Mission Statement The National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (NLGLA) is a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists, and affiliates lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender legal organizations. NLGLA promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBT community in all its diversity. The National Lesbian and Gay Law Foundation (NLGLF) is a nonprofit organization that supports NLGLA, encouraging its charitable, scientific, and legal educational purposes. NLGLA aspires to improve the quality of life for LGBT legal practitioners until the time that LGBT legal professionals are recognized without discrimination, stigma or negative bias. NLGLA and its sister organization, NLGLF, values bar associations and the extensive and unique programs they present. Bar associations become professional homes for our communities. These home communities are most successful when they are built by those who are the best and the brightest in our legal community. The builders must have skills to execute administrative tasks efficiently, they must have good moral character to provide leadership, and they must exhibit the self-confidence to work as a small part of a much larger team. As a matter of principle and ethics, NLGLA and NLGLF, operates within the code of professional ethics for legal practitioners. In addition, both organization board of directors and staff comports themselves within the standards of good nonprofit governance as expressed by leaders in the nonprofit association field. Does NLGLA provide an annual report to members? |
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