The Lawyers' Club of Los Angeles County is the original diversity bar association in Southern California. The club was founded in 1931, at a time when other bar associations were less inclusive, to provide a professional organization for female and minority attorneys. It was the first local volunteer bar association that was open to all - not only female and other minority attorneys but also solo and small firm practitioners - offering a place to belong, to be heard and to participate in issues of the day. The Lawyers Club of Los Angeles County was the first voluntary bar association in the United States to elect a female president.

In the early 1930's The Lawyers' Club of Los Angeles County was outspoken in its advocacy for both the citizens and attorneys of Los Angeles County, conducting public investigations, filing amicus briefs and lawsuits aimed at addressing court congestion, improper lobbying activity of the two public utilities, inflated rates for telephone service, and the unauthorized practice of law by the Automobile Club of Southern California. The Club conducted public debates on repeal of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) and supported an initiative to curb trust deed foreclosure abuses. The Club publicly supported the Colorado River Aquaduct Bonds Proposal and even organized a "poor lawyers caravan" to the 1938 State Bar Convention for those who wanted to attend but could not afford the then "ostentatious expense" of up to $20 a day!

Today the Lawyers Club of Los Angeles County is particularly active in the area of low-cost interactive continuing education for attorneys, offering monthly noon-time CLE sessions on the first Wednesday of each month at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse downtown. These informal sessions cover a variety of subjects from ethics to technology in a friendly environment that allows for open discussion of each topic. At just $10 per session for members, the Club's monthly CLE is today's equivalent of its protest of the high cost to attend the 1938 State Bar Convention.