2023 Goal III Report Now Available
These reports are released every year to monitor the ABA's progress in promoting full and equal participation in the Association, through profiling the demographics of its membership and leaders.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Center
Provides guidance, spearheads projects, and enhances collaboration and communication to advance ABA Goal III–to eliminate bias and enhance diversity in our Association, legal profession, and justice system. Goal III entities within the Center advance different but interrelated areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Interested in getting involved?---contact us today at: [email protected]. Click the link below for a high-level overview of our work and structure.
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Registration Now Open - 2023 Virtual Equity Summit
October 23-24, 2023 | The Summit Planning Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Council (Advisory Council) is excited to announce the 2023 ABA Equity Summit: Deepening our Commitment & Building Community in the Face of Division
New & Improved: Diverse Speakers Directory
The ABA Diversity Speakers & Authors Directory provides a central resource for finding diverse speakers, authors, and other contributors for meetings, educational programs, publications, and more. The directory helps advance ABA Goal III, enhancing diversity in ABA and other programming and publications.
Our Work
Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice
The COREJ focuses on developing and supporting initiatives and research to address social justice issues that stem from the intersection of race and ethnicity within the legal system.
Commission on Disability Rights
The Commission on Disability Rights focuses on developing and supporting initiatives and research to secure full and equal participation by persons with mental, physical, and sensory disabilities in all areas of the legal profession.
Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights & Responsibilities
The Hispanic Commission focuses on developing and supporting initiatives and research to educate lawyers on how best to serve, promote civic responsibility within, and address the key legal challenges facing Latino community in the United States.
Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
The Diversity Commission focuses on developing and supporting initiatives and research to increase racial and ethnic diversity and inclusion in all areas of the legal profession.
Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
The SOGI Commission focuses on developing and supporting initiatives and research to secure full and equal participation by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in all areas of the legal profession.
Commission on Women in the Profession
The Commission on Women focuses on developing and supporting initiatives and research to secure full and equal participation of women in all areas of the legal profession.
Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline
The Pipeline Council focuses on developing and supporting initiatives and research to increase diversity in the educational pathway to the profession.
ABA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Council
The Advisory Council is comprised of representatives from various ABA Entities and National Affinity Bar Associations who meet quarterly to collaborate and communicate on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and initiatives.
Joint Exhibit Program
Each bar year the Diversity and Inclusion Center actively markets participating ABA entities to thousands of diverse lawyers, judges, and law students via the Joint Exhibit Program.
Learn More About - JEP
Celebrating Diversity
Learn more about the various heritage months and special days that the ABA Office of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion leads in supporting, commemorating, and observing throughout the year.
Learn More - HereDiversity, Equity, & Inclusion News
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And a Happy ABA New Year to All!
With the turn of the calendar to August, the Tax Section-like legions of schoolchildren returning to their multiplication tables-makes its annual leadership transition.
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When Gender-Affirming Healthcare Becomes Illegal, Will It (Still) Be Tax-Deductible?
This essay explores whether the expenses of gender-affirming care will remain deductible under s. 213 as more and more states make it illegal. A longer version will appear in Vol. 25 of the Georgetow…
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Interview with Nancy Rossner
This is an interview of Nancy Rossner, executive director of The Community Tax Law Project in Richmond, VA. CTLP was founded in 1992 as the first independent low-income taxpayer clinic in the nation.
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State Bar of Texas Austin, TX, United States
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Diversity Center Leadership
Meet the Chairs of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Center who work to enhance collaboration, coordination, and communication around ABA Goal III -- to eliminate bias and enhance diversity and inclusion in the Association, legal profession, and justice system.
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Grit, the Secret to Advancement: Stories of Successful Women Lawyers
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Ferguson's Fault Lines
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Out and About: The LGBT Experience in the Legal Profession
