The AFL-CIO Union Lawyers Alliance (ULA) is national membership organization of over 2,100 union-side lawyers in more than 500 firms and union legal departments around the country. The ULA’s mission is to (1) facilitate the exchange of information and strategies to assist ULA members in representing their union clients; (2) inform and mobilize union-side lawyers in the labor movement’s support of
legislative and political priorities, such as labor law reform, judicial nominations and voter protection; (3) offer legal education, technical assistance and networking opportunities to the union-side bar; and (4) assist ULA firms and legal departments in recruiting and retaining new lawyers and lawyers of color to the practice of labor law. must meet a number of criteria, including representing AFL-CIO affiliated unions and practicing union-side labor law a substantial (more than 50 percent) of the time. Accordingly, the ULA has created this public website to provide information to those law students and lawyers interested in learning more about the practice of union-side labor law. For more information contact [email protected]. For ULA members, the ULA facilitates the exchange of information and strategies, mobilizes union-side lawyers in labor movement programs, provides legal education and networking opportunities, and assists ULA members in recruiting and retaining new lawyers and lawyers of color.
