ABA House of Delegates adopts policies on professional independence, legal education, law enforcement at Annual Conference
Published: September 03, 2026
The American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted more than 40
policy matters on a wide variety of issues including the independence of
the legal profession and judiciary, warrantless immigration searches
and arrests, law enforcement protocols, law student recruitment, funding
for Historically Black Colleges and University law schools as well as
several lawyer ethics and model rules when it met during the 2026 ABA
Annual Conference.
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