The Rabbinical Assembly is a religious non-profit corporation established under charter of the State of New York. It is governed by a Constitution which describes the organization and governance of the Assembly. Management of the Assembly's affairs is vested in an Executive Council, which is the Assembly's board of directors. The Executive Council is comprised of the officers of the Rabbinical Assembly, elected representatives and organizational representatives. The day-to-day work of the Assembly is carried out by a staff directed by the Executive Vice President.

The Rabbinical Assembly, first established in 1901 by graduates of the rabbinical school of the Jewish Theological Seminary, is the international association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis. Today its ranks include rabbis ordained at the seminaries of the Conservative/Masorti movement as well as rabbis of other accredited rabbinical schools who accept the tenets of Conservative Judaism. The mandate of the Rabbinical Assembly is to kindle the passion of the Jewish People in the service of God, Torah and Klal Yisrael, to strengthen the Conservative/Masorti movement, and to support the Conservative/Masorti rabbi. Its nearly 1,600 members serve as congregational rabbis, educators, military and hospital chaplains, professors of Judaica, and officers of communal service organizations throughout the world. While the majority of the men and women of the Assembly serve in the United States and Canada, more than ten percent of its rabbis serve in Israel and many of its rabbis serve in Latin America, in the countries of Europe, Australia and South Africa.