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ABA Website Redesign

By Shaunna Mireau

Various bits of twitter wisdom tell me that the American Bar Association has a refreshed website. I just had a mental picture of ice cream plopping out of a scoop into a bird shapped bowl. As an Associate member of the ABA, I would have expected news of this to hit my email in basket along with all of the other material they send.
The tweet I saw did originate with Edward Adams, editor of the ABA Journal.

The message form ABA President Stephen Zack on the new site reads:

American Bar Association President Stephen N. Zack announced today the debut of the new front door of the ABA: a modern, unified web presence at a new address, americanbar.org. The new and improved website includes a fresh overall design as well as improved functionality that offer simpler navigation, better search capabilities and enhanced interactive features.

?Designed as a powerful tool for members and the public to contact and interact with the ABA, the new website will improve the ABA?s value and visibility,? said Zack. ?This is just one of many ways you will see the ABA changing to better serve the American legal profession, and promote the cause of justice in our society.?

The debut marks the culmination of more than a year of work by hundreds of ABA members and staff. The website project was one of the largest ABA efforts in the association?s history.

I like that I can find what I am looking for on the site. The navigation is quick and intuitive. One thing I dislike is that the ABA Store doesn’t have the same refreshed look and feel, tabbed browsing rather than the nice clean new menu look. Still, a new site is a huge project, so, well done ABA. A reminder to update your bookmarks as the URL has changed

I wonder how many other people are ABA Associate members so that they can get discounts on ABA books?

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on February 08, 2011 (boomark / email).