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Utah State Bar Request for 2001-2002 Committee Assignment
The Utah Bar Commission is soliciting new volunteers to commit time and talent to one or more of 20 different committees which participate in regulating admissions
and discipline and in fostering competency, public service and high standards of professional conduct. Please consider sharing your time in the service of your profession and
the public through meaningful involvement in any area of interest.
Name ______________________________________________________________Bar No. ___________________
Office Address
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Committee Request
1st Choice ______________________________________2nd Choice
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Please describe your interests and list additional qualifications or past committee work.
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Instructions to Applicants: Service on Bar committees includes the expectation that members will regularly attend scheduled meetings. Meeting frequency varies by
committee, but generally may average one meeting per month. Meeting times also vary, but are usually scheduled at noon ar at the end of the workday.
Committees
1. Advertising. Evaluates trends in lawyer advertising and assists Office of Professional Conduct in resolving related offenses.
2. Annual Meeting. Selects and coordinates CLE topics, panelists and speakers, and organizes appropriate social and sporting events.
3. Bar Examiner Review. Drafts and grades essay questions for the February and July Bar Examinations.
4. Bar Examiner Review.
Reviews essay questions for the February and July Bar Exams to ensure that they are fair, accurate and consistent with federal and local laws.
5. Bar Journal.
Annually publishes editions of the Utah Bar Journal to provide comprehensive coverage of the profession, the Bar, articles of legal importance and announcements of general interest.
6. Character & Fitness. Reviews applicants for the Bar Exam and makes recommendations on their character and fitness for admission.
7. Client Security Fund. Considers claims made against the Client Security Fund and recommends payouts by the Bar Commission.
8. Courts and Judges.
Coordinates the formal relationship between the judiciary and the Bar including review of the organization of the court system and recent court reorganization developments.
9. Fee Arbitration. Holds arbitration hearings to resolve voluntary disputes between members of the Bar and clients regarding fees.
10. Governmental Relations.
Monitors proposed legislation which falls within the Bar's legislative policy and makes recommendations to Bar Commission for appropriate action.
11. Law Day. Organizes and promote events for the annual Law Day celebration.
12. Law & Technology.
Creates a network for the exchange of information and acts as a resource for new and emerging technologies and the implementation of these technologies.
13. Lawyer Benefits.
Review requests for sponsorship and involvement in various group benefit programs, including health, malpractice, disability, insurance and other group activities.
14. Lawyers Helping Lawyers.
Provides assistance to lawyers with substance abuse or other various impairments and makes appropriate referral for rehabilitation or dependency help.
15. Legal/Health Care. Assists in defining and clarifying the relationship between the medical and legal profession.
16. Mid-Year Meeting. Selects and coordinates CLE topics, panelists and speakers, and organizes social and sporting events.
17. Needs of Children. Raises awareness among Bar members about legal issues affecting children and formulates positions on children's issues.
18. Needs of the Elderly. Assists in formulating positions on issues involving the elderly and recommending legislation.
19. New Lawyer CLE.
Reviews the educational programs provided by the Bar for new lawyers to assure variety, quality and conformance with mandatory New lawyer CLE.
20. Unauthorized Practice of Law.
Reviews and investigates complaints made regarding unauthorized practice of law and recommends appropriate action, including civil proceedings.
Detach & Mail by May 31, 2001 to:
Scott Daniels, President-Elect 645 South 200 East ¥ Salt Lake City, UT 84111-3834
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