Attorneys play a special role in our society — as change agents, problem solvers and voices for justice. The following statements are provided to assist lawyers as they perform this special role, including initiating meaningful reforms and positive solutions to end discrimination and injustice in our communities.
Statements Issued on the Death of Tyre Nichols
- American Bar Association President Deborah Enix-Ross
- Brennan Center for Justice
- National Bar Association
Statements Issued on the Death of George Floyd
- American Bar Association
- Statement from ABA President Judy Perry Martinez (May 29, 2020)
- Video from ABA President Judy Perry Martinez (June 5, 2020)
- American College of Trial Lawyers (June 4, 2020)
- American Immigration Lawyers Association (June 2, 2020)
- Association of Corporate Counsel
- Cuban American Bar Association
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association (June 4, 2020)
- Disability Rights Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Iranian American Bar Association
- National Arab American Bar Association
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- National Bar Association
- National Conference of Bar Presidents
- National Conference of Women's Bar Associations
- National LGBT Bar Association
- National Native American Bar Association