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The Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) is a voluntary
bar association A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing to separ ...
for the state of
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
. The association pursues the following mission: "to effectively represent Maryland’s lawyers, to provide member services, and to promote professionalism, diversity in the legal profession, access to justice, service to the public and respect for the rule of law." The MSBA does not handle matters such as law licensing or complaints against lawyers; those powers rest with the Maryland Judiciary. The MSBA publishes the quarterly ''Maryland Bar Journal'', the monthly ''Maryland Bar Bulletin'', the weekly ''Maryland Law Digest'' court opinions and ''MSBA Weekly'' news, frequent ''MSBA News'' blog posts, the ''Maryland Lawyer's Manual'' legal directory, and an annual report. The organization was established on August 8, 1896, and is directed by a 43-member Board of elected Governors, including 32 elected by geographical districts, four "Young Lawyer" governors, and the organization's officers. It was the last state bar association in the United States to restrict membership to men, which led to the formation of the Women's Bar Association of Maryland in 1929.
Rose Zetzer Rose S. Zetzer (January 13, 1904April 5, 1998) was an American lawyer. She was the first woman to gain admission to the Maryland State Bar Association, Maryland bar and the founder of Maryland's first all-female law firm. Early life and educat ...
became the first female MSBA member in 1946. In 1985, the Poe School, located at the northeast corner of Baltimore's West Fayette and North Greene Streets, became the permanent home of the Maryland State Bar Association.


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