State Bar of Arizona
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The State Bar of Arizona is a non-profit organization that operates under the supervision of the Arizona Supreme Court. The Bar regulates approximately 18,500 active attorneys and provides education and development programs for the legal profession and the public. The Bar and its members are committed to serving the public by making sure the voices of all people in Arizona are heard in our justice system. The organization was formed in 1933 and has a rich history of serving attorneys and the public. As part of our goal to protect the public, the State Bar has a lawyer regulation department, which works to resolve problems between clients and attorneys. Among those board members are four non-lawyers who are appointed to represent the public. The University of Arizona College of Law was created in 1925 to expand upon what had previously only been a department of study. Slightly more than 1,000 attorneys were licensed to practice law in Arizona at that time. Today, the State Bar of Arizona employs approximately 100 people who work to ensure that more than 24,000 member attorneys have the skill, competence and ethical standards to serve Arizona's growing population. The State Bar of Arizona exists to serve and protect the public with respect to the provision of legal services and access to justice. Consistent with these goals, the State Bar of Arizona seeks to improve the administration of justice and the competency, ethics, and professionalism of lawyers practicing in Arizona. The State Bar of Arizona (SBA) has a vision of the future that guides our work as an organization. All Arizona residents have equal access to legal services of the highest quality and to a system of justice that affords them prompt resolution of their legal issues. The judiciary and the members of the SBA stand ready at all times to anticipate the emerging legal needs of Arizona citizens and to continuously improve the system of justice to meet those needs. There are key values that guide the work of the Board of Governors. We use these values to shape our work and ensure that our approaches are consistent with our results. We list them without reference to priority, because they are of equal value to how we live our professional and personal lives. Integrity: This value represents our commitment to truth in all of its forms and in all of our actions. It is embracing the responsibility to give back to society the knowledge and skills that we acquired with the help of others. Professionalism: This value represents our commitment to each other and to all whom we encounter to act with highest level of sensitivity to the feelings of others. Promoting Justice: This value represents our commitment to ensuring at every risk to ourselves that others have access to the system of justice in which we serve as officers of the court. It is living in our daily lives the oath of allegiance to the Constitutions of the United States and of the State of Arizona by which we are privileged to practice our profession. Leadership: This value represents our commitment to use whatever influence we are privileged to acquire to advance the just causes of those whose influence is less. It is understanding at all times that our actions are observed and may be emulated, and that we are responsible for social behaviors modeled upon our own.