I'm not sure why anyone would want to do this

This sounds to me like an extraordinarily low value-added proposition, even for Temp Town, but we recently received an email from The Posse List letting us know that apparently some temps want to form a new section in the DC Bar Association:

There are a number of contract attorneys who wish to propose to the D.C. Bar Council on Sections a new section of the D.C. Bar for members of the bar who work as contract employees in the fields of Technology Assisted Review, Regulatory Compliance, and Electronic Discovery. The purpose is for association, training, and mutual improvement, as well as to address the unique challenges faced by contract attorneys in the Washington D.C. market.

Bar sections in general put together attorneys who focus their work in the same substantive area of the law, such as antitrust, government contracts, torts or whatever. There are 29 sections -- this would make 21. This section would be unique as there is no substantive area of law uniquely related to document review. I'm not sure I see the point. I'm sure the DC Bar will approve, though -- the Bar charges $55 to join a section, in addition to your regular Bar dues. Revenue enhancement, baby.