Napier Looby Bar Foundation History
In 2001, the Napier-Looby Bar Association authorized the formation of the Napier-Looby Bar Foundation, Inc. (NLBF). The Foundation raises funds for scholarships and charitable donations that support deserving individuals and initiatives in Middle Tennessee, promoting education, professional development, community engagement, and meaningful partnerships that empower law students and strengthen the local legal community.
One of the Foundation’s most popular events is the annual scholarship banquet and awards program, which brings the legal community together to provide scholarships, celebrate distinguished attorneys and judges, and demonstrate a shared commitment to supporting the next generation of legal professionals.
The Napier-Looby Bar Foundation has been privileged to have speakers of national prominence at its banquet and awards programs, including, among others, Drew Days, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights; Mary Francis Berry, United States Civil Rights Commission; Judge Nathaniel R. Jones, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Fred D. Gray, President, National Bar Association; Julius L. Chambers, Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Jack Greenburg, Professor of Law, Columbia University; Roderick Gillum, General Counsel, Saturn Corporation; Justice Reuben V. Anderson, Mississippi Supreme Court; Justice Dennis W. Archer, Michigan Supreme Court; and Dr. Benjamin Hooks.
