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On October 16, 2003 the Utah Supreme Court accepted the report of its Advisory Committee on Professionalism and approved the twenty Standards of Professionalism and Civility
recommended in the report. As chair of the Professionalism Committee, Justice Michael J. Wilkins of the Utah Supreme Court, has been asked by the Court to focus on methods to make the
Standards of Professionalism and Civility the behavioral norms for the Utah legal profession. He strongly urges support from Utah State Bar members.
The Paralegal Division of the
Utah State Bar agrees with these standards and hereby adopts and promotes them. We believe that these new standards are applicable to paralegals, in that we are held to the same standards
of professional conduct as the attorneys in the State of Utah. We feel that we have a professional duty to uphold these standards. We support and encourage our supervising attorneys to do
the same. We embrace this opportunity to show our professionalism to all attorneys, judges and fellow paralegals throughout the state.
At this time, we make a firm commitment to
Justice Wilkins and to the Utah State Bar to pursue, both individually and as a Division, to adhere to each of the twenty Utah Standards of Professionalism and Civility. We will strive to
conduct ourselves with personal courtesy and professional integrity to reinforce our ethical obligation to maintain and foster these standards. We are committed to fulfill this duty to
all attorneys, to all clients, and to the Court acting with utmost respect, courtesy and cooperation.
We are proud to announce that Justice Wilkins will be our keynote speaker at
the Division’s upcoming Paralegals’ Day Celebration. This celebration will be held on Thursday, May 20, 2004, at the Grand America Hotel. We hope to see all paralegals and supervising
attorneys there. For more information on Paralegals’ Day please see our invitiation in last month’s Bar Journal, watch for your invitation in the mail, contact Marion Eldridge with the Utah State Bar at 531-9077, or contact our Education Chair, Cynthia Mendenhall at 532-2666 or cynthia@crslaw.com. We appreciate your support on this special occasion.
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