Publications
ABA Washington Summary
The ABA Washington Summary is a daily online publication providing up-to-date information on congressional and executive branch activity with regard to legislative issues of interest to the organized bar. Sources include the Congressional Record and Federal Register. Page numbers beginning with the letters S, H and E refer to the Senate, House of Representatives and Extension of Remarks sections of the Congressional Record, respectively. Page numbers beginning with the letters FR refer to the Federal Register.
The contents of this publication do not necessarily represent the positions of the American Bar Association.
Contact: Justine Gregory
Editor, 202-662-1016
ABA Congressional Directory
The ABA Congressional Directory connects ABA members and state/local/specialty bar leaders with Congress and the ABA Legislative Advocacy program. This full-color photo guide to Congress includes Washington and District office contact information, Member biographies and key staff, including chiefs of staff, legislative directors, schedulers and legislative assistants for judiciary-related issues (new this year).
The Directory is published each year in March and August. Complimentary copies are available for active members of the ABA Grassroots Action Team, or for purchase.
Contact: Julie M. Strandlie
Legislative Counsel/Grassroots Operations, 202-662-1764
ABA Charts of Lawyer-Legislators in Congress
The ABA tracks Lawyer-Legislator members of Congress. Each of the ABA Charts of Lawyer-Legislators in Congress compiles data based on biographical information of congressional members that is self-reported and available to the public.
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Contact: ABA Governmental Affairs Office, 202-662-1760
ABA Washington Letter
The ABA Washington Letter is a monthly publication produced by the Governmental Affairs Office to report and analyze congressional and executive branch action on legislative issues of interest to the ABA and the legal profession. The newsletter highlights ABA involvement in the federal legislative process and focuses on the association's legislative and governmental priorities and other issues on which the ABA has policy.
Contact: Rhonda J. McMillion
Editor, 202-662-1017
Federal Judicial Pay: An Update on the Need for Action
On May 28, 2003, at the United States Supreme Court, the presidents of the American Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association presented to then Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, a report on the urgent need to increase Federal judicial compensation and reform pay-setting mechanisms. The report, Federal Judicial Pay: An Update on the Need for Action, identifies the causes and consequences of Federal judicial pay erosion and offers recommendations to the President and Congress to remedy the situation.
Contact: Denise CardmanDeputy Director, 202-662-1761
An Independent Judiciary
At the ABA's Annual Meeting in 1997, the ABA Commission on Separation of Powers and Judicial Independence issued its report on the state of federal judicial independence. The report, An Independent Judiciary, noted that while the federal judicial independence remained essentially sound, a number of potentially serious problems existed that, if left unremedied, could degenerate into real threats to judicial independence and urged lawyers to step up and take a leadership role to protect judicial independence.
Contact: Denise CardmanDeputy Director, 202-662-1761
