Society of Black Lawyers

The SBL was founded in the United Kingdom by Rudy Narayan in 1969, as the Afro-Asian and Caribbean Lawyers Association.{{cite news |last1=Ames |first1=Jonathan |title=Dame Linda Dobbs, the first black High Court judge, receives lifetime achievement award |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/dame-linda-dobbs-the-first-black-high-court-judge-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-2gbmd69rl |work=The Times |url-access=subscription |date=11 November 2021}} By 1981, it was known as its current name.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/sibghatullah-kadri-obituary-05kv5q3bk|title=Sibghatullah Kadri obituary |work=The Times |url-access=subscription |date=24 November 2021}} It was co-chaired by Narayan and Sibghat Kadri.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/12/15/sibghat-kadri-pioneering-qc-india-fearlessly-tackled-racial/|title=Sibghat Kadri, Indian-born QC who blazed a trail defending victims of prejudice and tackling racial bias in the British legal establishment – obituary|work=The Telegraph |url-access=subscription |date=15 December 2021}}{{Cite web|last1=Baksi|first1=Catherine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/dec/07/sibghat-kadri-obituary|title=Sibghat Kadri obituary|date=7 December 2021|website=The Guardian}}

It aims to promote the rights and welfare of lawyers of colour,{{Cite web|last1=Taylor|first1=Diane|url=http://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/jul/02/retired-judge-peter-herbert-settles-race-claim-judiciary-black|title=Retired judge Peter Herbert settles race claim against judiciary|date=2 July 2021|website=The Guardian}} as well the rights of people of colour in the community who need legal protection or are facing harassment.{{cite web |title=Black Lawyers Directory |url=https://www.onlinebld.com/links.php?cid=14 |website=Onlinebld}}{{cite book |last1=Sudbury |first1=Julia |title='Other Kinds of Dreams': Black Women's Organisations and the Politics of Transformation |date=8 August 2005 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-70521-4 |page=151 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luJJsoyqATwC&pg=PA151}}

Since 1984, its chair has been Peter Herbert, a retired judge.{{Cite web|last1=Forrest|first1=Adam|last2=White|first2=Nadine|authorlink2=Nadine White|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/colston-statue-protesters-case-appeal-b1988955.html|title=Government accused of 'subverting rule of law' in Colston statue case|date=7 January 2022|website=The Independent}}{{Update-inline|reason=Herbert has, apparently, retired to Kenya|date=June 2024}}

• National Conference of Black Lawyers (US)
• Political blackness

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• {{Official website|https://societyofblacklawyers.co.uk/}}

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