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Goal II: Improve Our Profession.
Objectives:
1. Promote the highest-quality legal education.
2. Promote competence, ethical conduct, and professionalism.
3. Promote pro bono and public service by the legal profession.
Goal III: Eliminate Bias and Enhance Diversity.
Objectives:
1. Promote full and equal participation in the Association, our profession, and
the justice system by all persons.
2. Eliminate bias in the legal profession and the justice system.
Goal IV: Advance the Rule of Law.
Objectives:
1. Increase public understanding of and respect for the rule of law, the legal
process, and the role of the legal profession at home and throughout the world.
2. Hold governments accountable under law.
3. Work for just laws, including human rights, and a fair legal process.
4. Assure meaningful access to justice for all persons.
5. Preserve the independence of the legal profession and the judiciary.
The ABA takes great pride in its mission, and these four goals are at the core of everything
the Association does. For almost all ABA members, the continued existence of a free and
democratic society depends upon a sound system of justice that is based on the rule of law.
America’s lawyers are officers of the court who play a vital role in the preservation of society.
Goal I: Serve Our Members.
The ABA’s strength comes from its members. Over the years, the ABA has grown from
75 founding members from across the United States to more than 400,000 members worldwide.
At the founding of the Association, seven committees were created, which included Legal
Education and Admissions to the Bar, Judicial Administration, International Law, and Commercial
Law. Today, the ABA has 3,500 entities, including 21 Sections, seven Divisions, and six Forums,
as well as thousands of committees working on programs, policies, and member development. The
ABA’s committees offer Association members essential information on emerging topics, skills
enhancement, and timely issues facing the legal profession. Last year, ABA Sections, Divisions,
and Forums hosted more than 300 live Continuing Legal Education programs and hundreds of
webinars/teleconferences with tens of thousands of participants.4
In addition, the ABA and its members work continuously throughout the year to create
original substantive content to advance the legal profession in the United States and around the
globe. Each year the ABA produces more than 1,000 print offerings, creating one of the world's
most comprehensive legal libraries.
4 To learn more about the ABA Section Officers Conference and the many resources it provides, see ABA SECTION OFFICERS CONFERENCE,
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/section_officers_conference.html.
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Objectives:
1. Promote the highest-quality legal education.
2. Promote competence, ethical conduct, and professionalism.
3. Promote pro bono and public service by the legal profession.
Goal III: Eliminate Bias and Enhance Diversity.
Objectives:
1. Promote full and equal participation in the Association, our profession, and
the justice system by all persons.
2. Eliminate bias in the legal profession and the justice system.
Goal IV: Advance the Rule of Law.
Objectives:
1. Increase public understanding of and respect for the rule of law, the legal
process, and the role of the legal profession at home and throughout the world.
2. Hold governments accountable under law.
3. Work for just laws, including human rights, and a fair legal process.
4. Assure meaningful access to justice for all persons.
5. Preserve the independence of the legal profession and the judiciary.
The ABA takes great pride in its mission, and these four goals are at the core of everything
the Association does. For almost all ABA members, the continued existence of a free and
democratic society depends upon a sound system of justice that is based on the rule of law.
America’s lawyers are officers of the court who play a vital role in the preservation of society.
Goal I: Serve Our Members.
The ABA’s strength comes from its members. Over the years, the ABA has grown from
75 founding members from across the United States to more than 400,000 members worldwide.
At the founding of the Association, seven committees were created, which included Legal
Education and Admissions to the Bar, Judicial Administration, International Law, and Commercial
Law. Today, the ABA has 3,500 entities, including 21 Sections, seven Divisions, and six Forums,
as well as thousands of committees working on programs, policies, and member development. The
ABA’s committees offer Association members essential information on emerging topics, skills
enhancement, and timely issues facing the legal profession. Last year, ABA Sections, Divisions,
and Forums hosted more than 300 live Continuing Legal Education programs and hundreds of
webinars/teleconferences with tens of thousands of participants.4
In addition, the ABA and its members work continuously throughout the year to create
original substantive content to advance the legal profession in the United States and around the
globe. Each year the ABA produces more than 1,000 print offerings, creating one of the world's
most comprehensive legal libraries.
4 To learn more about the ABA Section Officers Conference and the many resources it provides, see ABA SECTION OFFICERS CONFERENCE,
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/section_officers_conference.html.
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