Civil Justice System Access

117th Congress

2/4/2021
Congressional Leadership ABA Urges Congressional Leadership to Support Supplemental LSC Funding

1/8/2021
President-Elect Biden
ABA Urges President-elect Biden to Support Recommendations for Improving Our Legal System

116th Congress

9/8/20
Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
ABA Letter to FEMA to Implement the Disaster Legal Services (DLS) Program 

3/24/20
Executive Office for Immigration Review and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement
ABA Letter to EOIR and ICE to Protect Individuals Working In and Appearing Before Immigration Courts

115^th Congress

11/17/17
Minnesota Supreme Court
ABA Letter Regarding Minnesota Supreme Court Proposed Amendments to the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure

3/7/17
House
ABA Opposes H.R. 720, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2017

3/6/17
House
ABA Opposes H.R. 985, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017

2/14/17
House Judiciary Committee
ABA Opposes H.R. 985, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2017

2/1/17
House Judiciary Committee
ABA Opposes H.R. 720, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2017

1/31/17
Advisory Committee on Civil Rules
ABA Recommends Changes to 47(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

114^th Congress

1/6/16
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives
ABA Opposes H.R. 1927, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015

7/20/15
Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance 
ABA Letter Supporting Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2015