Resources
Resources for Local Bars
The American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division operates as a federation of over three hundred autonomous young lawyer organizations that have affiliated with the Division.
The affiliation system is designed to allow an exchange of ideas and communication among the hundreds of young lawyer organizations in existence.
The Division's affiliates consist of state, local, national, and international young lawyer organizations.
Leadership
E-Communications Board
Contact the E-Communications Board with strategic questions about Dynamic Committee Home pages (e.g. What kind of content is best to post).
Contact Rob King at kingr@staff.abanet.org with any technical questions (e.g. How can I post a pdf file?).
Fellowships
Several ABA Sections have developed fellowship programs, the goals of which are:
- to provide active young lawyers an opportunity to become involved in the substantive work of the ABA Section
- to develop future leaders of that Section
- to enhance knowledge about the work of the Section among members of the YLD.
Fellowships are extremely successful in meeting these goals and provide young lawyers with a great opportunity for involvement.
Insurance for YLD Members
E-Library
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.
All the Division's meetings and conferences include several different kinds of programming --public service, CLE, professional development, member service, affiliate assistance/bar leadership to name a few .These programs provide information that can benefit both affiliate organizations, who can use the information to duplicate the programs in their own communities, and the individual young lawyers who attend the conferences.
The number of program offerings continues to grow, and this archive contains past, present and future programming. The materials are divided up into general categories, but some programs overlap so they can be found in more than one area.
Career Forum
Environmental Career Paths for Young Lawyers and Law Students – Complimentary Podcasts/MP3 Downloads
We have a career-related websites that
may be useful in a job search. These sites are external to the American
Bar Association ("ABA") and the ABA Young Lawyers Division ("ABA YLD"),
and neither the ABA nor the ABA YLD endorses any of the information
and/or services provided therein. The following sites are listed solely
for reference purposes and as a service to young lawyer members of
the American Bar Association.
Also visit the American Bar Association's Career Counsel page for more information about careers and career counseling.
