The purposes of the Consumer and Financial Institution Law Section are to:

1. provide members of the Association with a forum for discourse regarding the law governing consumer credit and financial institutions, construed broadly to encompass banks, thrifts, credit unions, mortgage and finance companies and other financial intermediaries;
   
   
2. develop and disseminate to the Section, the Association and other appropriate audiences, educational seminars and materials in consumer and financial institutions law;
   
   
3. support the Board of Governors of the Association in developing positions on legislative and regulatory initiatives in the area of consumer and financial institutions law; and
   
   
4. conduct such other activities as the Section members deem necessary and appropriate to manage the Section's affairs, enhance the quality of services provided by the Bar in the area of consumer's and financial institutions law, and otherwise to advance the purposes of the Association.