Why I've never joined the ABA

Bar Association Agrees to Pay $185G Fine
I've always gotten the feeling that the American Bar Association was more interested in protecting the incomes of its members than in advancing the law. I get absolutely none of that feeling with the New York County Lawyers Assn., and the LGBT Law Assn. of Greater New York, which I have joined.

Obviously the ABA does some good things. But there has been this undercurrent of resistance to anything that makes it easier for anyone to a) become a lawyer, or b) build a practice in any way outside of the "Old Boys' Club." I've never felt any impetus to send them any of my money.