- To establish and maintain relations among organizations of lawyers, national and local in the Americas.

- To provide a forum for the exchange of views.

- To advance the science of jurisprudence; particularly the study of comparative law.

- To promote the uniformity of laws.

- To disseminate knowledge of the laws of the Americas.

- To promote the Rule of Law and the administration of justice, encouraging the establishment and maintenance of independent judicial systems in all countries of the Americas.

- To preserve and defend human rights and liberties.

- To guarantee to the peoples of the hemisphere the free exercise of their civil and political rights under democratic principles.

- To uphold the honor of the legal profession.

- To encourage cordial relations and fellowship among the lawyers of the Americas.

- To meet in conference on a regular basis to discuss matters of current interest to the profession and for other purposes.