The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida (APABA) is a non-profit, voluntary bar organization of attorneys in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties who support APABA’s objectives and are dedicated to ensuring that minority communities are effectively represented in South Florida.
APABA of South Florida is an affiliate of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (“NAPABA”). All members of APABA are also members of NAPABA. APABA’s goals and objectives coincide with those of NAPABA, including working towards civil rights reform, combating anti-immigrant agendas and hate crimes, increasing diversity in federal, state, and local government, and promoting professional development. The overriding mission of APABA is to combat discrimination against all minorities and to promote diversity in the legal profession.
We Repealed the Alien Land Law!
We celebrate the passage of Amendment 11 on November 6, 2018! This Amendment removes the “Alien Land Law” from the Florida Constitution, which was a vestige of a racist and ignorant past as a result of Asian fervor in the western United States in the 1920’s. Prior to the passing of Amendment 11, Florida remained the only state with a facially discriminatory “Alien Land Law” in its Constitution. Thank you, Florida voters!
Click Here to read the News Release issued by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
APABA of South Florida Membership Benefits
- Opportunities and contacts for professional and personal networking with lawyers, in-house attorneys, judges, and non-lawyers.
- Opportunity to obtain referrals from other members.
- Build lifelong friendships and relationships with other lawyers.
- Monthly announcements of upcoming events.
- Subscription to the APABA newsletter.
- Access to new job postings.
- Discounts to APABA events including the NAPABA convention.
- Participation in APABA committee activities.
- Opportunities to serve the Asian Pacific American community.
- Automatic membership in NAPABA, a value of between $50 and $500 based on NAPABA’s tiered membership structure.
- NAPABA membership benefits including discounts to NAPABA events, membership to NAPABA professional development forums and participation in NAPABA committee activities.
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Upcoming Events
- Bullying and Sexual Harassment in the Legal ProfessionThu Jul 25 2019, 11:30am EDT - 1:00pm EDT
- Save the Date: APABA 15th Anniversary Dinner and Board InstallationFri Sep 13 2019, 06:00pm EDT