Who Are We?

The Young Lawyers Division's mission is to further the Association's goals and purposes, and thereby to serve the community and the legal profession; to represent young lawyers in the Association, and to represent the Association to young lawyers; to help shape the policies and priorities that affect young lawyers and the legal culture in which they practice; and to create a deliberative forum for the exchange and expression of young lawyers' views, and a voice to advocate those views.

We accomplish our mission through the combined efforts of the Assembly, Council, Executive Board, committees, special projects, liaisons to other Association entities, and the Division's affiliated state and local bar young lawyer groups.

The Division's meetings and conferences include several different kinds of programming - public service, affiliate outreach, bar leadership, member service, professional development, and continuing legal education - that benefit both affiliate organizations, and individual young lawyers.

Our committee structure is extensive, with over 30 substantive and standing committees that generate programs on topics as diverse as health care law, family law, dispute resolution, and programs that promote child advocacy and protection, minorities in the profession, ethics, law practice management, and women in the profession.