Utah State Bar is the regulatory agency established by the Utah Supreme Court to regulate the practice of law in Utah.[4] The Utah State Bar is funded by dues from members, Bar exam dues, continuing education fees, Pro Hac Vice fees, and revenue generated by annual conventions. Beginning in 2019, the Utah State Bar, in conjunction with the Supreme Court, implemented a series of groundbreaking changes designed to improve access to justice for all individuals.
| Formation | 1931 |
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| Type | Legal Society |
| Headquarters | 645 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 |
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Membership | 10,565 in 2020 [1] |
President | Kristin Woods [2] |
President-Elect | Erik Christiansen [3] |
| Website | http://www.utahbar.org/ |
History
editStarting around 1851, lawyers in the Territory of Utah would petition the Supreme Court for permission to practice law in Utah, and once approved, they became members of the bar of all the courts in the territory. Essentially, there was a Bar in the Territory of Utah, but no bar association until 1884. Informal associations of Utah lawyers began to form no later than the early 20th century. In 1931 the Utah legislature passed a law designating the private corporation known as "Utah State Bar" to self-regulate the activities of dues-paying legal licensees in the State of Utah.
Structure
editUtah 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[broken anchor] 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 maintains a requirement that Utah legal licensees must complete 24 credits of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) every two years.
Publications
editUtah State Bar publishes the bi-monthly Utah Bar Journal.
Pornographic Email Incident
editJust after 3:00 pm on Monday March 5, 2018[5] a NSFW email containing a large pornographic image resembling the bare breasts of a female was sent from Utah State Bar to every dues-paying member of Utah State Bar. This included over 500 dues-paying members outside of Utah. The pornographic image was opened by at least one dues-paying member who claimed to be on the house floor of the Utah State Capital and that an intern also saw the pornographic image.[6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ Utah Bar Overview, Martindale Hubbell, retrieved 2012-10-11
- ^ Meet the Bar President, Utah State Bar, retrieved 2018-04-06
- ^ Meet the Bar Commissioners, Utah State Bar, retrieved 2018-04-06
- ^ "Utah State Bar | Serving The Public and Legal Professionals". Utah State Bar.
- ^ "Utah Bar Commission cites human error for email containing nude photo". 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Utah State Bar sends photo of topless woman to every lawyer in the state". March 6, 2018.
- ^ Romero, McKenzie (March 5, 2018). "Utah State Bar investigating after topless photo is emailed to members". Deseret News.
- ^ Jackson, Abby. "Every lawyer in the state of Utah was emailed an image of a topless woman — and the bar association has no idea how it happened". Business Insider.