As the second largest unified bar in the US, the D.C. Bar aims to enhance access to justice, improve the legal system, and empower lawyers to achieve excellence.
As the 2nd largest unified bar in the US, the DC Bar aims to enhance access to justice, improve the legal system and empower lawyers to achieve excellence.
Our Mission:
~ Aid the courts in carrying on and improving the administration of justice.
~ Promote access to justice and enhance the delivery of legal services to those in need.
~ Foster and maintain high ideals of integrity, learning, competence in public service, and high standards of conduct.
~ Safeguard the professional interests of the members of the Bar.
~ Encourage and support the activities of voluntary bar associations.
~ Provide a forum for and publish information about the practice of law, the science of jurisprudence and law reform, and the relationship of the Bar to the public.
~ Carry on a continuing program of legal research and education.
D.C. Practice Manual