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The ABA is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students in the U.S. It sets academic standards for law schools, formulates ethical codes, and has 194,000 dues-paying members as of 2017.
The American Bar Foundation is a nonprofit research institute that supports empirical research on law, legal processes and legal institutions. It publishes books, reports and a journal, and conducts projects on topics such as access to justice, criminal defense, and Latino mobility.
ABA ROLI is a program of the American Bar Association that provides legal reform assistance in 50 countries. It focuses on seven areas, such as access to justice, anti-corruption, criminal law, judicial reform, legal education, legal profession and women's rights.
Learn about the role, history, and appointment of U.S. attorneys, who are the chief federal law enforcement officers in each judicial district. Find out how they prosecute crimes, represent the government in civil litigation, and are supervised by the Department of Justice.
The State Bar of Texas is a mandatory agency for attorneys licensed to practice law in Texas. It has over 100,000 members, provides continuing legal education, publishes the Texas Bar Journal, and enforces the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct.
Learn about the history and leadership of the American Bar Association, a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students in the US. See the names, terms, states, and comments of all presidents of the association since 1878.
Learn about the history, requirements and process of becoming a lawyer in the U.S. Each state and jurisdiction has its own rules and standards for bar admission, which usually include a Juris Doctor degree, a bar exam, a character and fitness evaluation, and a formal application.
ABA Journal is the flagship publication of the American Bar Association, covering legal news, trends and issues. It was founded in 1915 as a quarterly journal and became a monthly magazine in 1984, and has an online website with daily updates and archives.