In 1908, the Annual Bulletin was founded by the Comparative Law Bureau (1907–1933) of the American Bar Association.

In 1999, the domain name ABAJournal.com had been registered and set as a redirect to the ABA website's Journal home.

In January 2002,[12] the site had a major redesign in form and content under then editor and publisher Danial J. Kim.

The site's logo was updated to show "ABAJournal.com" as official web address[12] (though still redirected to the ABA website).

Technically, the magazine is now hosted directly on the ABAJournal.com web address (instead of the domain being redirected to the ABA's website).