House of Delegates Resolutions

The ABA's policymaking body met February 3 at the Midyear Meeting in Phoenix. Click a link below to learn more about each policy resolution.

Resolution 10-1
Withdrawn
Amends §45.2 of the Rules of Procedure of the House of Delegates, concerning the requirements for a Resolution to be considered by the House of Delegates.

Resolution 200
Adopted
Urges Congress to pass federal legislation to eliminate federal case assignment mechanisms that predictably assign cases to a single United States District Judge without random assignment to judges in a District when such cases seek to enjoin or mandate the enforcement, or declaratory relief concerning enforcement of, a state or federal law or regulation.

Resolution 201 (w/video)
Adopted as Revised
Encourages state, local, territorial, tribal, and specialty bar associations to adopt policies to prioritize enhancing judicial security in their jurisdiction.

Resolution 202
Adopted
Urges all state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to enact legislation, regulations, or take judicial action to prohibit the disclosure of personally identifiable information of active or former government officials and employees, and the immediate family members with whom they share a residence.

Resolution 203 (w/video)
Adopted
Urges the Supreme Court of the United States to modify the ethics code it adopted in 2023 and adopt a binding ethics code for 3 the Supreme Court.

Resolution 300
Adopted
Concurs in the action of the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar in creating a U.S. Department of Education-required Arbitration Policy entitled “Policy on Arbitration following Adverse Action by the Council and Decision by Appeals Panel’s Proceeding Panel following an Appeal” dated February 2025 and incorporating it into the ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools.

Resolution 301
Adopted
Concurs in the action of the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar in making amendments dated February 2025 to Standard 204 (Self Study), 301 (Objectives of Program of Legal Education), 302 (Learning Outcomes), 314 (Assessment of Student Learning), 315 (Evaluation of Program of legal Education, Learning Outcomes, and Assessment Methods), and 403 (Instructional Role of faculty) of the ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools.

Resolution 302
Adopted
Concurs in the action of the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar in making amendments dated February 2025 to Definitions 1 (Additional Location) and 4 (Branch Campus); Standards 102 (Provisional Approval), 105 (Acquiescence for Substantive Change in Program or Structure), 106 (Additional Locations and Branch Campuses) and 509 (Required Disclosures); Rules 24 (Application for Acquiescence in Substantive Change), 25 (Substantive Changes Requiring a Reliable Plan), 20 (Teach-Out Plan), 50 (Law School Disclosure Obligations) and 55 (Concurrence by the ABA House of Delegates) of the ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools.

Resolution 400 (w/video)
Adopted
Urges adoption of minimum continuing legal education (“MCLE”) requirements which permit an attorney to earn up to four (4) hours per year of MCLE credit by judging or coaching mock trials, moot courts, negotiation, arbitration, or mediation competitions at the law school, undergraduate, or high school levels, provided that such programs meet certain qualifying requirements.

Resolution 401
Adopted
Urges state, territorial, and tribal bar associations to convene a working group comprised of stakeholders in the criminal legal system to study best practices for supporting conviction integrity units and make recommendations for effectively supporting and expanding the capacity of innocence organizations.

Resolution 402
Adopted as Revised
Opposes the investigation or prosecution of bar associations by the federal government for activities protected by the First Amendment including advocacy or implementation of diversity  policies; and urges the President of the United States to modify the Executive Order issued on January 21, 2025.

Resolution 403 (w/video)
Adopted
Urges the Executive Branch to reinstate honors or fellowship programs designed for entry-level attorneys who had accepted an offer but whose offers have since been rescinded due to the federal hiring freeze announced on January 20, 2025.

Resolution 500
Withdrawn
Urges the repeal of state, local, territorial and tribal sales, use, or similar taxes on menstrual products; and urges Congress to pass legislation to prohibit the same.

Resolution 501 (w/video)
Adopted
Urges enactment of federal legislation protecting an individual’s right to authorize or prevent any use of their voice, visual likeness, and/or image in a realistic computer-generated electronic representation.

