NATIONWIDE BAR ASSOCIATIONS & OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NATIONWIDE STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATIONS
INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS
STATE BAR ASSOCIATIONS
DIVERSITY GROUPS AT THE ABA
- Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity.html
“The Diversity Center serves as thelegal advocate for racial and ethnic diversity within the ABA. The Centerprovides the framework for effective utilization of ABA resources committed todiversity, and helps to maintain racial and ethnic diversity as a priorityissue for the ABA.”
- Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/racial_ethnic_diversity.html
“The ABA Commission on Racial andEthnic Diversity in the Profession is a diverse group of committed lawyersserving as the catalyst for creating leadership and economic opportunities forracially and ethnically diverse lawyers within the ABA and the legalprofession.”
- Council for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Educational Pipeline
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/diversity_pipeline.html
“The ABA Council for Racial andEthnic Diversity in the Educational Pipeline acts as programmatic incubator foractivities that foster a more diverse educational pipeline into the legalprofession and provide a forum to address these issues in our educationalsystems and the legal profession.”
- Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity [SOGI]
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/sexual_orientation.html
The mission of this commission “isto promote full and equal participation in the legal profession by persons ofdiffering sexual orientations and gender identities.”
- Commission on Women in the Profession
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/women.html
“[T]he ABA Commission on Women inthe Profession forges a new and better profession that ensures that women haveequal opportunities for professional growth and advancement commensurate withtheir male counterparts.”