{{multiple issues| {{notability|Companies|date=April 2013}} {{primary sources|date=August 2025}} }} thumb|right|200px|Crest of the Chicago Bar Association The '''Chicago Bar Association''' ('''CBA''') is a voluntary bar association with over 17,000 members. The Association was founded in 1874.

The Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF), their charitable organization, offers pro bono services and other assistance to ensure people in need have access to help dealing with the justice system.

The CBA headquarters located adjacent to the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in the Chicago Loop.<ref>[http://www.chicagobar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=About&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2494 About the CBA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915022328/http://www.chicagobar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=About&Template=%2FCM%2FHTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2494 |date=September 15, 2008 }}</ref>

==Notable members== *Anita Alvarez *Joy Cunningham *Clarence Darrow *Earl B. Dickerson *Melville Fuller *Arthur Goldberg *William C. Goudy *Esther Rothstein *John Paul Stevens *David Ivar Swanson *Lyman Trumbull<ref>{{cite web |title=Fun Facts – Cba 150 |url=https://chicagobar150.org/fun-facts |website=chicagobar150.org |publisher=Chicago Bar Association |access-date=26 August 2025}}</ref>

==See also== * Robert Hervey – Scottish born Canadian lawyer, one of the founding members

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070403050956/http://www.chicagobar.org/ Chicago Bar Association Home Page] {{Authority control}} Category:American municipal bar associations Category:1874 establishments in Illinois Category:Legal organizations in Chicago Category:Organizations established in 1874

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