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Regular membership in the Pennsylvania Bar Association is open to all lawyers who are in good standing and licensed by the bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Attorneys in private practice who have their primary business address in a unit county must join the PBA through the unit county. Please contact your county bar association regarding a membership application. Click here for a list of unit county bar associations. Click here for the 2019 dues schedule.
Associate membership is open to attorneys in good standing licensed in other states but not licensed in Pennsylvania.
Attorneys who passed the July 2019 bar exam will be receiving a special 2020 free membership application directly from the Pennsylvania Bar Association and should not complete the following application. New admittees will also receive free section membership in one section of their choice.
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* A government attorney is an attorney who is employed full-time by a federal, state or local government agency or a non-profit legal services office, as opposed to an independent contractor.
Your dues will not be deductible as a charitible contribution but will, in general, be deductible for most members as a business expense, except to the extent provided in the next sentence. Pursuant to the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993, PBA estimates that 4% of your dues payment will not be deductible as an ordinary business expense because of PBA's lobbying actvities on behalf of its members.
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