "A Legacy of Service,
A Promise to Justice." The NBA is the oldest and largest association of
African-American judges and attorneys in the world, with over 20,000
members.

 

In the first-ever, panel discussion between American
and Bahamian legal professionals, J. Machelle Sweeting, of the New York
State Supreme Court, who is admitted to practice law in both the United
States and the Bahamas, addressed proposed legislative reform to
immigration, the Dream Act and U.S. President Barack Obama's Deferred
Action Plan. She also informed the international delegation about