Bar Associations | University of Georgia School of Law

Joining Bar Associations as a student member can provide access to enhance professional pathways:

section membership allows for learning about practice specialties and indicating demonstrated practice interest;
pro bono involvement develops contacts and legal practice skills;
social activities provide opportunities to develop a community for future law practice (and current advice).

Even Bar Associations without formal student memberships often allow or welcome students at various events or activities. Contact the Bar Association for information, or check with a member to see if you can participate as their guest.

Here is an alphabetized list, by state, with city Bar organizations contained within each state category, to help you get started with your network and credential building.

NATIONAL

The American Bar Association (ABA) provides free student memberships to law students. Students are able to join a number of the ABA's practice specialty sections as a part of their complimentary members, providing an excellent information source and connection building opportunity.

ABA memberships: https://www.americanbar.org/membership/join_and_renew.html

STATE AND LOCAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS

Alabama

Alabama State Bar: https://admissions.alabar.org/registration

Local Bar Associations:

Birmingham Bar Association: http://www.birminghambar.org/
Mobile Bar Association: https://mobilebarassociation.com/general/register_member_type.asp?
Montgomery County Bar Association: http://www.mcbar.org/
Tuscaloosa County Bar Association: http://tcba.cloverpad.org/

Alaska

Alaska Bar Association: http://www.alaskabar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Anchorage Bar Association: http://www.anchoragebarassociation.org/index.php
Juneau Bar Association: http://www.juneaubarassociation.org/

Arizona

State Bar of Arizona: http://www.azbar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Phoenix: Maricopa County Bar Association: https://maricopabar.org/ (student memberships available)
Tucson: Pima County Bar Association: https://pimacountybar.org/ (student memberships available)

Arkansas

Arkansas Bar Association: https://www.arkbar.com/home; (under Membership Type, click on Student)

Local Bar Associations:

Little Rock: Pulaski County Bar Association: http://www.pulaskibar.com/

California

State Bar of California: http://www.calbar.ca.gov/

Local Bar Associations:

Los Angeles County Bar Association: https://lacba.org/?pg=main (student memberships available)
Sacramento County Bar Association: https://sacbar.org/ (student memberships available)
San Diego County Bar Association: https://www.sdcba.org/index.cfm?pg=Join-LawSchool (student memberships available)
The Bar Association of San Francisco: https://www.sfbar.org/ (student memberships available)
San Jose: Santa Clara County Bar Association: https://www.sccba.com/ (student memberships available)

Colorado

Colorado Bar Association: https://www.cobar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Denver Bar Association: http://www.denbar.org/
El Paso County Bar Association (Colorado Springs): https://www.elpasocountybar.org/ (student memberships available)

Connecticut

Connecticut State Bar Association: https://www.ctbar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

The Bridgeport Bar Association: http://www.bridgeportbar.org/
Fairfield County Bar Association (Stamford): https://fairfieldbar.org/ (student memberships available)
Hartford County Bar Association: http://www.hartfordbar.org/ (student memberships available)
New Haven County Bar Association: https://www.newhavenbar.org/ (student memberships available)

Delaware

Delaware State Bar Association: https://www.dsba.org/

Florida

Florida Bar: https://www.floridabar.org/ (student memberships available)

Local Bar Associations:

Dade County Bar Association (Miami): https://www.miamidadebar.org/
Jacksonville Bar Association: https://www.jaxbar.org/ (student membership available)
Orange County Bar Association (Orlando): https://orangecountybar.org/
Tallahassee Bar Association: http://www.tallahasseebar.org/index.php
Links to other local bar associations: https://www.floridabar.org/tfb/TFBConsum.nsf/0a92a6dc28e76ae58525700a005d0d53/2d2abb1f846d13a9852574a500635941?OpenDocument

Georgia

Georgia State Bar: https://www.gabar.org/home

Local Bar Associations:

Athens-Clarke County: Western Circuit Bar Association: http://wcbaga.org/
Atlanta Bar Association: http://www.atlantabar.org/index.cfm
Clayton County Bar Association: https://claytoncountybar.org/
Cobb County Bar Association: https://www.cobbcountybar.org/
DeKalb Bar Association: https://www.dekalbbar.org/
Forsyth County Bar Association: https://www.forsythbarassociation.org/
Gwinnett County Bar Association: https://www.gwinnettbar.com/
Henry County Bar Association: http://www.henrycountybar.com/
The Macon Bar Association: http://www.maconbar.org/
North Fulton Bar Association: https://www.northfultonbar.com/
Savannah Bar Association: http://savannahbar.org/
Links to other local bar associations: https://www.gabar.org/lawyers/vendor-directory

Statewide Bar Associations:

Georgia Alliance of African American Attorneys: https://www.gaaaa.org/
Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association: http://www.gapaba.org/
Georgia Association for Women Lawyers: http://www.gawl.org/
Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys: http://www.gabwa.org/
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: http://www.gacdl.org/
Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers: https://www.aaml.org/chapter-georgia/
Georgia Hispanic Bar Association: http://www.georgiahispanicbar.org/
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts: http://glarts.org/
Georgia Real Estate Closing Attorneys Association, Inc.: http://grecaa.com/
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association: http://www.gtla.org/GA/
South Asian Bar Association of Georgia: https://sabaga.wildapricot.org/
Stonewall Bar Association: http://www.stonewallbar.org/

