{"id":160486,"date":"2026-08-14T15:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/14\/aba-plans-major-restructuring-amid-financial-struggles\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T23:31:15","slug":"aba-plans-major-restructuring-amid-financial-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/08\/14\/aba-plans-major-restructuring-amid-financial-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"ABA Plans Major Restructuring Amid Financial Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a big undertaking because we haven\u2019t looked at renovating how we are structured for 40 or 50 years. We need to move into the 21st century.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i><\/span> Barbara Howard, president of the American Bar Association, in comments given to Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning the organization\u2019s prospective restructuring, which could include combining committees and panels as the ABA looks to rein in spending amid declining revenue. The ABA is on track to see its revenue dip when its fiscal year ends later this month, and has already spent more than it has taken in. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post ABA Plans Major Restructuring Amid Financial Struggles<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a big undertaking because we haven\u2019t looked at renovating how we are structured for 40 or 50 years. We need to move into the 21st century.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i><\/span> Barbara Howard, president of the American Bar Association, in comments given to Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning the organization\u2019s prospective restructuring, which could include combining committees and panels as the ABA looks to rein in spending amid declining revenue. The ABA is on track to see its revenue dip when its fiscal year ends later this month, and has already spent more than it has taken in. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. That\u2019s a big undertaking because we haven\u2019t looked at renovating how we are structured for 40 or 50 years. We need to move into the 21st century. \u2014 Barbara Howard, president of the American Bar Association, in comments given to Bloomberg Law, concerning the organization\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":160487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Staci-Zaretsky-ZicWLd.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}