YLD Annual Meeting Assembly will be held in-person only, on Friday, August 8, 2024 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday, August 9, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., in conjunction with the 2025 ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto.
ABA YLD Annual Meeting Assembly
Elections Notice
The applicable Bylaws and guidelines relating to eligibility and nomination are available on the Division’s website and from the YLD Secretary.
For more information, please contact:
- Division Secretary, Brandon Riches ([email protected])
- Assembly Speaker Darryl Wilson ([email protected]).
Interim ABA Early Career Strategy Director Yadi Martinez ([email protected])
Delegate Certification
For the Affiliate Delegate Allocation numbers, view this PDF.
To vote in the YLD Assembly you must be certified as a delegate and registered for the meeting during which the Assembly is held. Young lawyer state and national bar organizations and military branches (YLD affiliates) choose Assembly delegates to represent their organization at the Midyear and Annual Meeting Assemblies. If you are interested in serving as a delegate, contact the YLD affiliate organization you would like to represent to express your interest. The affiliate organization must approve your role as a YLD delegate before you can be certified.
See full Assembly Delegate Sign-Up Tips & Tricks here.
If you have any questions regarding delegate certification, please contact the YLD Credentials Board at [email protected].
Annual 2025 Assembly Information
The dress code for Assembly is business attire. All delegates to Annual Assembly must agree to abide by the Code of Conduct. Delegates agree to do so when signing the onsite delegate book and receiving a delegate ribbon. Violation of the Code of Conduct may result in forfeiture of delegate status.
In accordance with Assembly Standing Rules Rule 5.2(b), the following Resolutions with Reports have been distributed in accordance with the Assembly Standing Rules and slated on the Debate Calendar or Consent Calendar, as indicated below.
Consent Calendar and Debate Calendar
Items for the consent and debate calendars will be announced this summer.
Assembly Information
The Division’s Assembly is the highest policy-making body of the ABA YLD. At Assembly, you can have your voice heard and help shape the legal profession by drafting & presenting proposed policies (“Resolutions”), debating the issues, and ultimately voting to adopt or reject the proposals.
There are approximately 500 voting delegate slots available at Assembly, including:
- Voting members of the Division Council, such as:
- elected Officers & Constitutional Representatives,
- appointed Directors,
- each District Representative, and
- National Affiliate representatives;
- State Affiliate Delegates (allotted slots vary by affiliate);
- Additional National Affiliate delegates;
- Leadership Academy members (formerly known as the YLD Scholars); and
- Each state’s Designated Young Lawyer to the ABA House of Delegates.
All properly-certified delegates have “privileges of the floor” in order to debate proposed resolutions. Debate itself follows the modified Robert’s Rules of Parliamentary Procedure outlined in the Assembly Standing Rules.