The Arizona Asian American Bar Association (AAABA) is a voluntary affiliate bar association focused on increasing access to justice throughout the Arizona community and on promoting equity and inclusion for Asian-American legal professionals. For more information on the history of the AAABA, click here.

The Arizona Black Bar (ABB) was founded as the Arizona Black Lawyers Association (ABLA) in 1971 by three energetic and recently graduated law students: Joshua Bursh, Charles Murray, and Cecil Patterson. In the mid-1970s, there were approximately eight African American lawyers in the Phoenix community. In the early years, ABLA members gathered for “happy hour” every Friday to discuss experiences from the past week. An early goal of the organization was to increase visibility of Black attorneys in the Arizona legal community, and to support and encourage prospective Black law students and attorneys to join the legal profession in Arizona.  

The ABB was previously named the Hayzel B. Daniels Bar Association in honor of Hayzel B. Daniels, who was the first African American lawyer in Arizona and became the first African American appointed judge in Arizona in 1965.  

The Arizona Black Bar continues to create a community of strong legal representatives with a dual mission: to support its members and enhance their professional lives, and to further justice in Arizona through public and community service. Some current areas of focus include supporting attorney well-being, fundraising for law student scholarships, informal mentoring of black law students, and providing pro bono legal services.

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The Arizona Jewish Lawyers Association (AJLA) was formed in 2010 to bring together Jewish attorneys, judges, and law students to build and develop community through educational, social, philanthropic and networking activities; while also serving as a resource for the Arizona Jewish community at large. To learn more about AJLA and future events click here.

The Arizona Minority Bar Association ("AMBA") was developed to further the interests, education, and advancement of racial and ethnic minorities in law-related areas, and to advance the awareness and availability of legal services that impact such communities. To learn more about AMBA click here.

The Arizona Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) is an organization of lawyers of any gender or background who work to promote and encourage the success of women lawyers throughout Arizona. AWLA provides information, support, and community to advance and celebrate the successes and achievements of women lawyers. AWLA has statewide programs administered by a Board of Directors and local programming administered by regional Steering Committees. For more information, click here.

The Iranian American Bar Association (IABA) is a national association of Iranian-American judges, attorneys, legal scholars, and law students. The IABA’s mission is threefold: to educate the Iranian-American community about salient legal issues, to protect and advance the legal rights of Iranian-Americans and other minority communities, and to foster achievement of Iranian-American legal professionals. To learn more about the history of the Phoenix Chapter of the Iranian American Bar Association, click here.

The  LGBTQ+ Bar Association of Arizona was founded to provide a strong leadership presence of and for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in the Arizona legal profession and in the community at large. It is committed to community visibility and equality through education, legal advocacy, and participation in political, civic, and social activities. To learn more about the LGBTQ+ Bar Association click here.

Los Abogados was originally founded in 1976, by a group of individuals who intended to develop an informal professional support system where Hispanic attorneys could network and socialize. Los Abogados was later formally incorporated in 1988. “The mission of Los Abogados is to develop, empower, and support the Latino community through the advancement of the legal profession” by promoting diversity, education, and advocacy within the state’s Hispanic legal community. For more information, click here.

Founded in 2007, the Native American Bar Association of Arizona (NABA-AZ) is a nonprofit organization created to advance and improve the practice of Indian law and promote the professional development of its members. NABA-AZ members include Native American and non-Native American attorneys, law students, advocates and other legal professionals. For more information, click here.

SABA-AZ is a voice and community for South Asian legal professionals in Arizona. SABA-AZ is an affiliate of the South Asian Bar Association of North America. Click SABA-AZ  to learn more. 

The St. Thomas More Society in Phoenix is an association of legal professionals whose mission is to preserve and promulgate the highest standards of professional knowledge, skills, integrity, ethics, civility, dignity, and justice in accordance with the best traditions of the legal profession and the Catholic faith. It also furthers the intellectual and spiritual growth, as well as the welfare of its members through cultivation and promotion of Catholic principles and traditions and their application to modern problems, including pro bono efforts to make the legal system more accessible, responsive, and effective. To learn more about the St. Thomas More Society of Phoenix click here.

The Navajo Nation Bar Association (NNBA) serves the Navajo Nation, a federally-recognized Indian tribe. The Navajo Nation sits in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, and it has the largest Indian reservation in the United States by area. The  purpose of the NNBA is to promote and encourage the highest quality and professionalism in the practice of law in their jurisdiction and in the judicial system. To learn more about the NBBA click here.