UCLA and ABA- FEBRUARY 6, 2024: THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION APPROVES THE UNIFORM COLLABORATIVE PROCESS ACT

In February 2024, the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association (ABA) recognized this continuing movement of states in the US to adopt the UCLA. The American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates adopted Resolution #703 on February 5, 2024:


"RESOLUTION RESOLVED, that the American Bar Association approves the Uniform Collaborative Law Rules and Uniform Collaborative Law Act, promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2010, as appropriate Rules or an appropriate Act for those states desiring to adopt the specific substantive law suggested therein."

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