Los Angeles (April 2006) - IALA joined the Multi Cultural Bar Alliance (MCBA) earlier this year to  expand our reaches of commonality, build support with other communities and join forces in defending common issues and promoting common goals. 

The members of the MCBA include:
Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) ; Asian Pacific American Women Lawyers Alliance (APAWLA); Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (BWL); Italian American Lawyers Association (IALA); Iranian American Lawyers Association (IALA) ; Japanese American Bar Association of Greater Los Angeles (JABA); John M. Langston Bar Association; Korean American Bar Association (KABA); Latina Lawyers Bar Association (LLBA); The Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association (LGLA); Philippine American Bar Association (PABA); South Asian Bar Association (SABA), Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA); Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles (WLALA); Arab American Lawyers’ Association; San Fernando Valley Bar Association (SFVBA); Ventura County Asian American Bar Association (VCAABA)