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During its regularly scheduled meeting January 26, 2001, which was held in Salt Lake City, the Board of Bar Commissioners received the following reports and took the actions indicated.
1. Dr. Theresa A. Martinez conducted a racial and cultural diversity training session.
2. The Commission had lunch with the Board of the Minority Bar.
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The Commission unanimously approved the previously submitted revisions to the Rules Governing the Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee including amendments to Article VII Section (b).
4. Ethics Opinion #01-01 was unanimously approved.
5. Debra Moore gave a report on the Judicial Council meeting.
6.
Judge Tyrone E. Medley was nominated for the Raymond S. Uno award and Laura M. Gray was nominated for the Dorathy Merrill Brothers award.
7.
Pursuant to a letter from the Utah Supreme Court, the Commission approved the President-elect selection process, with revisions to Article V, Section 12 and Article V, Section 2. One other minor change to subsection 2(c) in the Bylaws was made as follows: A lawyer elected President-elect shall succeed to the office of President and shall then serve as President with authority to represent the Bar and preside at all meetings of the Board and the Bar even though the President-elect may not be serving in a term as an elected Commissioner. The Commission also approved applicable policy and procedure changes applicable to new election process.
8. The Commission voted to approve the MDP final report and sent the petition to the Utah Supreme Court
A full text of minutes of this and other meetings of the Bar Commission is available for inspection at the office of the Executive Director.
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