# Delaware State Bar Association

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{{Infobox organization
|name          = Delaware State Bar Association
|image         = MaroonDSBALogo.jpg
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|formation     = 1923
|type          = Legal Society
|headquarters  = [Wilmington, Delaware](/source/Wilmington%2C_Delaware)
|location      = United States
|membership    = Delaware-licensed lawyers
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|leader_title  = President
|leader_name   = Kate Harmon, Esq.
|leader_title2 = President-elect
|leader_name2  = Mary F. Dugan, Esq.
|leader_title3 = Vice President at Large
|leader_name3  = David A. White, Esq.
|leader_title4 = Executive Director
|leader_name4  = Mark S. Vavala, Esq.
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|website       = http://www.dsba.org/
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The '''Delaware State Bar Association''' ('''DSBA''') is a voluntary [bar association](/source/bar_association) for the state of [Delaware](/source/Delaware).  Around 90% of attorneys in private practice in Delaware are members.<ref name=profile>{{Citation |url=http://www.dsba.org/index.php/about-the-dsba/profile.html |title=Delaware Bar Association Profile |publisher=Delaware Bar Association |accessdate=2013-01-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303142013/http://www.dsba.org/index.php/about-the-dsba/profile.html |archivedate=2013-03-03 }}</ref> The DSBA was founded in 1923.<ref name=martindale>{{Citation|url=http://www.martindale.com/Professional_Development/Bar_Associations/US_State/Delaware.aspx |title=Delaware Bar Overview |publisher=Martindale Hubbell |accessdate=2013-01-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128101517/http://www.martindale.com/Professional_Development/Bar_Associations/US_State/delaware.aspx |archivedate=2013-01-28 }}</ref>

==Membership==
The DSBA has regular membership, new admittee membership, associate membership, and student membership.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dsba.org/pages/membershipmember-benefits/ |title=Membership/Member Benefits – Delaware State Bar Association |website=www.dsba.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724211958/https://www.dsba.org/pages/membershipmember-benefits/ |archive-date=2017-07-24}} </ref>  New admittees to the Bar are provided free membership to the DSBA from the January after Bar admittance to the end of the fiscal year.  In addition, members may elect to join any of 27 sections of the Bar, which concentrate on different areas of practice or common interests.

Members receive a discount on continuing legal education and other legal products and services. In July 2017, the DSBA began offering free legal research to all active members. The Delaware State Bar Insurance Services, Inc. (DSBIS), a subsidiary of the DSBA, is an insurance agency which provides insurance to members.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dsba.org/pages/membershipmember-benefits/ |title=Membership/Member Benefits – Delaware State Bar Association |access-date=2017-08-16 |archive-date=2017-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816234910/https://www.dsba.org/pages/membershipmember-benefits/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Publications==
The bar association publishes the semi-annual ''Delaware Law Review'', with scholarly articles on legal subjects and issues, particularly focused on Delaware law,<ref name=review>{{Citation
 |url         = http://www.dsba.org/index.php/publications/delaware-law-review.html
 |title       = Delaware Law Review
 |publisher   = Delaware State Bar Association
 |accessdate  = 2013-01-29
 |url-status  = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130303150119/http://www.dsba.org/index.php/publications/delaware-law-review.html
 |archivedate = 2013-03-03
}}</ref> and the monthly ''Journal of the Delaware State Bar Association''.<ref name=journal>{{Citation |url=http://www.dsba.org/index.php/dsba-bar-journal.html |title=Journal of the Delaware State Bar Association |publisher=Delaware State Bar Association |accessdate=2013-01-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029033300/http://www.dsba.org/index.php/dsba-bar-journal.html |archivedate=2012-10-29 }}</ref>

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