Free Legal Help - American Bar Association
WEBLegal Aid. Federally funded legal services offices provide lawyers who are experts in helping low-income people with legal problems. Pro Bono. Pro bono programs match low-income clients with volunteer lawyers, who agree to take their cases for free.
American Bar Association
WEBThe ABA is the largest voluntary association of lawyers in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.
CLE Marketplace - American Bar Association
WEBThe ABA House of Delegates is the policy-making body of the association. The House meets twice each year, at ABA Annual and Midyear Meetings. At the Midyear Meeting, the Nominating Committee nominates officers and members of the Board of Governors. CLE Marketplace. With more than 1,500 online CLE programs and 350 live, in …
What is a Lawyer? - American Bar Association
WEBA lawyer (also called attorney, counsel, or counselor) is a licensed professional who advises and represents others in legal matters. Today’s lawyer can be young or old, male or female. Nearly one-third of all lawyers are under thirty-five years old. Almost half of the law students today are women, and women may ultimately be as numerous in ...
Find Legal Help - American Bar Association
WEBFindlegalhelp.org is provided as a public service by the American Bar Association's Legal Services Division. While the information on this site is about legal issues, it is not legal advice or legal representation. Because of the rapidly changing nature of the law and our reliance upon outside sources, we make no warranty or guarantee of the ...
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Paralegals - American Bar Association
WEBParalegals. A paralegal is a person, qualified by education, training or work experience who is employed or retained by a lawyer, law office, corporation, governmental agency or other entity and who performs specifically delegated substantive legal work.
Approved Programs Directory - American Bar Association
WEBThis Directory contains information on all current ABA Approved Paralegal Education Programs. The list of programs is updated in February and August of each year to reflect newly approved programs and to remove programs that are no longer ABA approved. If a program is not listed, it is not an ABA approved paralegal education program.
Model Rules of Professional Conduct - Table of Contents
WEBPodcasting Model Rule 1.9. Rule 1.10 Imputation of Conflicts of Interest: General Rule. Rule 1.11 Special Conflicts of Interest for Former and Current Government Officers and Employees. Rule 1.12 Former Judge, Arbitrator, Mediator or Other Third-Party Neutral. Rule 1.13 Organization as Client.
How the Rule of Law Has Shaped and Continues to Shape America
WEBThe World Justice Project describes the Rule of Law as a “durable system of laws institutions, norms and community commitment that delivers: accountability” (for government and for individuals), “just laws…open government …and accessible justice.”[2] In 1776, in his pamphlet, Common Sense, Thomas Paine boldly proclaimed that in ...
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