Diversity Center Events at Midyear
Check out events from the Diversity Center happening at the ABA's Virtual Midyear meeting!
Diversity and Inclusion Center
The Center promotes collaboration, coordination, and communication to advance ABA Goal III – to eliminate bias and enhance diversity and inclusion throughout the Association, legal profession, and justice system.
About Us
Interested in getting involved?---contact us today at: diversity@americanbar.org . Click the link below for a high-level overview of our work and structure.
Learn More - About the CenterBlack Lawyers in America Toolkit
The Black Lawyers in America Toolkit was created as a follow up to the original Black Lawyers in America Webinar Series, co-sponsored by the ABA and hosted by Duane Morris. The toolkit includes discussion questions and videos to support organizations in uplifting Black lawyers' experiences in the workplace and ending practices of implicit bias and anti-Black racism in the legal profession and educational pipeline.
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 disability 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 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 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 - JEPAmerican Bar Endowment grants $3.2 million to ABA FJE
Generous Support for Legal Services
The ABA Fund for Justice and Education 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.
See how - ABE Gives BackDiversity and Inclusion Center
The ABA Board of Governors recently approved the creation of a Diversity and Inclusion Center 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. The Diversity and Inclusion Center is comprised of a Chair appointed by the ABA President and the Chairs of 7 Goal III entities.
Products
Publications | Book
Grit, the Secret to Advancement: Stories of Successful Women Lawyers
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Ferguson's Fault Lines
Publications | Book
Out and About: The LGBT Experience in the Legal Profession
Publications | Book
Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act, Fourth Edition
Publications | Book
Moving Diversity Forward: How to Go from Well-Meaning to Well-Doing
Become A Member
As a ABA Member, you have access to many new benefits including the free CLE Member Benefit Library, the ABA Journal, Member Groups, networking opportunities and much more.