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American Bar Association
Founded
August 21, 1878; 145 years ago (1878-08-21)
Type
Bar association
Headquarters
321 North Clark Street Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
President
Mary L. Smith[1]
Executive director & COO
Alpha M. Brady
Website
americanbar.org
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students; it is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. Founded in 1878,[2] the ABA's stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation of model ethical codes related to the legal profession. As of fiscal year 2017, the ABA had 194,000 dues-paying members, constituting approximately 14.4% of American attorneys.[3] In 1979, half of all lawyers in the U.S. were members of the ABA.[4] The organization's national headquarters are in Chicago, Illinois, and it also maintains a significant branch office in Washington, D.C.
Legal education in the United States
Stages
Pre-law
Law school
Legal clinic
Juris Doctor
Master of Laws
Doctor of Juridical Science
Exams and licensure
LSAT
Admission to the bar
Continuing legal education
Organizations
Law School Admission Council
Association of American Law Schools
American Bar Association
Practising Law Institute
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^"Office of the President | President Reginald M. Turner". ABA.
^ABA History Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine; For a historical overview see Matzko, John A., "'The Best Men of the Bar': The Founding of the American Bar Association," in The New High Priests: Lawyers in Post-Civil War America, Gerard W. Gawalt (ed.), (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1984), pp. 75-96.
^Coe, Aebra (July 24, 2018). "ABA Decline: Why Are Fewer Lawyers Joining The Club?" (PDF). Law360.
^Cite error: The named reference bloomberg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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