chevron-down Created with Sketch Beta.

    Maine

    Diversity Portal

    Diversity Committee

    The Maine State Bar Association is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion among the Maine Bar, its staff, and its Board of Governors. Specifically, the Association is committed to increasing the number of lawyers from historically underrepresented populations. This includes, but is not limited to, people who are women, Black, LGBTQ+, Native American, and disabled.

    The Diversity Committee, created by the Board of Governors in 2020, seeks to identify opportunities for education, increasing the diversity of the Bar, and confronting racism. As one of its initial efforts, the Committee formed a section for members who identify as Black, indigenous, and people of color. The Committee has also worked with expert facilitators to provide training around diversity, inclusion, equity, bias, and harassment for attorneys, staff, and the Board of Governors.

    Wellness Initiative Committee

    Maine State Bar Sections

    BIPOC Lawyers Section

    The Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color (BIPOC) Lawyers Section provides support, mentoring, networking, education and fellowship for Maine’s BIPOC legal community, to address the unique issues faced by Maine attorneys of color, and to increase diversity in the Maine Bar.

    Women's Law Section

    The Women's Law Section (WLS) works to engage in activities that promote the advancement and support of women in the profession of law and in the community, to develop educational programs to, among other things, address discrimination against women lawyers and the unique problems they encounter in pursuing their professional careers, and discrimination against women generally in all areas of the law, and to advance issues of interest to women in the legal environment.