National Bar Association

National Bar Association
Type Legal society
Headquarters Washington, DC
Location
  • United States
Membership
65,000 in 2016[1]
Website http://www.nationalbar.org/

The National Bar Association (NBA) was founded in 1925 and is the nation's oldest and largest national network of predominantly African-American attorneys and judges. It represents the interests of approximately 65,000 lawyers, judges, law professors and law students. The NBA is organized around 23 substantive law sections, 9 divisions, 12 regions and 80 affiliate chapters throughout the United States and around the world. The current and 75th president is Juan R. Thomas of Aurora, Illinois.

Structure and activities

The National Bar Association (NBA) is governed by a Board of Governors, mostly elected from the membership but also including NBA's officers and representatives of groups such as the NBA's Divisions.[2]

The National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, chaired by Khyla Craine, represents the new members of the legal profession, and membership is open to NBA members who are admitted to practice for less than 10 years or under 40 years old. The association has several affiliate chapters located throughout the United States. Some affiliate chapters of the association are The Cook County Bar Association, The Barristers' Association of Philadelphia, the California Association of Black Lawyers, the Washington Bar Association, the Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter National Bar Association , the Garden State Bar Association and the Metropolitan Black Bar Association.

The National Bar Institute (NBI) is the philanthropic arm of the NBA, founded in 1982. The association has established an annual award in honor of the late Louisiana State Representative Pinkie C. Wilkerson of Grambling—the "Pinkie C. Wilkerson Outstanding State Legislator of the Year Award".[3] The NBA offers a job listing service as well as advertising in its magazine to assist employers seeking to conduct affirmative action outreach toward minority job applicants.[4]

History

The National Bar Association was established in 1925 as the "Negro Bar Association", after Gertrude Rush, George H. Woodson, S. Joe Brown, James B. Morris, and Charles P. Howard, Sr. were denied membership in the American Bar Association. The young Charles Hamilton Houston, future dean of Howard University Law School, also helped with the founding.[5]

Its first president was George H. Woodson of Des Moines, Iowa. Arnette Hubbard became the NBA's first female president in 1981.[6][7]

In 1940, the NBA attempted to establish "free legal clinics in all cities with a colored population of 5,000 or more."[1] Its members supported litigation that achieved a US Supreme Court ruling that defendants had to be provided with legal counsel.

In 2010, the NBA partnered with the U.S. Census Bureau to work toward a complete and accurate count of the nation's population through various outreach activities.[8]

Affiliates

Alabama

Arkansas

California

District of Columbia

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Kentucky

Louisiana

Massachusetts

Maryland

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Mississippi

New Jersey

New Mexico

Nevada

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Washington

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Our History, National Bar Association, retrieved 2012-08-24
  2. ↑ Governance, National Bar Association, retrieved 2012-08-24
  3. ↑ "”State Rep. Wilkerson Killed in Auto Accident’, August 1, 2000". house.legis.state.la.us. Retrieved September 26, 2009.
  4. ↑ "National Bar Association Careers". Retrieved 2010-09-06.
  5. ↑ NAACP History: "Charles Hamilton Houston", NAACP; accessed 14 May 2017
  6. ↑ "First woman president of National Bar Association installed | African American Registry". Aaregistry.org. 1981-07-31. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  7. ↑ Fred D. Gray (2002). Bus Ride to Justice: Changing the System by the System : the Life and Works of Fred D. Gray, Preacher, Attorney, Politician. NewSouth Books. pp. 308–. ISBN 978-1-58838-113-2.
  8. ↑ "The National Bar Association (NBA) is Partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to Support the 2010 Census" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-09-06.
  9. ↑ http://www.ala-lawyers.org
  10. ↑ http://www.flowerslaw.org
  11. ↑ http://www.blackwomenlawyersla.org
  12. ↑ http://www.calblacklawyers.org
  13. ↑ charleshoustonbar.org
  14. ↑ wileymanuelbarassociation.com
  15. ↑ bwlnc.com
  16. ↑ http://www.washingtonbar.org
  17. ↑ gwacbar.org
  18. ↑ delawarebarristers.wordpress.com
  19. ↑ http://www.vhfcnba.org
  20. ↑ http://www.gabwa.org
  21. ↑ http://www.gatecitybar.org
  22. ↑ cookcountybar.org
  23. ↑ http://www.marioncountybar.org
  24. ↑ http://www.louisvilleblacklawyers.com/home.html
  25. ↑ http://www.louismartinetbr.com
  26. ↑ http://www.massblacklawyers.org
  27. ↑ abwamaryland.org
  28. ↑ http://bournebar.org/
  29. ↑ http://www.wolverinebar.org
  30. ↑ strakerlaw.org
  31. ↑ http://www.mabl.org
  32. ↑ http://www.jacksoncountybar.com
  33. ↑ http://www.moundcitybar.com
  34. ↑ themagnoliabar.org
  35. ↑ gardenstatebar.org
  36. ↑ http://www.newmexicoblacklawyersassociation.org
  37. ↑ lasvegasnba.org
  38. ↑ http://www.mbbanyc.org
  39. ↑ rbbalaw.org
  40. ↑ http://www.amistadblackbar.org
  41. ↑ http://www.cincyblac.org
  42. ↑ http://www.nsmba.org
  43. ↑ http://www.jmlba.co
  44. ↑ phillybarristers.com
  45. ↑ http://www.napierlooby.com/
  46. ↑ http://www.jltla.org
  47. ↑ http://www.africanamericanlawyerssection.com/
  48. ↑ http://www.hba.org
  49. ↑ http://www.olddominionbarassociation.com
  50. ↑ lmba.net
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