ABA News

September 10, 2018

Constitution Day 2018

Video message from ABA President Bob Carlson reflects on the importance of America's founding document.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2018 – Today, our nation will celebrate Constitution Day, marking the 231st anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787. The American Bar Association invites all Americans to use this anniversary to reflect on the rights and responsibilities guaranteed by the Constitution and how critical the document has been to our democracy and way of life. <br><br>This Constitution Day, let us consider all the constitutional protections we experience every day and their importance in sustaining our liberties and ensuring a free society. Let us also dedicate ourselves to preserve and protect these rights for all people. Our democracy will endure only if we the people commit to protecting the Constitution on which this country was founded.

August 06, 2018

Bob Carlson assumes ABA presidency

Montana attorney Bob Carlson addressed the ABA House of Delegates as their 2018 Annual Meeting concluded.

“We cannot let pessimism or cynicism define us,” he said. “Our profession, and our nation, needs the ABA’s strong, national, collective voice as so many other voices – powerful voices – mock due process, ridicule equal justice under the law and scorn our independent judiciary.”

August 06, 2018

New membership model

ABA House of Delegates approves new membership model during the 2018 Annual Meeting in Chicago.

The proposal passed by the association's policymaking body is designed to reduce dues and enhance benefits for ABA members.