{"id":5888,"date":"2020-10-12T12:01:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/?page_id=129352"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:32:39","slug":"list-of-affinity-bar-associations-and-practice-area-sections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/your-life-career\/career-exploration-professional-development\/for-ll-m-students\/password-protected-career-resources\/recommended-online-directories-resources-and-databases\/list-of-affinity-bar-associations-and-practice-area-sections\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Affinity Bar Associations and Practice Area Sections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"nba\" align=\"\u00eccenter\u00ee\"><strong>National<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deafbar.org\/\">Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hnba.com\/\">Hispanic National Bar Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latinojustice.org\/en\">Latino Justice PRLDEF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lgbtqbar.org\/\">LGBT Bar Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mcca.com\/\">Minority Corporate Counsel Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.napaba.org\/\">National Asian Pacific American Bar Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackprosecutors.org\/\">National Association of Black Prosecutors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalbar.org\/\">National Bar Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nwlc.org\/\">National Women&#8217;s Law Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericanbar.org\/\">Native American Bar Association<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Washington D.C<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apaba-dc.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Asian Pacific Bar Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbadc.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dclgbtbar.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LGBT Bar Association of the District of Columbia<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nabadc.com\/\">Native American Bar Association of Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabadc.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Asian Bar Association of Washington, DC<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonbar.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington Bar Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wbadc.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Women\u2019s Bar Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wclawyers.org\/\">Washington Council of Lawyers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Maryland<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abwamaryland.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alliance of Black Women Attorneys of Maryland<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apaba-md.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Maryland<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bournebar.org\/about\">J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, Inc.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msba.org\/for-members\/resources\/local-specialty-bars\/lgbtq\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LGBT Bar Association of Maryland<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marylandhispanicbar.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Hispanic Bar Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monumentalcitybar.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monumental City Bar Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wba-md.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Women&#8217;s Bar Association of Maryland<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Virginia<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apabava.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barassociationdirectory.com\/va\/hispanic-bar-association-virginia.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hispanic Bar Association of Virginia<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novabaa.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Northern Virginia Black Attorney Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/olddominionbarassociation.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Old Dominion Bar Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaequalitybar.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Virginia Equality Bar Association<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vwaa.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Virginia Women Attorneys Association<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>American Bar Association Practice Area Sections*<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a 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practitioners.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/law_students\/about\/membership\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Join the ABA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association Hispanic National Bar Association Latino Justice PRLDEF LGBT Bar Association Minority Corporate Counsel Association National Asian Pacific American Bar Association National Association of Black Prosecutors National Bar Association National Women&#8217;s Law Center Native American Bar Association Washington D.C Asian Pacific Bar Association Hispanic Bar Association of the 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