For Immediate Release

	March 9, 2005 PRESIDENT KEENAN MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF MADRID BAR ASSOCIATION NBA President Kim Keenan Washington, DC Monday, March 7, 2005, NBA President Kim Keenan along with NBA Staff Associate Maurice Foster met with the President Luis Marti Mingarro of the Madrid (Spain) Bar Association. The meeting was arranged by the NBA in anticipation of the upcoming NBA International Affiliates Meeting which will be held in Spain June 2-14, 2005. Mr. Marti Mingarro arranged to meet with Ms. Keenan in Washington, DC during a brief visit to the United States. Mr. Marti Mingarro pledged the support of the Madrid Bar Association to the NBA International Meeting. Founded in 1596, the Madrid Bar has over 40,000 members and is the largest bar association in Spain. Mr. Marti Mingarro is also president of the Latin American Union of Bar Associations. The meeting was his first introduction to the NBA. Other Bar groups include the Spanish Bar Association and Barcelona Bar Association. The National Bar Association, founded in 1925, is the nation's oldest and largest association of attorney's of color, representing a professional network of over 20,000 lawyers, judges, educators and law students.