American Bar Association (ABA) is a membership organization. ABA describes its mission as "defending liberty and pursuing justice." ABA News on Twitter highlights recently published ABA reports.
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, Employment Outcomes as of Mar. 15, 2023 (Data submitted by schools on Apr. 5, 2023) (description of, and link to, this data table)
American Bar Association, Profile of the Legal Profession (annual - check for a new report in Fall 2024)
The Brennan Center for Justice states it is "a nonpartisan law and policy institute."
Federal Judicial Center states it is "the research and education agency of the judicial branch of the U.S. government."
Access tabs: Reports & Studies and Research: Special Topics.
Lambda Legal states it is "a civil rights organization fighting for the lived equality of all LGBTQ+ people and everyone living with HIV."
Law.com states it is "the industry-leading media platform powering over 18 online U.S. national and regional award-winning legal publications that deliver news, rankings, reports, and strategy."
Tip: Click: Law.com > Menu > Surveys & Rankings to access material by title, or access page: Surveys & Rankings.
Includes: Am Law 100, Am Law 200, Global 200, NLJ 500 and a Diversity Scorecard ("[a] ranking of large law firms' diversity efforts across hiring and promotion").
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Law360 Pulse reports on news about the business of law. Law360 Pulse states it "combines the award-winning journalism of Law360 with powerful data and analytics from LexisNexis."
Click Law360's tab: Pulse to view sources such as:
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NALP states it is "an association of over 3,000 legal career professionals who advise law students, lawyers, law offices, and law schools in North America and beyond."
NALP's website includes publicly accessible research and surveys, such as:
NAWJ states its "mission is to promote the judicial role of protecting the rights of individuals under the rule of law through strong, committed, diverse judicial leadership; fairness and equality in the courts; and equal access to justice."
NAWJ partners with Forster-Long, Inc. to provide statistics on U.S. State Court Women Judges (annual).
National Center for State Courts (NCSC) states it is "an independent, non-profit organization." It conducts research and consults on "current and emerging issues and trends in state court administration."
Information and Resources links to: Trending Topics; Companion Sites and issue-specific Resource Centers; and a searchable eCollection (archive that includes NCSC reports).
Trends in State Courts (annual)
NCSC and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) jointly provide Court Statistics Project. This site states it is "[t]he only source for comparable annual [U.S.] state court caseload data."
Court Statistics Project provides material under tabs: Court Statistics and Understanding State Courts.
This section of the United States Courts website states it "provides statistical data and analysis on the business of the federal Judiciary."
Access United States Courts tab: Statistics & Reports. Includes Judicial Business of the United States Courts (annual) and Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics (annual).
The Making of Lawyers' Careers: Inequality and Opportunity in the American Legal Profession (Chicago Series in Law and Society) by