ABA President Hilarie Bass Explores the ABA's Role in Protecting Judicial Independence

Photo of Hilarie Bass courtesy of the Office of the President

The ABA Journal, the "most trusted and respected voice of the legal profession for over 100 years" recently published an essay by ABA President Hilarie Bass about protecting judicial independence as part of their "Defending Justice" series. In the essay, President Bass highlights ABA ROLI's Judicial Reform Index, a tool developed "to assess states’ judicial reform and judicial independence" offering "international organizations, development agencies, technical legal assistance providers and local reformers a reliable means to target judicial reform programs and monitor progress toward establishing more accountable, effective and independent judiciaries."

Read more about how the ABA works to protect judicial independence in the U.S and around the world.