Utah State Bar

Utah State Bar
Type	Legal Society
Headquarters	Salt Lake City, UT
Location	United States
Membership	7,277 in 2012 (725 out of state) ^[1]
Website	http://www.utahbar.org/

The Utah State Bar is the integrated (mandatory) bar association of the U.S. state of Utah.

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.^[2] Informal associations of Utah lawyers began no later than the early 1900s.^[3] 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 professional was under the judicial branch through the Utah Supreme Court, under which the Bar continued its regulatory and public interest services.^[4]

Structure

The Bar is managed by a Board of Commissioners including thirteen voting members, eleven elected lawyers and two non-lawyers appointed by the Court.^[5] The Commission also includes non-voting ex officio members: the deans of the University of Utah and Brigham Young University law schools, 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.^[1]

The Bar enforces the rule that Utah lawyers must complete 24 credits of Continuing Legal Education every two years.^[6]

The Utah State Bar publishes the bi-monthly Utah Bar Journal.^[7]

The 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.

References

1 2 Utah Bar Overview, Martindale Hubbell, retrieved 2012-10-11
↑ Michael S. Eldredge, The Utah Territorial Bar Association: Our Forgotten Heritage, Utah State Bar, retrieved 2012-10-11
↑ Utah State Bar History & Purpose, Utah State Bar, retrieved 2012-10-11
↑ About the Utah State Bar, Utah State Bar, retrieved 2012-10-11
↑ Bylaws, Utah State Bar, retrieved 2012-10-11
↑ "MCLE Credit Requirements by State". Practising Law Institute. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
↑ "Utah Bar Journal". State Bar Association of Utah. Retrieved 2012-10-11.

State bar associations

Unified State Bars	Alabama State Bar Alaska Bar Association State Bar of Arizona State Bar of California District of Columbia Bar The Florida Bar State Bar of Georgia Hawaii State Bar Association Idaho State Bar Kentucky Bar Association Louisiana State Bar Association State Bar of Michigan The Mississippi Bar The Missouri Bar State Bar of Montana Nebraska State Bar Association State Bar of Nevada New Hampshire Bar Association State Bar of New Mexico North Carolina State Bar State Bar Association of North Dakota Oklahoma Bar Association Oregon State Bar Rhode Island Bar Association South Carolina Bar State Bar of South Dakota State Bar of Texas Utah State Bar Virginia State Bar Washington State Bar Association State Bar of Wisconsin Wyoming State Bar

Voluntary State Bars	Arkansas Bar Association Colorado Bar Association Connecticut Bar Association Delaware State Bar Association Illinois State Bar Association Indiana State Bar Association Iowa State Bar Association Kansas Bar Association Maine State Bar Association Maryland State Bar Association Massachusetts Bar Association Minnesota State Bar Association New Jersey State Bar Association New York State Bar Association North Carolina Bar Association Ohio State Bar Association Pennsylvania Bar Association Tennessee Bar Association Vermont Bar Association Virginia Bar Association

U.S. Commonwealth Bar Associations	American Samoa Bar Association Guam Bar Association Northern Mariana Islands Bar Association Bar Association of Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Bar Association

National Minority Bar Associations	National Native American Bar Association Hispanic National Bar Association National Asian Pacific American Bar Association National Bar Association Puerto Rican Bar Association

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