Law Students and Young Lawyers:

Get the Most Out of Your PBA Membership

Membership at the PBA has its privileges. Whether you are a law student or a young lawyer member under 40 years of age or in your first five years of practice, you have a home in the PBA Young Lawyers Division (YLD). Together, the YLD and the PBA offer programs, benefits, services and educational opportunities to help you develop your practice, connect with colleagues from across the state and grow both professionally and personally. Here are some highlights to help you get the most out of your PBA membership.

Advance Your Career

• Diverse educational and networking events like the annual Young Lawyer Summer Summit
• More than 60 sections and committees available to join based on practice areas or professional interests. Law students receive free unlimited section membership!
• PBA Career Center with resumes and job postings
• Mentoring opportunities through the division’s new E-Mentorship Program that aims to foster relationships between law students/new lawyers and young lawyers electronically, as well through the PBA Bar Leadership Institute

Get Involved

• Writing opportunities abound with the YLD quarterly newsletter At Issue, The Pennsylvania Lawyer bimonthly membership magazine and numerous committee and section publications
• Public service programs and projects like Wills for Heroes and the statewide high school mock trial competition

Get Social

• Regional networking or “Caravan” events connecting young lawyers
• PBA Young Lawyers Division on Facebook, PBA Facebook, PBA LinkedIn, PBA Twitter and PBA YouTube
• PBA Member-to-Member Connection, a free online practice area search tool exclusive to PBA members

Find New Ways to Succeed

• Casemaker, the free-with-membership online tool for legal research, offers unlimited access to a full Pennsylvania library, federal-level materials and resources from all 50 states.
• Save money using PBA-preferred vendors and gain valuable practice support and more through our diverse service offerings

Not a member? Join today!

Law student signup. Young lawyer signup. Find out more about law student member benefits or PBA membership benefits generally. Reduced PBA membership rates are available for young lawyers.