ABA Journal

ABA Journal

March 2007 cover of the ABA Journal
Editor	Allen Pusey
Categories	Law
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Allen Pusey
Total circulation (2013)	338,650
First issue	1984
Company	American Bar Association
Country	United States
Based in	Chicago, IL
Language	English
Website	ABAJournal.com
ISSN	0747-0088

The ABA Journal (since 1984, formerly American Bar Association Journal, 1915–1983, evolved from Annual Bulletin, 1908–1914) is a monthly legal trade magazine and the flagship publication of the American Bar Association. It claims to be "read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month". It is now complemented on the Internet with the ABA Journal Online site and the ABA Journal eReport newsletter.

In 1908, the Annual Bulletin was founded by the Comparative Law Bureau (1907–1933) of the American Bar Association. The first comparative law journal in the U.S., it surveyed foreign legislation and legal literature. Circulated to all ABA members, it ran from 1908 to 1914 and was absorbed in 1915 by the ABA's newly formed Journal.

In 1915, the American Bar Association Journal (abbreviated Am. Bar Assoc. j.) was founded as a quarterly magazine. Published by the ABA, it ran under this title from January 1915 to December 1983, for volume 1 to 69. Quarterly from 1915 to 1920 (with its second quarter issue dedicated to the Bulletin), it became monthly in 1921.

In January 1984, it was renamed ABA Journal (abbreviated ABA j.) for volume 70 onwards. Subtitled "The Lawyer's Magazine", it initially stayed monthly, then in May 1986 became 15 issues a year, then in June 1999 became monthly again.

In 2007, the print circulation (paid and unpaid) was 375,045 (stable from 381,998 in December 1999). As of 2012^[update], the executive editor and publisher is Allen Pusey.

In 1996, an online complement to the Journal appeared on the ABA website. This original version had monthly updates providing the current Journal's cover and table of contents, as well as online copies of some selected articles, rising through various design changes from about 3 per month in 1996 to about 15 per month in 2000, to about 30 per month with the January 2001 new look announcing "Soon, every story in the print edition will also be available online." In 1999, the domain name ABAJournal.com had been registered and set as a redirect to the ABA website's Journal home.