The purpose of the GCABL is to: (a) educate its membership regarding, issues in the legal profession; (b) promote fellowship and cooperation among its members; (c) provide a forum for the discussion and advancement of ideas through which the organization may promote the general welfare of the black community; (d) uphold the honor and integrity of the legal profession; and (e) promote and defend the general welfare of the black lawyers in Guilford County, North Carolina.