To promote professional improvement of its members
To become and remain actively involved in and cooperate with creative forces in the community
To advocate needed legal and judicial reform to make justice available to all people
To assist the Black community in eliminating root causes of poverty and powerlessness
To defend against the denial of basic human and legal rights
To use legal tools and discipline for the advancement of education, housing, business and economic development, health delivery systems, and social institutions for Black people
WAAL welcomes partnerships with other community, state, and national programs designed to eliminate racism, ignorance, poverty, and powerlessness — including the organized and non-organized Bar, the Bench, scholars and researchers, the private sector, and governmental agencies.
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