Adams is a veteran legal journalist, having spent 13 years with American Lawyer Media before becoming public information officer for the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 2002. While with American Lawyer Media, Adams served as reporter and online editor for the New York Law Journal and executive editor for NYlawyer.com.
As editor and publisher of the ABA Journal, Adams will lead the most widely read legal publication in the world, with a circulation of 380,000. The Journal is managed by an independent Board of Editors with the mission to make it the preeminent magazine of the legal profession.
"We are pleased to have an experienced professional like Edward Adams on board as editor of the Journal," said ABA Executive Director Robert A. Stein. "With its long history and a readership that spans a broad spectrum of the legal profession, the Journal is a vital communication vehicle for the ABA and demands a strong and experienced leader."
Adams earned a bachelor's degree from Miami University of Ohio and a law degree from Columbia University School of Law. He replaces the Journal's former editor and publisher, Danial Kim, who resigned to become vice president, Media Integration for the Detroit Newspaper Partnership.
ABA Journal/The Lawyer's Magazine is the nation's leading legal publication for practicing lawyers in all firm sizes from all areas of practice. It provides in-depth analysis from a national perspective on a variety of legal topics, as well as ideas, information and tools to help lawyers practice law and run their firms.
About the American Bar Association:
With more than 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law in a democratic society.
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