In observance of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the ABA Section of Taxation will host a series of panels and special events around the theme “Taxes, The Declaration of Indep ...

CHICAGO, March 11, 2026 — The pass rate for first-time takers who sat for the bar exam rose by more than a percentage point in 2025 over 2024, according to new data from the managing director’s office ...

CHICAGO, March 2, 2026 — The American Bar Association has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the argument that Executive Order 14,160 violates the birthright citizenship ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 15, 2025 — The American Bar Association’s Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence released its final report recently. The AI Task Force “Year 2 Report on the Impact of AI on the ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 8, 2025 — The number of lawyers in the United States increased significantly this year for the first time since 2020, rising from 1.35 million in 2024 to 1.37 million this year, ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 19, 2025 — The American Bar Association (ABA) recently documented more than a dozen reports nationwide of individuals fraudulently posing as immigration attorneys who work for the ABA.

On October 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education published its final regulation revising the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, allowing the Secretary to disqualify employers from ...

CHICAGO, Sept. 26, 2025 — The American Bar Association is greatly concerned about the recent pattern of actions by the Department of Justice that continue to erode the department’s historical ...

Recent events, including an executive order on flag burning and comments and actions from elected and appointed officials with respect to comic material on broadcast television, have raised the ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2025 — The American Bar Association (ABA) today issued an alert to the public regarding a sharp increase in the number of individuals fraudulently posing as immigration attorneys, ...

CHICAGO, June 16, 2025 — The American Bar Association today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, more than two dozen federal departments and agencies, and the heads of those departments and ...

CHICAGO, May 9, 2025 – Today the ABA Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted during its Council meeting to extend the suspension of Standard 206 until August 31, 2026 ...