African American legal association
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 67,000 lawyers, judges, law professors, and law students.
[2]
The NBA is organized around 25 substantive law sections, 10 divisions, 12 regions, and numerous affiliate chapters throughout the United States and around the world.
[3]
[4] The current and 80th president is Lonita Baker. She will be followed by president-elect Dominique D. Calhoun.
[5]
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.
[6]
The National Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, chaired by Ashley Lee, represents the new members of the legal profession, and membership is open to NBA members who have been admitted to practice for less than 10 years or are under 40 years old. The association has several affiliate chapters located throughout the United States, including 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".
[7] 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.
[8]
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.
[9]
Its first president was George H. Woodson of
Des Moines ,
Iowa .
Arnette Hubbard became the NBA's first female president in 1981.
[10]
[11]
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.
[12]
Affiliates
Alabama
Birmingham: Brazil Bar Association
Montgomery: Alabama Lawyers Association
[13]
Arkansas
Little Rock: W. Harold Flowers Society
[14]
California
Los Angeles: Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
[15]
Los Angeles: John M. Langston Bar Association
Mill Valley: CA Association of Black Lawyers
[16]
Oakland: Charles Houston Bar Association
[17]
Sacramento: Wiley M. Manuel Bar Association
[18]
San Diego: Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association
Santa Clara: Black Women Lawyers Association of Northern CA
[19]
District of Columbia
Washington: Morocco
Washington: Washington Bar Association
[20]
Washington: GWAC
[21]
Delaware
Wilmington: Delaware Barristers Association
[22]
Florida
Apopka: Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter
[23]
Georgia
Atlanta: Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
[24]
Atlanta: Gate City Bar Association
[25]
Carrollton
Illinois
Chicago: Cook County Bar Association
[26]
Indiana
Indianapolis: Marion County Bar Association
[27]
Kentucky
Lexington: John Rowe Chapter
Louisville: Louisville Black Lawyers Association
[28]
Louisiana
Baton Rouge: Louis A. Martinet – Baton Rouge
[29]
Massachusetts
Boston: Mass. Black Lawyers Association
[30]
Maryland
Baltimore: Alliance of Black Women Attorneys
[31]
Baltimore: Monumental City Bar Association
Greenbelt: J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association
[32]
Michigan
Detroit: Wolverine Bar Association
[33]
Lansing: Davis-Dunning Affiliate Chapter
Troy: D. Augustus Straker Bar Association
[34]
Minnesota
Minneapolis: Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers
[35]
Missouri
Kansas City: Jackson County Bar Association
[36]
St. Louis: Mound City Bar Association
[37] ()
Mississippi
Jackson: Magnolia Bar Association
[38]
New Jersey
Trenton: Garden State Bar Association
[39]
New Mexico
Albuquerque: New Mexico Black Lawyers Association
[40]
Nevada
Las Vegas: Las Vegas Chapter
[41]
New York
New York: Metropolitan Black Bar Association
[42]
New York: Association of Black Women Attorneys
Rochester: Rochester Black Bar Association
[43]
Wheatley Heights: Amistad Long Island Black Bar
[44]
Ohio
Cincinnati: Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati
[45]
Cleveland: Norman S. Minor Bar Association
[46]
Columbus: John Mercer Langston Bar Association
[47]
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia: Barristers Association of Philadelphia
[48]
Tennessee
Memphis: Ben F. Jones Chapter
Nashville: Napier-Looby Chapter
[49]
Texas
Austin: Austin Black Lawyers Association
Dallas: J.L. Turner Legal Association
[50]
Dallas: AA Lawyers of TX State Bar
[51]
Fort Worth: L. Clifford Davis Legal Association
Houston: Houston Lawyers Association
[52]
Virginia
Richmond: Old Dominion Bar Association
[53]
Washington
Seattle: Loren Miller Bar Association
[54]
See also
References
^
a
b
Our History , National Bar Association, retrieved 2023-07-21
^
"NBA History" . National Bar Association . Retrieved 2023-07-21 .
^
"Regions, Sections, and Divisions" . National Bar Association . Retrieved 2023-07-21 .
^
"Affiliate Chapters" . National Bar Association . Retrieved 2023-07-21 .
^
"Leadership" . National Bar Association . Retrieved 2023-07-21 .
^
Governance , National Bar Association, retrieved 2012-08-24
^
" "State Rep. Wilkerson Killed in Auto Accident', August 1, 2000" . house.legis.state.la.us. Retrieved September 26, 2009 .
^
"National Bar Association Careers" . Retrieved 2010-09-06 .
^
NAACP History: "Charles Hamilton Houston"
Archived 2018-01-09 at the
Wayback Machine , NAACP; accessed 14 May 2017
^
"First woman president of National Bar Association installed | African American Registry" . Aaregistry.org. 1981-07-31. Archived from
the original on 2015-08-02. Retrieved 2015-05-12 .
^ 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 .
^
"The National Bar Association (NBA) is Partnering with the U.S. Census Bureau to Support the 2010 Census" (PDF) . Retrieved 2010-09-06 .
^
"Alabama Lawyers Association" . www.ala-lawyers.org .
^
"Archived copy" . Archived from
the original on 2015-12-18. Retrieved 2017-02-23 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link )
^
"Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles" . Blackwomenlawyersla.org. Retrieved 2018-08-01 .
^
"California Association of Black Lawyers" . Calblacklawyers.org. Retrieved 2018-08-01 .
^ charleshoustonbar.org
^ wileymanuelbarassociation.com
^ bwlnc.com
^
"Washington Bar Association, Non-Profit Organization" . www.washingtonbar.org .
^ gwacbar.org
^ delawarebarristers.wordpress.com
^
"Home - VHFCNBA" . Archived from
the original on 2017-03-07. Retrieved 2017-02-23 .
^
"The Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys" . www.gabwa.org .
^
"The Gate City Bar Association – Atlanta, Georgia" . www.gatecitybar.org .
^ cookcountybar.org
^
"MCBA Home" . www.marioncountybar.org .
^
"Home" . Louisville Black Lawyers .
^ Themes, UFO.
"Louis A Martinet Legal Society, Inc" . www.louismartinetbr.com .
^
"Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association -" . Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association .
^ abwamaryland.org
^
"J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association – Home" . J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association – Home .
^
"Wolverine Bar Association – Over 80 Years of Leadership in the Legal Community" . www.wolverinebar.org .
^ strakerlaw.org
^
"MABL – Home" . www.mabl.org .
^
"The Jackson County Bar Association" . www.jacksoncountybar.com .
^
"Mound City Bar Association / Home / 2018 Scholarship Dinner" . www.moundcitybar.com .
^ themagnoliabar.org
^ gardenstatebar.org
^
"New Mexico Black Lawyers Association" . www.newmexicoblacklawyersassociation.org .
^ lasvegasnba.org
^
"Metropolitan Black Bar Association | "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr" . Mbbanyc.org. 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2018-08-01 .
^ rbbalaw.org
^
"Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association" . www.amistadblackbar.org .
^
"BLAC – Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati" . www.cincyblac.org .
^
"Norman S. Minor Bar Association – Home Page" . www.nsmba.org .
^
"JMLBA" . www.jmlba.co .
^ phillybarristers.com
^
"Napier Looby Bar Association" . www.napierlooby.com .
^
"J.L. Turner Legal Association – Dallas, Texas" . J.L. Turner .
^
"African American Lawyers Section" . African American Lawyers Section .
^
"Houston Bar Association" . Houston Bar Association .
^
"Home" . www.olddominionbarassociation.com .
^ lmba.net
External links