The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released a formal opinion that provides guidance for disclosure and confidentiality rules when a lawyer moves ...

The American Bar Association calls on the United States to reverse its decision not to participate in its upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council. This ...

If you are NOT a member of the American Bar Association and looking for older archives, formal opinions issued since 1983 are available for individual purchase via Lexis and Westlaw.

The ABA Center for Innovation is a place for collaborative and creative thinking about transforming the US justice system. We believe the intersection of law and technology affords the profession a ...

Rule 5.2(c)’s limitations on the ability of the press and the public to monitor immigration matters in federal court are far too extensive, undermining public access to judicial records.

ABA Membership provides access to unlimited free CLE, technical assistance, and special opportunities to advance the issues important to you. Membership also supports advocacy to fund legal services ...

ABA SCLAID and Moss Adams collaboratively conducted the Oregon Project, An Analysis of Public Defense Attorney Workloads. Published in January 2022, the Oregon Project includes an analysis of ...

Stare Decisis—a Latin term that means “let the decision stand” or “to stand by things decided”—is a foundational concept in the American legal system. To put it simply, stare decisis holds that courts ...

Risks (bias, cybersecurity, privacy, and uses of AI such as spreading disinformation and undermining intellectual property protections) and how to mitigate them Emergent issues with generative AI ...

This book is a primer on trauma-informed lawyering, and a starting point for resilience and even healing. Trauma-Informed Law provides information and analysis from experts in law, psychology, and ...

Why are sports so deeply rooted in the shared values, norms, and institutions of a society, no matter which country it is?

It is not uncommon among juvenile court proceedings to encounter the term “expungement,” or find an expungement order issued by the court. What does it mean? Here, Teaching Legal Docs will explore an ...