Grassroots Advocacy Awards Recognize Support of ABA Lobbying Efforts on the Hill (2011)
Over a few days every spring, bar leaders numbering in the hundreds make their way up Capitol Hill to ensure that members of Congress know about key issues affecting the justice system and the legal profession. Participants in this year’s ABA Day in Washington event, held April 12-14, voiced their support for increased funding for the Legal Services Corp...

Lawyers, policymakers connect at ABA Day 2011
The American Bar Association, in coordination with 43 state bar associations, brought distinguished lawyers from around the country to Washington, D.C., April 12-14, to discuss with policymakers issues critically important to the legal profession and to our nation… 

ABA Day Brings Honors for Leaders on Key Legal Issues
The American Bar Association will present six members of Congress with awards to acknowledge their leadership on issues critically important to the legal profession...

ABA Day in Washington draws nearly 300 bar leaders to Capitol Hill (May 2010)
Nearly 300 bar leaders trekked to Capitol Hill in April for face-to face meetings with their senators and representatives during the ABA’s fourteenth annual ABA Day in Washington...

Rite of Spring (June 2010)
For many bar leaders, ABA day in Washington has become a spring tradition in which they join some 300 colleagues from around the United States on Capitol Hill for face-to-face meetings with their senators and representatives...

"ABA Day draws bar leaders to Washington"(May 2009)
Several hundred ABA, state, local and specialty bar leaders from across the country assembled on Capitol Hill April 21-23 to participate in “ABA Day in Washington,” a chance to...

ABA Day 2009 Diary- "How I Spent My ABA Day in Washington" (June 2009)
When I was a law student a dozen years ago, I had an experience that would forver change my life. For a whole semester as an intern in the office of John McCain, one of the Senators representing my home state of Arizona, I freely roamed the halls of the U.S. Capitol...

Statement from ABA President Thomas H. Wells, Jr.: "Mobilizing to Preserve Legal Aid to the Poor" (April 2009)
As president of the American Bar Association, I am continually inspired by the opportunity to observe and lend support to bar activities that advance the legal profession’s core values...

"ABA Day draws hundreds of bar leaders to Capitol Hill" (May 2008)
A record-setting number of bar leaders descended on Capitol Hill April 15-17 for the twelfth annual “ABA Day in Washington,” a chance for the lawyers to meet face-to-face with their senators and representatives...

"Helping Congress Pass Good Legislation" (June 2007)
One of the most important ways that the ABA serves the legal profession is through our top-notch legislative advocacy program, coordinated by the ABA’s Governmental Affairs Office in Washington, D.C...

"Destination: Capitol Hill" (June 2007)
The official list of the ABA’s legislative priorities for 2007 identifies 11 issues. But that’s a lot to talk about at one time, even for the nearly 300 bar leaders who converged on Washington, D.C., in April...

"Capitol Hill Highpoint" (June 2006)
Nearly 300 bar leaders visited Capitol Hill on May 3-4 to meet with members of Congress on issues of concern to the legal profession, making this year’s ABA Day in Washington, D.C., the largest ever...

"A Hearing on Capitol Hill" (August 2005)
As the national representative of the legal profession, the American Bar Association is actively involved in public policy discussion and advocacy before Congress…

"A Record High on the Hill" (June 2005)
A record number of representatives from state, local, and specialty bar associations joined ABA leaders in converging on Capitol Hill in late April…

"Focusing the ABA's efforts" (July 2004)
Nearly 200 leaders of the organized bar converged on Capitol Hill in early May for their annual ABA Day in Washington meetings with members of Congress to discuss issues of concern to the legal profession.