Hawaii

Hawaii State Bar Association: https://hsba.org/

Idaho

Idaho State Bar: http://isb.idaho.gov/index.html

List of Idaho District Bar Associations: https://isb.idaho.gov/about-us/governance/dba/

Illinois

Illinois State Bar Association: https://www.isba.org/user/register/lawstudents

Local Bar Associations:

The Chicago Bar Association: https://www.chicagobar.org/ (student memberships available)
Peoria County Bar Association: https://peoriabar.org/
Sangamon County Bar Association (Springfield): http://scba.cc/

Indiana

Indiana State Bar Association: https://www.inbar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Indianapolis Bar Association: https://www.indybar.org/ (student memberships available)

Iowa

Iowa State Bar Association: https://www.iowabar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Polk County Bar Association (Des Moines): http://pcbaonline.org/

Kansas

Kansas Bar Association: https://ksbar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Topeka Bar Association: https://tba26.wildapricot.org/ (student memberships available)
The Wichita Bar Association: https://www.wichitabar.org/ (student memberships available)

Kentucky

Kentucky Bar Association: http://www.kybar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Lexington: Fayette County Bar Association: http://www.fcba.com/join.html (student membership available)
Louisville Bar Association: https://www.loubar.org/ (student membership available)

Louisiana

Louisiana Bar Association: https://www.lsba.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Baton Rouge Bar Association: http://www.brba.org/
New Orleans Bar Association: https://www.neworleansbar.org/ (student memberships available)
Shreveport Bar Association: https://shreveportbar.com/
Southwest Louisiana Bar Association: https://swlba.org/

Maine

Maine Bar Association: https://www.mainebar.org/

Maryland

Maryland State Bar Association: https://www.msba.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Annapolis: Anne Arundel Bar Association: https://www.aabar.org/
The Bar Association of Baltimore City: https://www.baltimorebar.org/ (student memberships available)
Bethesda: Bar Association of Montgomery County: http://www.montbar.org/

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Bar Association: http://www.massbar.org/membership/dues-structure-and-rates

Local Bar Associations:

Boston Bar Association: http://www.bostonbar.org/membership/join-or-renew (student memberships available)
Cambridge: Middlesex County Bar Association: http://www.middlesexbar.org/
Greater Lowell Bar Association: http://greaterlowellbar.org/
Worcester County Bar Association: http://www.worcestercountybar.org/index.php

Michigan
State Bar of Michigan: http://www.michbar.org/lawstudent/pdfs/LSS.pdf

Local Bar Associations:

Ann Arbor: Washtenaw County Bar Association: http://www.washbar.org/ (student memberships available)
Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association: https://www.detroitlawyer.org/ (student memberships available)
Grand Rapids Bar Association: https://www.grbar.org/ (student memberships available)

Minnesota

Minnesota State Bar: https://mnbars.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Minneapolis: Hennepin County Bar Association: https://www.hcba.org/Members/Join.aspx (student memberships available)
St. Paul: Ramsey County Bar Association: http://www.ramseybar.org/index_join.html (student memberships available)

Mississippi

Mississippi Bar: http://www.msbar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Jackson: Capital Area Bar Association: http://www.caba.ms/join.html (student membership available)

Missouri

Missouri Bar: http://www.mobar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association: https://www.kcmba.org/ (student memberships available)
Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association: http://www.smba.cc/JoiningInformation.cfm (student memberships available)
The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis: https://www.bamsl.org/ (student memberships available)

Montana

State Bar of Montana: http://www.montanabar.org/

Nebraska

Nebraska State Bar Association: http://www.nebar.com/

Local Bar Associations:

Lincoln Bar Association: https://www.lincolnbarassociation.com/
Omaha Bar Association: http://www.omahabarassociation.com/ (student memberships available)

Nevada

State Bar of Nevada: http://www.nvbar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Las Vegas: Clark County Bar Association: http://www.clarkcountybar.org/index.php?option=com_acctexp&task=NotAllowed (student memberships available)
Reno: Washoe County Bar Association: https://www.wcbar.org/

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Bar Association: http://www.nhbar.org/

New Jersey

New Jersey State Bar Association: https://njsba.com/

Local Bar Associations:

Camden County Bar Association: http://www.camdencountybar.org/
Elizabeth: Union County Bar Association: http://www.uclaw.com/
Jersey City: Hudson County Bar Association: https://hcbalaw.com/
Newark: Essex County Bar Association: https://essexbar.com/ (student memberships available)
Trenton: Mercer County Bar Association: https://mercerbar.com/ (student memberships available)

New Mexico

State Bar of New Mexico: http://www.nmbar.org/Attorneys/dues/membership.html (scroll down)

Local Bar Associations:

Albuquerque Bar Association: https://www.abqba.org/about-1 (student memberships available)

