About the NBA International Affiliates Meeting

The IAM is a major part of the National Bar Association’s (NBA's) international goal to create an environment to help foster social, political and economic development around the world. The IAM segment, established in 1991 by past NBA President Algenita Scott Davis and Vice President Ernestine Sapp, seeks to establish professional relationships with lawyers and judges of color throughout the African Diaspora and the world. In so doing, we form affiliations with the local country bar associations. We are in the 20th year of the IAM, and our Meetings have taken us to numerous countries. In 1991, the NBA held its first International Affiliate Chapter Meeting in Dakar, Senegal and Abidjan, Cote D' Ivoire. Since then, Affiliate Chapter Meetings have been held in London, England (1992); South Africa (1993, 1995, 2001, 2004 (with Botswana and Zimbabwe) & 2007 (with Zambia)); Toronto, Canada (1994); Accra, Ghana (1996); Bahia & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1997); Tanzania and Kenya (1998); Israel and Jordan (1999); London, England and Paris, France (2000); Italy (2002); [IAM cancelled in 2003]; Spain and Canary Islands (2005); Ethiopia and Kenya (2006); Cuba (2008) and Egypt & Dubai (2009).