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Access the CLE Member Benefit Library for accredited CLE included with your membership. Featuring more than 400 titles available on-demand.

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Explore exclusive content, job postings, webinars, and podcasts from a redesigned ABA Career Center. Access career-enhancing tools with ABA Career Forward powered by Korn Ferry Advance®.

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Maintain your connection to national and global legal trends and legislative action through the ABA Journal and our Grassroots Advocacy Action Center.

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Strengthen your network and build your link to leaders through our online member directory.

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Save money through discounts on brand-name products and services plus receive member-only pricing at our online store for ABA books.

Join Member Groups

Join Sections, Divisions and Forums to receive the resources you need to keep up-to-date and engaged in the emerging issues specific to your practice.

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Latanishia Watters

As a young lawyer, the ABA has provided me the opportunity to meet and develop relationships with a diverse network of lawyers from all over the country, invaluable career development resources, leadership opportunities, and most importantly, the opportunity to give back to the communities we serve through inspiring public service projects such as Choose Law, Wills for Heros, and They Had A Dream Too.

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Birmingham, AL

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The ABA YLD has given me the opportunity to meet and network with outstanding lawyers from across the country, as well as develop substantive know-how and leadership skills that I use every day in my practice.

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Newark, NJ

Young Lawyer Publications

After The Bar

After the Bar is a digital publication designed to guide new lawyers through the early stages of their legal careers. Covering topics like professional life, student loans, and public service, After the Bar provides connections and insights for legal professionals at the start of their career.

The Young Lawyer Magazine

TYL Magazine is the official print publication of the ABA Young Lawyers Division. TYL is published quarterly, and tackles a wide array of industry-specific subject matter geared toward new attorneys. All articles and back issues are available electronically to members via TYL Online.

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