VISION:

The General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division serves, educates and speaks for the current and future Main Street Lawyer.

MISSION:

To secure our constituency the highest levels of fulfillment in the legal profession, in the justice system and in the American Bar Association.

GOALS:

  1. To be the home within the ABA of general practice, solo and small firm and other constituent lawyers.
  2. To retain our current members, add new ones, provide opportunities for leadership in increase participation by our constituents.
  3. To advance the interests of our constituents within the ABA, the profession and their personal lives.
  4. To provide products that will ensure our members’ success and professional excellence.
  5. To increase the prominence of the Division within the ABA and the profession.
  6. To communicate our goals and mission statement to Division members, other ABA entities and critical groups in the general public.
  7. To do good work in keeping with our professional obligations to render pro bono publico legal services to those unable to pay and to ensure that superior affordable legal services to all who need them.
  8. To create and maintain resources adequate to ensure the well-being and efficacy of the Division.
  9. To increase the diversity of the Division, its constituent groups and the profession at large.
  10. To have fun!