This year, the Young Lawyers Division will present the "101 Practice Series" as its Member Service Project. Our focus is on the lawyers that are new to our profession and who are in their first three years of practice.

Our goal is to provide these new lawyers with basic training in both substantive and practical aspects of a law practice.

Too often, our youngest members do not receive the mentorship and training they need to learn basic lawyering skills. Young lawyers often specialize too early without knowing basic information about other areas of law that are critical to becoming a well-rounded lawyer (such as real estate, intellectual property, or environmental law) or important practical skills (such as negotiating settlements or drafting contracts).

A book containing many 101 Practice series articles is now available in the ABA web store.

View the 101 Practice Series

To the credit of so many hard working young lawyer volunteers over many years, the ABA Young Lawyers Division has distinguished itself as the premiere young lawyers organization in the world. More than 144,000 members strong, with nearly 300 affiliated state and local young lawyers associations (affiliates), the Division has made its mark as the pro bono and public service arm of the American Bar Association with a number of projects to assist the public.

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Past Member Service Projects

Past Public Service Projects – Web Page Version

Subgrant for New Programs

The ABA Center on Children and the Law, a program of the Young Lawyers Division, aims to improve children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy. Our areas of expertise include child abuse and neglect, child welfare and protective services system enhancement, foster care, family preservation, termination of parental rights, parental substance abuse, adolescent health, and domestic violence.