The economic downturn has had a profound effect on the legal profesion. Learn how the bar association community is reacting to these challenges to better serve their members and the greater community.

Presidents, officers, board members and staff all have an important role in leading the association. The following 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.

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

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

Disaster planning is a constant concern to bar association staff and members. This page contains disaster response plans, tips on data backup, and much more advice on how to best prepare your organization.

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.

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

This collection of articles, studies, and other materials attempts to organize what major legal publications, organizations, and bloggers predict about the future of the legal profession.

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.

Resource Kit on Fair and Impartial Courts>>

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 America's Judiciary Toolkit>>