Mission and Goals
Mission Statement
The State Bar of Arizona serves the public and enhances the
legal profession by promoting the competency, ethics and
professionalism of its members and enhancing the administration of
and access to justice.
Long-Term Vision
The State Bar of Arizona (SBA) has a vision of the future that
guides our work as an organization. We are committed to
create a future Arizona where:
- All Arizona lawyers are part of a supportive and collegial
community of professionals exhibiting the highest standards of
ethical conduct and technical skill, and sharing a passion for
excellence in the practice of law.
- Arizona courts are honored as forums for the fair and prompt
handling of legal proceedings by judicial officers of the highest
caliber.
- All Arizona residents have equal access to legal services of
the highest quality and to a system of justice that affords them
prompt resolution of their legal issues.
- The judiciary and the members of the SBA stand ready at all
times to anticipate the emerging legal needs of Arizona citizens
and to continuously improve the system of justice to meet those
needs.
Core Values
There are key values that guide our work. These values are
important to everything we do. We use these values to shape
our work and ensure that our approaches are consistent with our
results. We list them without reference to priority, because
they are of equal value to how we live our professional and
personal lives.
Integrity: This value represents our commitment
to truth in all of its forms and in all of our actions. It is
adherence to the spirit as well as to the letter of the law.
It is consistency, transparency, and accountability for what we say
and what we do, as individuals, as professionals, and as an
organization.
Service to Clients and the Public: This value
represents our commitment to advocate the causes of others with all
of our strength, as we would advocate for ourselves in the most
important of personal concerns. It is embracing the
responsibility to give back to society the knowledge and skills
that we acquired with the help of others.
Diversity: This value represents our commitment
to ensuring that the legal profession and the justice system
reflect the community it serves in all of its social, economic, and
geographical diversity. It is seeking out members of
underrepresented groups to add their strength to the legal
profession and to the advancement of justice in all areas of
society.
Professionalism: This value represents our
commitment to each other and to all whom we encounter to act with
highest level of sensitivity to the feelings of others. It
transcends common courtesy and requires treating all persons within
the sphere of our influence with dignity, respect, and unqualified
civility.
Promoting Justice: This value represents our
commitment to ensuring at every risk to ourselves that others have
access to the system of justice in which we serve as officers of
the court. It is living in our daily lives the oath of
allegiance to the Constitutions of the United States and of the
State of Arizona by which we are privileged to practice our
profession.
Leadership: This value represents our
commitment to use whatever influence we are privileged to acquire
to advance the just causes of those whose influence is less.
It is understanding at all times that our actions are observed and
may be emulated, and that we are responsible for social behaviors
modeled upon our own.