The Navajo Nation Bar Association (NNBA) was incorporated as a Navajo Nation non-profit corporation in 2003. The current corporation is the successor to the Navajo Nation Bar Association formed as an unincorporated association by the Judges of the Navajo Nation courts in 1978. The Judges recognized the need for a properly organized bar association to regulate the practice of law on the Navajo Nation. For over 25 years the NNBA has functioned as the professional association of attorneys and tribal court advocates practicing law on the Navajo Nation.
The NNBA, Inc. is the largest bar association that directly serves an Indian Nation. Currently the NNBA, Inc. has membership totals of more than 400 members, including regular, inactive, and judicial status members. The NNBA’s members consist of attorneys licensed and in good standing in the surrounding states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado, and tribal court advocates, non-law school but otherwise legally trained individuals, as authorized by the Navajo Nation Supreme Court. The Navajo Nation Bar Association, Inc. is always looking for hard working, innovative legal professionals who enjoy working with the Navajo people and making positive contributions to the Navajo Nation.