EXHIBIT 31.1


                   CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

        I, James S. Phalen, as Chief Executive Officer of the American Bar
Association Members/State Street Collective Trust, certify that:

1.      I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the American Bar
Association Members/State Street Collective Trust;

2.      Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.      The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)
for the registrant and have:

       (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
       disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
       supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
       registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
       us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
       which this report is being prepared;

       (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
       such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
       supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
       of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
       external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
       principles;

       (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls
       and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
       effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
       of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

       (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
       control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
       most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
       reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
       control over financial reporting; and

5.      The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

       (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
       or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
       reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to
       record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

       (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
       other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
       internal control over financial reporting.



Date: August 9, 2005                                   /s/ James S. Phalen
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                                                       James S. Phalen
                                                       Chief Executive Officer