The program explored efforts by legal practitioners to balance public safety, accountability and criminal responsibility when dealing with people living with dementia.

Family Advocate is our news-and-feature magazine that addresses current family law topics, hot tips, practice management advice and more. To request permission to reprint an article that appeared in ...

The ABA Career Center offers both career development resources and a job board for law students, lawyers, and other legal professionals across all disciplines and career stages.

“Capacity” is an evolving term in elder and disability law. Capacity is defined as the ability to perform a task — or make a decision. State laws set out standards of legal capacity for various tasks ...

Law school pro bono and public service is sweeping the nation. A majority of ABA accredited law schools now have formal pro bono or public service programs with several requiring students to perform ...

The American Bar Association is deeply saddened by the passing of William H. “Bill” Neukom, who served as ABA president in 2007 and 2008, and offers its sincere condolences to his family and friends.

The Public Service Fellowships was developed in 2008 to address the need for tax legal assistance, and to foster an interest in tax-related public service among those individuals who participate.

Law Technology Today is published by the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center. Launched in 2012 to provide the legal community with practical guidance for the present and sensible strategies for the ...

Below is a list of programs approved in compliance with the Criteria for Programs Offered by ABA-Approved Law Schools in a Location Outside the United States. The programs listed below are open to ...

Stare Decisis—a Latin term that means “let the decision stand” or “to stand by things decided”—is a foundational concept in the American legal system. To put it simply, stare decisis holds that courts ...

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Research how each jurisdiction has modified (or, in the case of California, proposes to modify) each of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.