• ABA Resources: Looking for a road guide to better navigate the many services, programs, and publications offered by the American Bar Association? The ABA Resources Page highlights the many different ways this association's entities reach out to state, local, and specialty bar associations.

• IRS Form 990: There's no need to sweat over the new IRS Form 990! The 990 resource page provides sample policies from bar associations, professional advice, and links to useful governance materials.

• Leading During Difficult Times: Resources on the Economy for Bar Associations: The economic downturn has had a profound effect on the legal profession. This economic resource page shows how the bar association community is reacting to these challenges to better serve their members and the greater community.

• Leadership Resources: Presidents, officers, board members and staff all have an important role in leading the association. The following leadership resources will help bar leaders to explore and refine their leadership styles, and learn from the best practices and experiences of others in both the nonprofit and for profit sectors.

• Governance Guide: Effective leadership thrives when good governance practices are in place. This governance guide serves as a quick guide for bar leaders who are looking for statistical data, financial questions, and many other governance hurdles.

• Membership Resources: Looking for ways to boost or better manage your bar association's membership? This membership guide helps bar association leaders quickly learn about the latest in membership trends, technology, and how to target specific lawyer populations.

• Disaster Planning & Recovery Guide: Disaster planning is a constant concern to bar association staff and members. The diaster planning and recovery guide contains disaster response plans, tips on data backup, and much more advice on how to best prepare your organization.

• Diversity Materials for Bar Leaders: Useful statistics, past Bar Leader articles, bar association awards, research studies by the ABA and state, local, and specialty bar associations, and more are found in this guide to diversity resources.

• Writing Effective President Pages: Crafting an effective president page is one of the most trying tasks of a bar president's year. This president page guide provides examples of past president pages along with some useful writing tips.

• The Future of the Legal Profession: This collection of articles, studies, and other materials on the legal profession attempts to organize what major legal publications, organizations, and bloggers predict about the future of the legal profession.

• Resource Kit on Fair and Impartial Courts
  The ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence prepared this resource kit for use by bar leaders and other concerned citizens. This work-in-progress contains sample op-ed pieces, and speeches.
• Toolkit for Supporting America's Judiciary
  The legal profession has never been immune to criticism, but in recent years disdain for lawyers and judges has bordered on the hysterical, as they have increasingly been held up as scapegoats or caught in the crosscurrents of debates over the hot-button social issues of our time. The American Bar Association has responded with the following items, which we encourage you to use in response to unjust attacks on the judiciary, courts and the legal profession.
• Supporting Justice II: A Report on the Pro Bono Work of America's Lawyers
  Pro bono work by America's lawyers is on the rise with nearly three-fourths of lawyers providing free legal services to the poor or to the organizations that serve them. That's one of the significant findings of a new study done by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service

Division for Bar Services Studies & White Papers
• Voluntary State and Metro Bar Association Membership Trends, 1995-2000
• Advertising Survey & White Paper
• Meeting Attendance Survey & Summary

The American Bar Association's Bar Leader Toolkit provides state and local bar associations with a sample op-ed piece, links to ABA resources to use in speaking, writing and editorializing within your communities. The publication focuses on a different issue for each of its monthly publications.

• November 2009: Delivery of Legal Services
• August 2009: Medical Legal Partnerships
• June 2009: The Economy
• April 2009: LRIS
• February 2009: Domestic Violence
• December 2008: Law Day 2009
• October 2008: Attorney-Client Privilege
• September 2008: Election Law
• June 2008: Disaster Response and Preparedness
• April 2008: Work/Life Balance
• February 2008: A Fair & Impartial Judiciary
• December 2007: Law Day
• October 2007: Avoiding Identity Theft
• September 2007: Constitution Day 2007
• August 2007: Advance Directives—Preparing for the Future
• July 2007: Legal Service for Those Who Serve