For getting ABA Accreditation Certificate Lawyer have to:
- Provide evidence of substantial involvement in a specialty area.
- Pass the exam, which cover the substantive and procedural law in a specific area.
- Provide recommendations from lawyers and judges.
- Be admitted to practice in at least one state and have a good standing.
- Show the succeeding in at least 36 hours of legal education courses in the specialty area in the three-year period which precede the lawyer’s application for certification.   

Attorneys are certified in such areas: Admiralty & Maritime Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation Law, Appellate Practice, Aviation Law, Business Litigation, City, County & Local Government Law, Civil Trial, Construction Law, Criminal Appellate, Criminal Trial, Elder Law, Health Law, Immigration & Nationality, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Labor & Employment Law, Marital & Family Law, Real Estate, State & Federal Government & Administrative Practice, Tax Law, Wills, Trusts & Estates and Workers' Compensation.