Thank You to our Donors
Thank you to our individual and institutional donors. Your support of the ABA’s public service, policy and education efforts help maintain these valuable programs at a time when our legal expertise is needed more than ever.
The Fund for Justice and Education
The ABA Fund for Justice and Education (FJE) is the 501(c)(3) charitable fund that supports the public service, policy, and education work of the American Bar Association.
The Power of your Philanthropy
Legal services are human services. Your gift will provide and support the provision of legal services that benefit individuals by protecting their livelihoods in ways that only our profession can.
The Power of your Philanthropy
Every donation helps us on our mission to close the justice gap by connecting talented and passionate lawyers with those in need. Your generosity helps military families, disaster survivors, migrant children, and many others receive free legal services.
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About the Fund for Justice and Education
The public service, policy and education programs of the ABA are supported through the ABA Fund for Justice and Education with gifts from generous donors. These efforts that support best practice legal service delivery and increased access to justice have an immediate and long-term impact on individuals and our communities. Your gift enhances efforts already in place across the country and supports the development of innovative new services.
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American Bar Endowment grants $3.2 million to ABA FJE
Generous Support for Legal Services
The ABA FJE is grateful for the ABE's investment of over $3.2 million to ABA charitable programs in 2020. The ABE's grant improves access to justice and provides life-saving legal services to individuals and families in need. Over many decades, the ABE has generously made grants of nearly $300 million to help support law-related public service, educational, and research projects of interest and importance to the public and the profession.
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Giving Opportunities
We believe that service is central to our professional calling as lawyers. There are many ways to make your gift now and in the future to ensure successful charitable programming.
Fall Impact Report and 2017-2018 Donor Recognition
The Fund for Justice and Education 2018 Fall Impact Report is available. Generous charitable gifts from donors ensure the success of the vital legal service programs of the American Bar Association.
ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship
Hundreds of Scholars Changing the Profession
The American Bar Association awards an annual Legal Opportunity Scholarship to first-year law students. These scholarships encourage racial and ethnic minority students to apply to law school and provides financial assistance while these scholars earn their Juris Doctor. Generous donors make this Scholarship possible.
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A Once-In-A-Lifetime Experience
The National Civics & Law Academy offers high school students an extraordinary opportunity to visit the nation's capital to experience "close up" law, government, and the justice system in the United States. Generous donors make this experience possible.
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Donor Privacy Statement
In efforts to protect our donors’ privacy, the FJE will not sell, share or trade our donors' names or personal information with external institutions, nor will the FJE send mailings to our donors on behalf of other organizations.