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ASSOCIATION PROFILE
Arizona Collaborative Bar
A Shared Commitment
BY BARRY G. STRATFORD
Beginning in 2015, leaders from the Arizona Asian American Bar Association,
Arizona Black Bar, Los Aboga- dos Hispanic Bar Association, and Native American Bar As- sociation–Arizona recognized a growing need to coordinate and foster dialogue amongst Arizona’s diverse bar organizations as an ongoing bene t to each organi- zation’s individual membership. From their e orts, the Arizona Collaborative Bar was born to serve as a pipeline for communi- cation and to provide an avenue to explore creative, strategic, and innovative collaborations.
Since 2015, the Arizona Col- laborative Bar has expanded to include ten Arizona diverse bar organizations, including the fol- lowing organizations:
• Arizona Asian American Bar Association
• Arizona Black Bar
• Arizona Jewish Lawyers
Association
• Arizona LGBT Bar Association
• Arizona Women Lawyers
Association
• Hispanic National Bar
Association–Region XIV
• Iranian American Bar
Association–Phoenix Chapter
• Los Abogados Hispanic Bar
Association
• Native American Bar
Association–Arizona
• South Asian Bar Association–
Arizona
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e Arizona Collaborative Bar remains committed to foster- ing dialogue and partnerships amongst the member organiza- tions as part of our shared com- mitment to advance and promote diversity and inclusion in the Arizona legal community. For its work, the Arizona Collaborative Bar was honored to be selected as the 2017 winner of the State Bar of Arizona’s Diversity and Inclu- sion Award.
e Arizona Collaborative Bar also seeks to provide meaning- ful professional development op- portunities – including CLEs and networking events – for all diverse bar members. For example, the Arizona Collaborative Bar hosts its annual reception in early Sep- tember, which continues to be our most anticipated and best-attend- ed event each year with nearly 150 attorneys and members from the legal community in attendance.
e Arizona Collaborative Bar strongly encourages readers of Attorney at Law Magazine to be- come members of the a liated organizations and looks forward to further collaborative e orts to foster diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.
BARRY G. STRATFORD IS THE CHAIR OF ARIZONA COLLABORATIVE BAR AND THE CO-FOUNDER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF ARIZONA LGBT BAR.