HOME Our Mission is to Serve our Members and the Community and to Improve the System of Justice.


Your San Bernardino County Bar Association:

  • is California's oldest continuously operating bar association, now in its 137th year of serving its membership & community
  • includes over 1000 members in Southern California's Inland Empire and the High Desert;
  • provides ABA certified Lawyer Referral Services for clients needing legal representation;
  • provides volunteer attorneys to serve in Legal Aid clinics;
  • provides free legal assistance to the victims of natural disasters;
  • provides topical Bench-Bar Symposia discussing court issues in Family Law, Civil Litigation, Probate Practice, and Criminal Practice.
  • provides unparalleled collegial opportunity through Bar service, educational programs, recreation, and travel;
  • supports tomorrow's lawyers through the John Lewis King Scholarship Program
  • impacts the profession through State Bar resolutions that concern lawyers and the law;
  • Recognizes professional excellence and integrity with its Awards Programs:
  • the Kaufman/Campbell Award for judicial excellence
  • the Florentino Garza Fortitude Award for personal strength and courage
  • The George Porter Criminal Trial Attorney
  • the John B. Surr Award for professional accomplishment
  • Kearney-Nydam Award (Kearney Award until 2009)
    Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino
updated May 26, 2011
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