{{Short description|Voluntary bar association for Connecticut, US}} {{Infobox Organization |name = The Connecticut State Bar Association |type = Legal Society |headquarters = New Britain, CT |location = United States |membership = 6,500+ in 2012<ref name=martindale>{{Citation |url=http://www.martindale.com/Professional_Development/Bar_Associations/US_State/Connecticut.aspx|title=Connecticut Bar Overview |publisher=Martindale Hubbell |accessdate=2013-01-29}}</ref> |website = http://www.ctbar.org }} The '''Connecticut Bar Association''' ('''CBA'''; formerly the '''Connecticut State Bar Association''') is a voluntary bar association for the state of Connecticut.
==History== The CBA was founded on June 2, 1875.<ref name=history>{{Citation |url=https://www.ctbar.org/About%20the%20CBA/History.aspx|title=CBA History |publisher=Connecticut Bar Association |accessdate=2013-01-28}}</ref>
In 1878, members of CBA met in Saratoga Springs, New York, to lead in founding the national bar association; out of this grew the American Bar Association.
The Connecticut Bar Association is governed by a Board of Governors, an administrative board with responsibility for budgetary and financial matters other than setting annual dues, and a House of Delegates, its primary decision-making and policy-making body.<ref name=governance>{{Citation |url=https://www.ctbar.org/About%20the%20CBA/CBAGovernance.aspx|title=CBA Governance |publisher=Connecticut Bar Association |accessdate=2013-01-28}}</ref> Seven offices, held by members of the Association for one-year terms, include president, immediate past president, president-elect, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and assistant secretary-treasurer.
CBA does not regulate admission to the practice of law in Connecticut; that is the function of the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee of the Connecticut Judicial Branch.<ref name=CBEC>{{Citation |url=https://www.jud.ct.gov/CBEC/|title=Connecticut Bar Examining Committee |publisher=Connecticut Bar Association |access-date=2013-01-28}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{State bar associations navbox}}{{Authority control}} Category:American state bar associations Category:Organizations established in 1875 Category:1875 establishments in Connecticut