DRI News

A message from DRI's CEO on the 21st anniversary of September 11.

DRI’s Annual Professional Achievement and Service Awards celebrate and honor outstanding performance by state and local defense organizations (SLDOs), DRI law firms and individual members.

The DRI Foundation, along with participating SLNDOs, will hold its first International Day of Service in October.

Apply by August 5th for DRI’s Diversity Rainmaker Mentoring Program!

Congratulations to the following winners, who were randomly selected from our recruiters.

DRI’s 2022 Declarations of Candidacy for second vice president and national director positions have been submitted.

Do you have a colleague who deserves recognition for his or her professional contributions? Submit them for consideration for DRI’s 2022 Professional Achievement and Service Awards.

The podcast celebrates a historic moment in the legal industry, as for the first time ever, four of the country’s top bar associations are being led by Black presidents.

For the first time ever, four of the country’s top bar associations are led by Black presidents including Douglas K. Burrell, president of DRI.

DRI's ADR Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Initiative seeks to increase the appointment of mediators and arbitrators in underrepresented demographic categories.

Comment of DRI and The Center for Law and Public Policy in support of Amendments to Federal Rule of Evidence 702.

The Declarations of Candidacy for this year’s second vice president and national director positions were submitted.

DRI is pleased to announce its “new and improved” partnership with LawyerGuard.

Read a statement from DRI’s CEO on remembering the 20th anniversary of September 11.

DRI’s Annual Professional Achievement and Service Awards celebrate and honor outstanding performance by state and local defense organizations (SLDOs), DRI law firms and individual members.

DRI congratulates the following prize winners who were selected randomly from all of our recruiters.

DRI joins with all those who mourn the lives of these children, and grieves with all of those who have suffered from the traumatic impact of these residential schools, historically and at present.

DRI Past President speaks with DRI CEO Dean Martinez about his first year at DRI, leadership through a pandemic, and the future of the organization.

DRI President Emily Coughlin, discusses DRI’s May Membership Month and the goal of having DRI members "Just Get One" colleague to join the organization.

USSC agrees with DRI amicus argument in BP et v. Baltimore. The opinion makes it clear that federal courts of appeals will be able to review all grounds for removing climate-change suits from state to federal court.