The External Community | Antonin Scalia Law School

District of Columbia Bar Association
www.dcbar.org
Law students cannot belong to the D.C. Bar per se, but can join any D.C. Bar Communities as “subscribers”; Students: $0-$79 (look for a free membership promotion); Job bank: yes

D.C. Voluntary Bar Organizations
https://www.dcbar.org/for-lawyers/external-resources/voluntary-bars

Maryland
Anne Arundel Bar Association
www.aabar.org

Baltimore County Bar Association
www.bcba.org; Students: Free

Bar Association of Baltimore City
www.baltimorebar.org/; Students: Free

Bar Association of Montgomery County
www.montbar.org; Job bank: yes (only for attorney members)

Howard County Bar Association
www.howardcountybar.org

Maryland State Bar Association
www.msba.org; Students: Free; Job bank: yes

Maryland State Bar Links
Local/Specialty Bar Associations in MD

Prince George’s County Bar Association
www.pgcba.com

Regional Subject Matter/ Diversity Bar & Legal Associations

Alliance of Black Women Attorneys of Maryland
abwamaryland.org

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater DC Area, Inc.
www.apaba-dc.org; Students: $20

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Maryland
http://www.apaba-md.com; Students: $10

Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia
https://www.apabava.org; Students: free-$10

Association for Corporate Counsel, National Capital Region
www.acc.com/chapters-networks/chapters/national-capital-region

Greater Washington Area Chapter Women Lawyers Division National Bar Association (network of African American Women)
www.gwacbar.org; Students: $15; Job bank: yes (for members)

Hispanic Bar Association of Washington DC
www.hbadc.org; Students: Free; Job bank: yes (for members)

Hispanic Bar Association of Virginia
www.hbava.org; Students: $10; Job bank: yes

Local Government Attorneys of Virginia
lgav.memberclicks.net

LGBT Bar Association of MD
https://lgbtq-bar-association-of-md.square.site/

LGBTQ+ Bar Association of DC
dclgbtbar.com

Maryland Hispanic Bar Association
http://marylandhispanicbar.com; Students: Free

Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association
www.mwela.org; Students: $25

Mid-Atlantic Black Law Students Association
https://www.mablsa.org; Students: $20 to join NBLSA

Monumental City Bar Association (Baltimore, MD)
monumentalcitybar.com; Students: Free

Northern Virginia Black Attorneys Association
https://novabaa.org; Students: Free

Old Dominion Bar Association
https://olddominionbarassociation.com; Students: Free

South Asian Bar Association of DC
http://www.sabadc.org; Students: $20

Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington
www.tla-dc.org; Students: $35

Vietnamese American Bar Association of the Greater Washington DC Area
www.vabadc.com; Students: Free

Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
www.vada.org

Virginia Equality Bar Association
http://www.vaequalitybar.org; Students: Free

Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
www.vtla.com; Job Bank: yes (for members)

Virginia Women Attorneys Association
www.vwaa.org

Contacts for Northern Virginia, Loudoun, Richmond, and Charlottesville chapters are here.
Students: Free

Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
waladc.org; Students: $20

Washington Bar Association (African-American bar)
https://washingtonbar.org; Students: $5

Washington Council of Lawyers (pro bono and public interest lawyers)
wclawyers.org; Students: $25; Job bank: yes

Washington Foreign Law Society
www.wfls.org; Students: $25

Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia
www.wbadc.org; Students: $30; Job bank: yes (for members)

Women’s Bar Association of Maryland
http://www.wba-md.org; Students: $15

Select National Bar & Legal Associations

Academy of Professional Family Mediators
apfmnet.org

American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys
www.aaepa.com

American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
www.aaml.org

American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
www.justice.org; Students: $15

American College of Employee Benefits Counsel

www.acebc.com; Job bank: yes

American Health Lawyers Association
www.healthlawyers.org; Students: $25; Job bank: yes

American Immigration Lawyers Association
www.aila.org; Students: $40 (prorated depending on when you join); Job bank: yes

American Intellectual Property Law Association
www.aipla.org; Students: $25; Job bank: yes

American Society of International Law
www.asil.org; Students: $55

Association of Attorney-Mediators
www.attorney-mediators.org

Association of Black Women Attorneys
www.abwanewyork.org; Students: $25

Association of Federal Defense Attorneys
www.afda.org (The website has migrated to an app called the AFDAApp, which is free for download; pay to access online seminars)

Association of Governance Risk & Compliance
agrc.org

Black Entertainment & Sports Lawyers Association
www.besla.org; Students: $40

Defense Research Institute (defense attorneys and in-house counsel)
www.dri.org; Students: $20

Energy Bar Association

www.eba-net.org;
Students: $25; Job bank: yes

Federal Bar Association
www.fedbar.org; Students: $30

Federal Communications Bar Association
www.fcba.org; Students: $35

Health Care Compliance Association
https://www.hcca-info.org/

Hispanic National Bar Association
www.hnba.com; Students: Free; Job bank: yes

International Association of Privacy Professionals
https://iapp.org/

International Bar Association
www.ibanet.org

International Trademark Association
www.inta.org; Students: $25

Latino Justice PRLDEF
https://www.latinojustice.org/en

Minority Corporate Counsel
https://www.mcca.com

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
www.napaba.org; Students: $25

National Association of Black Prosecutors
https://www.blackprosecutors.org; Students: $25

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
www.nacdl.org; Students: $55

National Association of Women Lawyers
www.NAWL.org; Students: Free; Job bank: Yes

National Bar Association
www.nationalbar.net; Students: Free; Job bank: yes

National Black Law Students Association
https://www.nblsa.org; Students: $35; this group also uses its Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/nblsa/

National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations
https://ncwba.org; Students: Free for Women’s Law Student Organizations

National District Attorneys Association
www.ndaa.org; Students: $25

National Legal Aid and Defender Association
www.nlada.org; Students: $35; Job bank: yes

National LGBTQ+ Bar Association
www.lgbtbar.org; Students: $40; Job bank: yes

National Muslim Law Students Association
www.nmlsa.org

National Native American Bar Association
www.nativeamericanbar.org; Students: $20

National Society of Compliance Professionals
https://nscp.org/

National Women’s Law Center
http://www.nwlc.org

North American South Asian Law Student Association
https://www.nasalsa.org; Students: Free

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics
https://www.corporatecompliance.org/