Alexandria BAR Association

To maintain and advance the honor and dignity of the legal profession and to increase its effectiveness in promoting and facilitating the proper administration of justice; to improve the professional competence of its members and of other lawyers in the area through educational means; to cultivate and advance the science of jurisprudence; to uphold and elevate the standards of integrity, dignity, honor and courtesy among members of the legal profession; to establish and maintain liaison and cooperative effort with the Virginia state bar, the Virginia bar association, the American bar association, and other voluntary associations comprised of members of the legal professions. To operate a legal referral service for the benefit of the general public. To cultivate the spirit of congeniality among the members. To review and endorse candidates who seek the association's endoresement for judicial appointments in Alexandria.