For Immediate Release

	August 13, 2007 NBA NEWS BRIEF National Bar Association, 1225 11th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20001 CONTACT: Joyce Jones @ 202-842-3900 E-mail: 82nd@nationalbar.org NBA PAST-PRESIDENT, HON. ARNETTE R. HUBBARD FEATURED IN THIS WEEK'S JET MAGAZINE WASHINGTON, DC - NBA President (1981 - 1982) Arnette Hubbard is highlighted in the Black History section of this week's JET magazine for being the first female President of the National Bar Association. On July 31, 1981, Hubbard was installed as the 39th President of the NBA at that year's Annual Convention in Detroit, MI. Hubbard, a graduate of John Marshall Law School, was an official monitor of South Africa's first all-race elections in 1994, and also served as a commissioner of the Chicago Board of Elections. In addition to her dedicated service at the NBA in the role of President, Hubbard also served as President for the Cook County Bar Association, the largest county bar association in the nation. The NBA is the largest and oldest national organization of attorneys and judges of color in the world. The NBA was founded in 1925 by twelve (12) African American lawyers in Des Moines, Iowa and today represents over 44,000 lawyers, judges, educators and law students .