Bar Associations-Diversity and Inclusion
Listed below are several national, state and Chicago area bar associations with a focus on various aspects of diversity that many students and alumni may find useful as resources for networking and professional development. Many of these organizations may align with the interests of various student organizations.
National Diversity Bar Associations
National
- Black Entertainment & Sports Lawyers Association
- Dominican Bar Association
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- Iranian American Lawyers Association
- Latino Justice PRLDEF
- LGBT Bar Association
- Minority Corporate Counsel Association
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- National Association of Black Prosecutors
- National Association of Women Lawyers
- National Bar Association
- National Filipino American Lawyers Association
- National Conference of Women's Bar Associations
- National Women's Law Center
- Native American Bar Association
- Serbian Bar Association of America
- South Asian Bar Association of America
State Diversity Bar Associations (Select States)
California
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County
- Arab American Lawyers of Southern California
- Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedoms
- Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
- California Association of Black Lawyers
- La Raza Lawyers of California
- Lesbian & Gay Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
- Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County
- Thurgood Marshall Bar Association
- Vietnamese American Bar Association of Southern California
District of Columbia
Illinois
Maryland
New Jersey/New York
- Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey, Inc.
- Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey
- Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey
- LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York
- Metropolitan Black Bar Association
- New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association
- Puerto Rican Bar Association of New York
- South Asian Bar Association of New York
Texas
- Asian American Bar Association of Houston
- Dallas Asian American Bar Association
- Dallas Hispanic Bar Association
- Hispanic Bar Association of Houston
- Houston Lawyers Association
- J.L. Turner Legal Association
- Mexican American Bar Association of Houston
- Mexican American Bar Association of San Antonio
- South Asian American Bar Association of Houston
- Stonewall Law Association of Greater Houston (LGBT Bar Association)
- Texas Women Lawyers
Virginia
Chicago Area Diversity Bar Associations
Chicago Area
- Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago
- Black Women Lawyers' Association of Greater Chicago
- Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms
- Chinese American Bar Association of Greater Chicago
- Cook County Bar Association
- Filipino American Lawyers Association of Chicago
- Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago
- Muslim Bar Association of Chicago
- South Asian Bar Association of Chicago