J.L. Turner Legal Association ("JLTLA") Membership is open to attorneys, law students and legal assistants.

What Does JLTLA Do?

1. Gives over $12,000.00 in scholarships to law students annually;
2. Provides mentors to African-American law students;
3. Provides opportunities for its members to participate in pro bono legal clinics and other volunteer community outreach efforts throughout the Dallas community;
4. Helps to keep African-American attorneys in Dallas informed of local, state and national legal issues;
5. Helps to keep African-American attorneys informed on what is going on in the African-American community in Dallas;
6. Helps to promote and market African-American attorneys to the greater community;
7. JLTLA Website provides an online search engine of African-American attorneys in Dallas by name and legal practice area that is accessible worldwide;
8. Serves as a point of contact for legal organizations needing to contact African-American attorneys in the Dallas area;
9. Provides a network allowing African-American attorneys in Dallas to get to know each other.