The American Bar Association today reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed against the association by the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) in April 2025 over the ABA’s Legal Opportu ...

Law Day, held annually on May 1, is a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law. Law Day provides an opportunity to understand how law and the legal process protect our liberty, strive to ...

Join the ABA, the DC Bar, and the Georgetown Law Center on Transnational Business and Law on Wednesday, April 29, 1-3pm ET for a panel discussion moderated by ABA Law Day Chair Michael Flowers on The ...

The Division is committed to advancing the legal profession by focusing on critical aspects such as Finance, Practice Management, Technology, & Marketing. Welcome to the Law Practice Division of the ...

(a) A lawyer shall not reveal information relating to the representation of a client unless the client gives informed consent, the disclosure is impliedly authorized in order to carry out the ...

The ABA Legal Technology Survey Report is the most comprehensive study on lawyers' actual technology use, covering everything from security and office software to technology budgets, marketing tools, ...

Deals with legal opinion practice. The Committee seeks to foster national standards for legal opinions in business transactions through discussions, programs and reports on issues relevant to opinion ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 15, 2025 — The American Bar Association’s Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence released its final report recently. The AI Task Force “Year 2 Report on the Impact of AI on the ...

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 ...

[1] Prospective clients, like clients, may disclose information to a lawyer, place documents or other property in the lawyer's custody, or rely on the lawyer's advice. A lawyer's consultations with a ...

Author, blogger, and 3x general counsel Sterling Miller takes on the challenge facing legal departments today--how to respond when the business asks the department to show its value. In clear, ...