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View - OverviewWhere do I vote? How do you register? When can I vote? Can I vote while working overseas? Who do I contact if someone is trying to suppress my vote? -- Get the answer to these questions and more with our voting checklist resource.
The new 2024 report by the ABA Hispanic Commission, has key findings on pressing concerns facing Latinos in education, employment, healthcare, housing, voting, and criminal justice. This report was presented at the 2024 ABA Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Members of the ABA’s Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Council developed this Toolkit to assist private employers in implementing the recommendations and guidance applicable to corporations.
The Goal III Report contains available demographic data (gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and LGBTQ+) for overall lawyer members, the House of Delegates, the Board of Governors, Presidential Appointments (Standing Committees, Special Committees, Commissions, and other entities), and the current Chairs and overall membership of the ABA Member Practice Groups (commonly referred to as Sections, Divisions, and Forums). This report also contains information on the Member Practice Groups DEI plans and programming.
The Commission on Disability Rights invites you to take part in the #BeCounted campaign, which encourages lawyers with disabilities across the country to add themselves to our U.S. map to express their disability pride.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in SFFA v. Harvard banning the consideration of race as a distinct factor in admissions has created questions around programs aimed at ameliorating past harms in the quest to promote equity in education and employment.
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On February 5, 2024, during the ABA Midyear Meeting, the ABA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Center hosted “Developing an Action Plan for Equity and Fairness.” The interactive discussion, facilitated by Past President Paulette Brown, focused on what has been an organized campaign to normalize inequity, including, for example, state actions limiting voting access, book and curriculum bans, attacks on the LGBTQ+ community and reproductive freedom, and efforts to expand the SFFA v. Harvard decision to justify the elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in all sectors.
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Celebrate Diversity
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Diversity in Action: A Manual for Diversity Professionals in Law
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Moving Diversity Forward: How to Go from Well-Meaning to Well-Doing
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What if I Say the Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People
Free Speech and Free Press in the Age of Disinformation
While we celebrate the First Amendment’s protections, we continue to elect legislatures that pass laws that drastically and unconstitutionally limit these rights.
Increasing the Percentage of Eligible Voters Who Vote
Voter turnout in the United States trails behind that in other liberal democracies. Why is this the case, and what can be done to get more eligible voters to the polls?
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.
With generous support from the ABE and its insurance participants, the ABA improves access to justice and provides life-saving legal services to individuals and families in need. The ABA FJE remains grateful for the ABE’s current grant of nearly $3.7 million and its unwavering generosity for nearly 60 years. This investment helps to support critical law-related projects and programs that are important to the profession and the public.
See how - ABE Gives BackAs 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.
