For the last nine months, I’ve been saying that the ABA’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion is unwavering. The recent vote by the independent accreditation council of the ABA Section of Le ...

June 30, 2023 | The ABA recognizes the rights of individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender as basic human rights. The ABA supports laws, regulations, rules and practices that support ...

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CHICAGO, May 13, 2026 — The American Bar Association Center for Innovation will host its third virtual AI and the Practice of Law Summit May 18-19 to discuss legal and ethical governance and ...

CHICAGO, May 20, 2026 — The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released a formal opinion today clarifying the permissible terms of an engagement ...

The E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Awards are administered by the ABA Standing Commit­tee on Professionalism and supported by the E. Smythe Gambrell Fund for Professionalism. This Award recognizes ...

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The American Bar Association (ABA) awards an annual Legal Opportunity Scholarship to first-year law students. The purpose of the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund is to encourage students, who ...

The American Bar Association announces the recipients of the Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts, which recognize outstanding work that fosters the American public’s understanding of law and ...

The competition introduces law student participants to the challenges of representing clients in mediation. The judging criteria reward those participants who use an effective combination of (i) ...