LACBA News

LACBA issues the following statement in response to the USDOJ’s proposed regulation to supersede state bars’ disciplinary authority over Department of Justice attorneys.

A statement in response to President Trump’s recent remarks levelling personal attacks against members of the U.S. Supreme Court...

LACBA’s president shares thoughts on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026, emphasizing how honoring history can help foster dignity and respect for human rights. The event this year calls everyone to address antisemitism and support justice, highlighting our continuous duties as both legal professionals and members of the wider community.

Read LACBA's statement in response to recent acts by the Department of Homeland Security, including agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Minnesota, California, and in other parts of our nation, that violate fundamental constitutional rights guaranteed to all persons.

LACBA is among dozens of bar organizations standing together with and in support of the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. 

LACBA, alongside Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and other bar associations throughout the nation, condemns the President’s orders targeting law firms.

In recent weeks, there have been troubling reports of high-level politicians impugning and threatening to impeach judges whose rulings they do not like and questioning the legitimacy and binding effect of adverse judicial rulings. 

LACBA joins the world community in observing International Remembrance Day commemorated each year on January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the largest Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945.

LACBA is committed to supporting our community during the devastating fires impacting LA County. We are providing resources, including updates on court closures, legal assistance, and a members-only emergency listserve to facilitate communication and support. LACBA is also organizing efforts with leaders and legal professionals to explore ways to assist those affected. 

LACBA's Executive Committee and Board of Trustees applauds the bipartisan effort in the United States Senate to unanimously pass the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act (S.4199) in August, 2024. We now urge the U.S. House of Representatives to take prompt action to vote and pass the companion JUDGES Act (H.R. 9625).