Resolution 502 (w/video)
Adopted
Adopts the Key Principles for Prosecutorial Independence.

Resolution 503
Adopted
Urges each federal, state, tribal and territorial governments to provide by statute or rule that: 1) a prosecutor’s office may request an appropriate court to vacate a defendant's conviction because of errors of constitutional magnitude; 2) no procedural bars should prevent a court from considering the merits of a prosecutor’s request; and 3) appropriate weight be given to the prosecutor’s request.

Resolution 504 (w/video)
Adopted
Urges federal, state, local, territorial and tribal governments to enact legislation and/or support judicial processes that protect individuals by protecting their pets in family law and civil restraining order proceedings.

Resolution 505 (w/video)
Adopted as Revised
Urges all legal employers to: 1) adopt policies and practices that encourage all of their lawyers to unplug at least one consecutive week per year; and 2) provide billable hour or paid time off credit for employees who take unplug time.

Resolution 506 (w/video)
Adopted
Urges all law firms, companies, and organizations that practice law to: (1) adopt policies and practices that promote flexible work arrangements (“FWA”); (2) establish clear, equitable and written policies about the availability and procedures for FWA; (3) permit lawyers time off to address personal and family needs; and (4) provide lawyers with the tools and resources necessary for them to be successful with their FWA.

Resolution 600 (w/video)
Adopted
Urges Congress to pass laws that provide permanent and complementary immigration pathways and visas for individuals who are forced to leave their habitual home; and urges the federal government to support vulnerable countries and communities in their efforts to advance prevention, preparedness, adaptation, and mitigation measures rapidly to avert, minimize, and address climate-related displacement.

Resolution 601 (w/video)
Adopted
Urges Congress to enact legislation and the Executive Branch to adopt policies and regulations regarding the ineffective assistance of counsel policies that promote due process and ensure consistency in immigration proceedings and that are consistent with the standard articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in Strickland v. Washington.

Resolution 602
Adopted
Urges Congress to enact legislation authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to create and administer a post-disaster housing repair program.

Resolution 603
Adopted
Grants reapproval to 18 programs, withdraws the approval of four programs at the requests of the institutions, and extends the term of approval to 22 programs.

Resolution 604
Adopted
Accredits the Immigration Law program of the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

Resolution 605
Adopted
Reaccredits, for a five-year term, the Civil Trial Law program and the Criminal Trial Law program of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, and the Estate Planning Law program of the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils, Estate Law Specialists Board.

Resolution 606 (w/video)
Adopted
Urges K-12 public school educators and educational institutions to provide age-appropriate Holocaust and antisemitism education and curricula regarding Jewish history; and urges federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to enact legislation to support and provide resources for the aforementioned curricula.

Resolution 607 (w/video)
Adopted
Encourages parties to international development project agreements to provide in such agreements for the establishment of “conflict management committees” to anticipate, prevent, de-escalate, resolve, and remediate conflicts and harms among stakeholders before and during project development.

Resolution 608 (w/video)
Adopted
Recommends the adoption of the American Bar Association Model Rule on Conditional Admissions to the Practice of Law, dated February 2025, to supplant all earlier versions of the Model Rule, and urges admissions authorities to adopt and enforce the new Model Rule to ensure the integrity of the admission process.

Resolution 609 (w/video)
Adopted
Urges federal, state, territorial, and tribal bar admission authorities to limit the scope of inquires regarding an applicant’s criminal convictions and legal judgments to those that reflect on the applicant’s propensity to engage in fraud, deceit, dishonesty or misrepresentation in the future delivery of legal services.

Resolution 700
Adopted
Approves, as an appropriate act, for those states desiring to adopt the specific substantive law suggested therein, the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act.

Resolution 701
Adopted
Approves, as an appropriate act, for those states desiring to adopt the specific substantive law suggested therein, the Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act.