Founded in 1934, the Palo Alto Area Bar Association offers membership to attorneys and associated professionals who live, work, or are otherwise interested in the practice of law in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. PAABA is unique in that it straddles two counties and two bar associations. PAABA was formed to provide a more personal and more responsive professional association for attorneys in the mid-Peninsula.
In addition, PAABA attorneys hold Community Law Night, a free drop in legal clinic open to anyone from Palo Alto and the surrounding communities. Palo Alto attorneys also participate in the award-winning Lawyers in the Classroom and Lawyers in the Library programs.
PAABA is unique and distinguished from other county bar associations in its twin aims of local service and attorney camaraderie.