This essay explicates the American Bar Association's 2019 resolution recognizing human dignity as foundational to the rule of law in America and around the world. We first provide an overview of the foundations of human dignity, and how it is reflected in law around the globe. Then, based in part on contributions from students in the Dignity Rights Practicum at Widener University Delaware Law School, we turn to the role dignity plays in American law specifically, and how it can and should inform the practice of law in the United States.