- ABA February 2002 Resolution Regarding Outbound U.S. Lawyers, with Recommendations to the USTR Regarding the U.S. "Requests" to Other WTO Members The February 2002 ABA Resolution represents the current ABA policy with respect to the desired U.S. negotiating position concerning "outbound" U.S. lawyers. In this resolution, the ABA requested that the U.S. Trade Representative seek practice rights for "outbound" U.S. lawyers equivalent to the practice rights set forth in the ABA Model Rule Respecting [Foreign] Legal Consultants.
- ABA August 2002 Multijurisdictional Practice Recommendation Eight Regarding Inbound Foreign Legal Consultants (Relevant to the U.S. Offer)
- ABA August 2002 Resolution Regarding Temporary Practice by Foreign Lawyers Inbound to the U.S. (Relevant to the U.S. Offer) [This resolution, along with the resolution on Temporary Practice by Foreign Lawyers, reflects part of the ABA position with respect to inbound legal services by foreign lawyers. In August 2006, the ABA adopted an updated version of the Foreign Legal Consultant rule.]
- ABA August 2006 Updated Version of the ABA Model Rule for the Licensing and Practice of Foreign Legal Consultants
- ABA August 2002 Resolution Regarding Regulation of the Practice of Law by the State Judiciary (Relevant to the U.S. Offer)
- Other ABA Resources (including the CPR Policy Implementation Committee Homepage, which has links to a chart showing the implementation status of ABA MJP Recommendations 8 and 9, links to state foreign legal consultant rules, and three charts comparing these state rules with the ABA Model FLC Rule)
- ABA Task for on International Trade in Legal Services (ITILS) (In 2003, ABA President A.P. Carlton appointed an ABA Task Force on GATS Legal Services Negotiations. This Task Force, which has been renamed the Task Force on International Trade in Legal Services, is responsible for coordinating ABA efforts regarding the GATS. It does not currently have a separate website.)
- ABA August 2006 Recommendation regarding GATS Track 2 Disciplines (The August 2006 ABA Resolution represents the current ABA policy with respect to the GATS Track 2 and the desired U.S. negotiating position concerning WTO GATS Disciplines.)
- ABA August 2008 Resolution regarding Trade Negotiations and the Rule of Law (The August 2008 ABA Resolution noted ABA support for the contribution that the negotiated liberalization of international trade in goods and services, through government-to-government trade agreements, makes to the spread of the Rule of Law)
See also the resolutions of the Conference of Chief Justices
- August 2009 Resolution 13: In Support of Cooperation Among United States and Australian Bar Admission and Lawyer Disciplinary Bodies
- August 2009 Protocol for the Exchange of Information Between [State Admittting Authority] and the Law Council of Australia
- January 2009 Resolution 2: In Support of Cooperation Among United States and European Disciplinary Bodies
- February 2008 Resolution Regarding Adoption of Rules on Temporary Practice by Foreign Lawyers
- Feb. 2007 Resolution 7 Regarding Authorization for Australian Lawyers to Sit for State Bar Examinations
- Feb. 2007 Resolution 8 Regarding Accreditation of Legal Education in Common Law Countries by the ABA Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar
- August 2006 CCJ Resolution 4 Regarding Adoption of Rules on the Licensing and Practice of Foreign Legal Consultants
- August 2006 Resolution 5 Regarding the Proposed Recommendation Pending Before the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association [Regarding GATS Track 2 Disciplines]