Sections, Committees, and Task Forces

Sections

CBA sections help members stay ahead of the game with networking and professional development opportunities. There are more than forty substantive sections in a range of practice areas and members can join at any time during the bar year.

• Administrative Law
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Animal Law
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation
• Appellate Advocacy
• Business Law
• Child Welfare and Juvenile Law
• Commercial Finance
• Commercial Law and Bankruptcy
• Construction Law
• Consumer Law
• Criminal Justice
• Disability Law
• Education Law
• Elder Law
• Energy, Public Utility and Communications Law
• Environmental Law
• Estates & Probate
• Family Law
• Federal Practice
• Financial Institutions
• Franchise, Distribution & Dealer Law
• Health Law
• Human Rights & Responsibilities
• Indian Law
• Insurance Law
• Intellectual Property
• International Law
  
• Labor & Employment Law
• LGBT
• Litigation
• Media and The Law
• Paralegals
• Planning & Zoning
• Professional Discipline
• Real Property
• Solo and Small Firm
• Sports & Entertainment Law
• Tax
• Veterans and Military Affairs
• Women In The Law
• Workers' Compensation
• Young Lawyers

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Committees

CBA committees focus on legal, practice-related, and professional issues in various areas of the law. There are more than 20 committees, and applications for appointment are accepted each spring.

• CBA Presidential Fellows Committee
• Civics Education Committee
• Committee on Cannabis Law
• Committee on Human Trafficking
• Connecticut Bar Journal Board of Editors
• Connecticut Lawyer Advisory Committee
• Cyber Security and Technology Committee
• Diversity & Inclusion Committee
• Experienced Lawyers Committee
• Government and Public Sector Committee
• Immigration Law Committee
• Law Librarians Committee
• Lawyer Well-Being Committee
  
• Legislative Policy and Review Committee
• Long-Range Planning Committee
• Membership Committee
• Pro Bono Committee
• Professionalism Committee
• Rule of Law Committee
  
• Special Committee on Standards of Title
• Standing Committee on Professional Ethics
• Standing Committee on Workers' Compensation Certification
• Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee 
• Workers' Compensation Certification Examining Committee

Task Forces

• 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Task Force
  
• The Heroin and Prescription Opiate Addiction Task Force
• In-House Counsel Task Force
• Policing Task Force
• State of the Legal Profession Task Force