MISSION STATEMENT
This organization shall be known as the Young Lawyers Section of the Bar Association of the
District of Columbia, and shall be a section of that Association.
The purpose of the Young Lawyers Section ("the Section") is to promote wider acquaintance
among the young lawyers of the District of Columbia and to bring them together in professional
and social activity; to foster discussion and interchange of ideas relative to the duties,
responsibilities and problems of young lawyers; to aid and promote the advancement of young
lawyers; to encourage the interest and participation of young lawyers in activities of
the Bar Association of the District of Columbia ("the Association"), and to provide a means for
young lawyers to collectively improve the administration of justice, serve their community in
areas related to the law, and advance the community knowledge of the law.