The Guild was founded in 1937 as the nation’s first racially integrated bar association. Chapters around the country organize and litigate on local issues. The organization has more than 100 chapters at law schools, where students work on a variety of projects.

For years, the Montessori School of Northern Virginia(MSNV), an independent school in the Washington, D.C. metro area, had been working to increase the school’s diversity.