The American Bar Association, through its Governmental Affairs Office (GAO), actively works with Congress and the Executive Branch on a daily basis. However, effective contacts from ABA members and state/local/specialty bar leaders, in their roles as local community leaders, lawyers and constituents, are an integral part of our lobbying efforts and a reason for our success.

The "ABA Grassroots Advocacy Center" provides the means to conveniently contact your own elected officials about issues that directly impact the organized bar, your clients, the legal profession and the administration of justice.

Click on the Action Alert(s) below, and you will be given the information and the ability (by email or fax) to contact your elected officials about urgent matters currently under consideration. ABA Urges Enactment of S. 825 and H.R. 1423, the Legal Services Benefit Act of 2009 Contact your Members of Congress Now to Reinstate the Pre-Tax Status for Group Legal Services Benefit Plans

Click on the topics below to find out more about ABA priorities and public policy that furthers the interest of justice, promotes the legal profession and establishes the rule of law.