Our mission is to advance jurisprudence and improve the administration of justice; promote the highest standards of competence, performance and ethics among the attorneys who appear before the United States District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; assist in the expeditious appointment of qualified federal judges; encourage positive relations between practitioners and the federal courts; improve the rules of practice; encourage the development of alternative methods of resolving disputes and litigation; promote effective representation of indigent litigants by competent counsel; improve multi-district practice; provide portraits or memorials when appropriate; and work to ensure that the federal court system remains responsive to the needs of the public.