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 ...

Less than a week before the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) rules clarifying and standardizing digital accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) were set to take ...

CHICAGO, April 22, 2026 — Overall, 87.7% of class of 2025 graduates from Council-accredited law schools were reported to be employed in full-time, long-term Bar Admission Required/Anticipated or J.D.

CHICAGO, March 11, 2026 — The pass rate for first-time takers who sat for the bar exam rose by more than a percentage point in 2025 over 2024, according to new data from the managing director’s office ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 21, 2026 — The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released a formal opinion that provides guidance on when a lawyer is required to ...

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 ...

In this Rapid Response episode, Stacy Brustin, Member of the ABA Commission on Immigration & Director of the Immigration Law & Policy Initiative at The Catholic University of America, and Luvia ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 19, 2025 — The American Bar Association (ABA) recently documented more than a dozen reports nationwide of individuals fraudulently posing as immigration attorneys who work for the ABA.

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 ...

On July 24, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” (“the Order”). Although civil commitment traditionally falls within the ...

CHICAGO, July 28, 2025 — Ruth López, a constitutional lawyer and educator who has devoted her life to defending the fundamental rights of Salvadorans and advancing public transparency, will receive ...

CHICAGO, May 9, 2025 – Today the ABA Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted during its Council meeting to extend the suspension of Standard 206 until August 31, 2026 ...