{"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":"2025-05-12T16:16:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:16:25","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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