Participate in one of our five competitions to show your skills and learn new ones. Hone the skills you'll use as a practitioner. The Law Student Division sponsors five national practical skills ...

The American Bar Association has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in support of law firms that successfully challenged the constitutionality of ...

The legal profession gathered in Washington, D.C., March 24-26, to raise a powerful voice for judicial security and access to justice. ABA Day 2026 is the association’s coordinated advocacy event that ...

CHICAGO, Feb. 23, 2026 — The recent remarks by the president of the United States, leveling personal criticisms against members of the U.S. Supreme Court, are not acceptable and cross a dangerous line ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 15, 2025 – Information about fall 2025 enrollment, scholarships and other matters reported by Council-approved law schools to the Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and ...

Recent events, including an executive order on flag burning and comments and actions from elected and appointed officials with respect to comic material on broadcast television, have raised the ...

In the years since the Uniform Act was completed, it has been enacted in 19 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, including three states that replaced their earlier enacted ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2025 — The American Bar Association (ABA) today issued an alert to the public regarding a sharp increase in the number of individuals fraudulently posing as immigration attorneys, ...

The American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted more than 50 policy matters, including one on law firm intimidation, several on immigration enforcement and detention, and resolutions on ...

CHICAGO, June 16, 2025 — The American Bar Association today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, more than two dozen federal departments and agencies, and the heads of those departments and ...

CHICAGO, March 26, 2025 — We the undersigned bar organizations stand together with and in support of the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts ...

CHICAGO, March 5, 2025 — The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released today a formal opinion that provides clarification on when a lawyer may ...