The Pima County Bar Association was established.

(January 1)  The PCBA Lawyer Referral Service (LRS) program began its

operations.

(October) PCBA became incorporated as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization when

its Articles of Incorporation were filed at the Arizona Corporation Commission.

(June) Doris Mindell became the first woman president of PCBA.

PCBA and Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc., began a joint project known as the

Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP).

(April) The first issue of PCBA's monthly newspaper, The Writ (see article)

(March) The first YLD Judicial Reception sponsored solely by the PCBA Young

Lawyers Division in Tucson was held.  (Previous receptions were held in Phoenix

and co-sponsored with the Maricopa Bar Association.)

(November)  The Legal Community Against Hunger (LCAH), a program

sponsored by several local legal organizations, including PCBA, began its yearly

drive to raise donations for the local Community Food Bank.

PCBA's Modest Means, Reduced-Fee Panel program (currently known as the

QUILT program) began.

(October) PCBA members built their First Habitat for Humanity home 

(see article).

(May) PCBA's website at www.pimacountybar.org was first posted online.