Bar Exams - American Bar Association
The most common testing configuration consists of a two-day bar examination, one day of which is devoted to the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), a standardized 200-item test covering six areas (Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Evidence, Real Property, and Torts). The second day of testing is typically comprised of locally crafted essays from a broader range of …
ABA-Approved Law Schools with Acquiescence for Distance …
Additionally, a law school may allow a student to earn 50 percent or more of the credit hours required for the J.D. degree through Distance Education Courses without instituting a formal Distance Education Division after seeking acquiescence in a substantive change in accordance with Standard 105(a)(12)(ii).
Free Legal Help - American Bar Association
Legal Aid. Federally funded legal services offices provide lawyers who are experts in helping low-income people with legal problems. Pro Bono. Pro bono programs match low-income clients with volunteer lawyers, who agree to take their cases for free.
Lawyer Licensing - American Bar Association
Lawyers are licensed by a state agency in each state. That agency can help you to find out if a person has a law license and is permitted to practice in a particular state.
Find Legal Help - American Bar Association
About FindLegalHelp.org. Findlegalhelp.org is provided as a public service by the American Bar Association's Legal Services Division. While the information on this site is about legal issues, it is not legal advice or legal representation.
Approved Programs Directory - American Bar Association
Directory of ABA Approved Paralegal Education Programs This Directory contains information on all current ABA Approved Paralegal Education Programs.
Prosecution Function - American Bar Association
Part I: General Standards Standard 3-1.1 The Scope and Function of These Standards (a) As used in these standards, “prosecutor” means any attorney, regardless of agency, title, or full or part-time assignment, who acts as an attorney to investigate or prosecute criminal cases or who provides legal advice regarding a criminal matter to government lawyers, agents, or offices …
Model Business Corporation Act Resource Center - American Bar …
2023年1月1日 · Model Nonprofit Corporation Act. The new fourth edition of the Model Nonprofit Corporation Act (“MNCA”), adopted by the Committee on Nonprofit Organizations of the Business Law Section, is based in large measure on the MBCA.. The Fourth Edition includes the new and revised provisions of the 2016 Revision of the MBCA and the changes to the MBCA since the …
Dispute Resolution Overview - American Bar Association
Dispute resolution is a term that refers to a number of processes that can be used to resolve a conflict, dispute or claim. Dispute resolution may also be referred to as alternative dispute resolution, appropriate dispute resolution, or ADR for short. Dispute resolution processes are alternatives to ...
Understanding Stare Decisis - American Bar Association
2022年12月16日 · Stare Decisis—a Latin term that means “let the decision stand” or “to stand by things decided”—is a foundational concept in the American legal system.