Utah State Bar'is the integrated (mandatory) bar association of the U.S. state of Utah. It is funded by dues from member attorneys. It is not funded by the State of Utah.
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History
Starting around 1851, lawyers in the Territory of Utah would petition the Supreme Court for admission and, once admitted, were members of the bar of all the courts in the territory; essentially, there was a Bar of the Territory of Utah, but no bar association until 1884. Informal associations of Utah lawyers began no later than the early 1900s. In 1931 the Utah legislature passed a law designating the Utah State Bar to manage and regulate the legal profession in the state. In 1985 the Utah State Constitution was amended to clarify that regulation of the legal profession was under the judicial branch through the Utah Supreme Court, under which the Bar continued its regulatory and public interest services.
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Structure
Utah State Bar is managed by a Board of Commissioners including thirteen voting members, eleven elected lawyers and two non-lawyers appointed by the Court.The Commission also includes non-voting ex officio members: the deans of the University of Utah Law School and Brigham Young University Law School, the Bar's delegate to the American Bar Association, the Utah American Bar Association members' delegate to the ABA, the president of the Young Lawyers Division, and representatives from the Women Lawyers of Utah, the Utah Minority Bar Association, the Bar's representative to the Utah Judicial Council, and the Past President of the Bar.
Utah State Bar enforces the rule that Utah lawyers must complete 24 credits of Continuing Legal Education every two years.
Utah State Bar publishes the bi-monthly Utah Bar Journal.
Utah State Bar offices are located in the Utah Law & Justice Center located at 645 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. It was built in 1988 to provide offices for Bar operations and meeting spaces for law-related programs. The Utah Law & Justice Center provides office space for law-related organizations that include Attorney's Title Guaranty Fund, Inc., Utah Law Related Education Projects, Utah Bar Foundation, Utah State Board of Continuing Education, Utah Association for Justice, and Utah Dispute Resolution.
Pornographic Email Controversy
In February 2018, Utah State Bar emailed an announcement regarding its Spring Convention that contained an image of a bare-breasted woman to every attorney in Utah. Utah State Bar shortly after sent an email apologizing for the incident and promising an investigation. Following up Utah State Bar issued a statement "saying the email was prepared in-house and distributed to active members of Utah State Bar and the offending image did not appear in various previews of the email although one Utah State Bar member claimed to have opened the email the house gallery at the Utah State Capital." On March 11, the Bar released a statement to the media stating the image "was inadvertently added to the email as a result of a human error" and the "error is being addressed as a personnel issue."
Complaint Reporting and Review Process Against Member Attorneys
Utah State Bar has not submitted a complaint reporting and review process.
References
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