About the Council
North American Bar Council
What NABC is
North American Bar Council is a private professional membership association for common-law lawyers. It is not a statutory bar, a government regulator, or an authority that admits anyone to practice law — no jurisdiction's license or right of audience runs through the Council. What it offers instead is professional affiliation: a body that recognizes members' standing, gives them a public credential, and connects them to peers across the common-law world.
Why North American
The Council is seated in North America, and its purpose runs in that direction: bridging common-law practitioners trained elsewhere to the North American professional sphere. Many members carry a career built across more than one jurisdiction — the name reflects where the Council sits and what it exists to connect members to, not a claim to govern the bar in any single country.
Who it's for
Practicing lawyers in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Kenya, Malaysia, and the wider common-law diaspora across North America, the UK, and the Gulf. Members share a common-law training and, often, a career built across more than one jurisdiction — the Council exists for exactly that in-between space.
Recognition
Every member holds a numbered certificate that anyone can verify publicly. Members who opt in appear in a searchable directory — a durable, checkable record of who belongs, not a private list on a spreadsheet somewhere.
Publication
Members can submit articles for editorial review and publish under the NABC banner. Review by the Council's editors comes first — nothing publishes unread, which is what keeps the banner meaning something.
Community
A council is only as good as the lawyers in it. Membership is the Council's way of building a working peer network — practitioners who can vouch for one another across borders where formal reciprocity often can't reach.
Legal entity
North American Bar Council, a Michigan nonprofit organization, 2179 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.