Section Policy

The CRSJ Policy Project

ABA policies are important to the work of the Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice. Frequently, the Section relies on those policies in producing programs, developing commentary on administration actions, submitting amicus briefs, drafting congressional testimony, and urging the ABA to act on pressing issues of public policy. In other instances, the Section seeks to update, revise, or plug gaps in existing ABA policies, or to formulate new ones, so that the organization can advocate on those issues. To facilitate this work, the Section has compiled comprehensive lists of policies falling within the expertise of each of the Section’s 22 substantive committees. Previously, the difficulty of finding the ABA’s policy on a particular topic sometimes impeded the Section’s work. We hope these lists are useful. To that end, we ask that you alert Acting Section Director Paula Shapiro (paula.shapiro@americanbar.org) to any errors or omissions you identify.