New York

New York State Bar Association: https://nysba.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Albany County Bar Association: https://albanycountybar.org/ (student memberships available)
Buffalo: Bar Association of Erie County: https://eriebar.org/ (student memberships available)
New York City Bar: https://www.nycbar.org/ (student membership available)
Rochester: Monroe County Bar Association: https://mcba.org/ (student memberships available)
Syracuse: Onondaga County Bar Association: https://www.onbar.org/ (student memberships available)

North Carolina

North Carolina Bar Association: http://www.ncbar.org/membership/membership-types

Local Bar Associations:

Charlotte: Mecklenburg County Bar Association: http://www.meckbar.org/
Durham Bar Association: http://www.durhambar.org/
Raleigh: Wake County Bar Association: http://www.wakecountybar.org/

North Dakota

State Bar Association of North Dakota: http://www.sband.org/

Ohio

Ohio State Bar Association: https://www.ohiobar.org/?nr

Local Bar Associations:

Akron Bar Association: https://www.akronbar.org/
Cincinnati Bar Association: https://www.cincybar.org/ (student memberships available)
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association: https://www.clemetrobar.org/ (student memberships available)
Columbus Bar Association: https://www.cbalaw.org/ (student memberships available)
Dayton Bar Association: https://www.daybar.org/ (student memberships available)

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Bar Association: https://www.okbar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Oklahoma City: Oklahoma County Bar Association: https://www.okcbar.org/
Tulsa County Bar Association: https://www.tulsabar.com/ (student memberships available)

Oregon

Oregon State Bar: http://www.osbar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Eugene: Lane County Bar Association: https://www.lanecountybar.org/
Portland: Multnomah Bar Association: https://mbabar.org/ (student memberships available)

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Bar Association: https://www.pabar.org/site/

Local Bar Associations:

Harrisburg: Dauphin County Bar Association: http://www.dcba-pa.org/
Philadelphia Bar Association: https://philadelphiabar.org/ (student memberships available)
Pittsburgh: Allegheny County Bar Association: https://www.acba.org/ (student memberships available)
Scranton: Lackawanna Bar Association: http://www.lackawannabar.org/

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Bar Association: https://ribar.com/

South Carolina

South Carolina Bar: http://www.scbar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Charleston County Bar Association: http://www.charlestonbar.org/
Columbia: Richland County Bar Association: https://richbar.org/
Greenville County Bar Association: https://gbarsc.org/
Spartanburg County Bar Association: http://spartanburgcountybar.org/

South Dakota

State Bar of South Dakota: http://www.sdbar.org/

Tennessee

Tennessee Bar Association: https://www.tba.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Chattanooga Bar Association: https://www.chattanoogabar.org/
Knoxville Bar Association: www.knoxbar.org/
Memphis Bar Association: https://www.memphisbar.org/ (student membership available)
Nashville Bar Association: http://www.nashvillebar.org/

Texas

State Bar of Texas: https://www.texasbar.com/

Local Bar Associations:

Amarillo Area Bar Association: http://www.amarillobar.org/
Austin Bar Association: https://www.austinbar.org/ (student memberships available)
Corpus Christi Bar Association: https://corpusbar.com/
Dallas Bar Association: https://www.dallasbar.org/ (student memberships available)
El Paso Bar Association: https://elpasobar.com/Home# (student memberships available)
Fort Worth: Tarrant County Bar Association: https://www.tarrantbar.org/ (student memberships available)
Houston Bar Association: http://www.hba.org/ (student memberships available)
Lubbock Area Bar Association: http://lubbockareabar.org/ (student memberships available)
San Antonio Bar Association: http://www.sabar.org/index.cfm

Utah

Utah State Bar: http://www.utahbar.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Salt Lake County Bar Association: https://www.slcba.net/

Vermont

Vermont Bar Association: https://www.vtbar.org/

Virginia

Virginia Bar Association: https://www.vba.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Alexandria Bar Association: https://www.alexandriabarva.org/ (student membership available)
Arlington County Bar Association: https://arlingtoncountybar.org/ (student membership available)
Charlottesville Albemarle Bar Association: https://www.cabaonline.org/
Fredericksburg Area Bar Association: http://www.fredericksburgareabar.org/
Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association: https://www.norfolkandportsmouthbar.org/ (student membership available)
The Bar Association of the City of Richmond: https://www.richmondbar.org/ (student membership available)

Washington

Washington State Bar Association: https://www.wsba.org/

Local Bar Associations:

Olympia: Thurston County Bar Association: http://thurstoncountybar.com/home/membership/
Seattle: King County Bar Association: https://www.kcba.org/ (student memberships available)

West Virginia

West Virginia Bar Association: https://www.wvbarassociation.org/

Wisconsin

State Bar of Wisconsin: https://www.wisbar.org/Pages/default.aspx

Local Bar Associations:

Madison: Dane County Bar Association: https://www.dcba.net/index.html
Milwaukee Bar Association: https://www.mkebar.org/ (student memberships available)

Wyoming

Wyoming State Bar: http://wyomingbar.org/

Washington, D.C.

The District of Columbia Bar: http://www.dcbar.org/