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A Legacy of Discrimination: A Brief History of U.S. Territories in the American Bar Association

Anthony M. Ciolli

The American Bar Association (ABA) has done much to remedy its history of racial discrimination.  However, to this day, the ABA systematically discriminates against lawyers in four overwhelmingly nonwhite U.S. territories. This Essay examines the history of this discrimination and proposes a potenti…