ABA Fund for Justice and Education
Ensuring equal access to justice and promoting the rule of law.
Promoting access to justice, especially for those most vulnerable, is central to one’s professional calling as a lawyer and for those passionate about the rule of law. For more than 60 years, with funding from the ABE, the ABA Fund for Justice and Education (FJE) has helped do just that – providing lawyers with the opportunities to improve the justice system, their practice and profession, and our communities.
The FJE represents a wide range of ABA public service and educational programs focused on furthering access to justice, children and family rights, public education, professionalism and the legal profession, and international justice. The unifying purpose is to help ensure equal access to justice for all individuals in America and around the world.
Examples of these programs which have received support from ABE include:
- ABA Free Legal Answers – A virtual legal clinic that has recruited nearly 15,000 pro bono attorneys to answer more than 400,000 questions for people who cannot afford an attorney.
- ABA Military Pro Bono Project – Enlists $1 million in free legal services for active-duty military personnel, recognizing the sacrifices that they make on behalf of us all.
- ABA Homeless Court Program – A program which removes legal barriers to housing, benefits, treatment, education and employment for people experiencing homelessness.
- ABA Commission on Women in the Profession – Released a national study, Legal Careers of Parents and Child Caregivers, that reveals the impact of parenting and child caregiving on legal professionals.
- ABA Men of Color Project – An initiative of the Young Lawyers Division that aims to address the lack of diversity and advancement of men of color in the legal profession.
"The ABE remains the largest annual unrestricted donor to the ABA/FJE. The grant supports and enhances the charitable work of the ABA, allowing us to defend liberty and deliver justice as the national representative of the legal profession. The ABE’s generosity enables the ABA to help pro bono attorneys assist veterans get disability benefits, provides hope to migrant children and families seeking asylum and a safer future, helps provide legal services to survivors of disasters, and so much more. Philanthropy is vital to the ongoing success of the ABA’s public service and educational programs. ABE’s support is a critical aspect of ABA efforts to continue this outstanding work."