Bar Associations

Associations of members of the bar have been organized in most of the states. The first of them was in Mississippi in 1825, but it is not known to have had a continued existence. One was formed in Boston for the state of Massachusetts in 1849, but it does not appear to have had any real life. An association of Grafton and Coos counties in New Hampshire had an existence before 1S00. and probably a more or less continuous life since then, hav- 1875, and existed for not more than five years. All printed reports relating to these lations are In the collection of the Harvard Law School. Similar a s exist in many of the counties in vuri especially in Pennsylvania, where they are chiefly Library >us. The olde Bodation of the kind, certainly the oldest that has had a continuous life, is the Law Association of Philadelphia, organized in 1802. The American Bar Association was organized at Saratoga, in August, 1878, and lias held annual meetings ever since. The National Bar Association, based upon representation from state and local associations, was organized in May, 1888, and held its last meeting in December, 1S91.