In February 2003 the American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted the following resolution, the Universal Citation Facilitation, to advance the creation and adoption of a uniform citation system. This resolution is meant to supplement the 1996 Resolution. For further information see the 2003 Standing Committee on Technology and Information System's report.

RESOLVED,

That the American Bar Association will facilitate discussion with organizations currently developing legal citation formats towards development of a universal American citation standard that reflects both existing ABA recommended citation formats and other formats proposed and adopted in U.S. jurisdictions ;

FURTHER RESOLVED,

That the American Bar Association urges cooperation amongst Federal, state, and territorial entities, law schools, research and writing organizations, and technology standards groups and others, to create a uniform citation standard that reflects the wide range of experience and research, as evidenced by the Association's own citation resolution, and that can be implemented in legislatures, agencies, and courts.

FURTHER RESOLVED,

That the American Bar Association urges all American jurisdictions to participate in the creation of an American universal system of citation for case reports, statutes, administrative documents, and other resources upon which the legal profession relies.

For more information regarding the ABA activities on this topic please see the history of uniform citation, and the Special Committee on Citation Issues original report.