Akins' Final Remarks to the Board of Governors
| Jurisdiction | Georgia,United States |
| Pages | 0032 |
| Citation | Vol. 29 No. 1 Pg. 0032 |
| Publication year | 2023 |
The bylaws of the State Bar of Georgia specify the duties of the president. One of the responsibilities is to "deliver a report at the Annual Meeting of the members of the activities of the State Bar during his or her term of office and to furnish a copy of the report to the Supreme Court of Georgia." Following is the report from 2022-23 President Sarah B. "Sally" Akins on her year, delivered June 9 at the State Bar's Annual Meeting.
BY SARAH B. "SALLY" AKINS
As I address you this morning for the final time as the 60th president of the State Bar of Georgia, I am filled with gratitude. I first want to thank all of you for your confidence and the honor of serving in this office for the past year.
Because of your support and tireless efforts and those of our outstanding Bar staff and other Bar leaders from across our great state, we can look back on this year as one of success and accomplishment.
Standing before you 52 weeks ago, I laid out a vision for the 2022-23 Bar year in which we would:
• Foster and promote a renewed commitment to professionalism among our members;
• Increase attention to the vast array of member benefits the State Bar provides;
• Redouble our efforts to ensure the public is well served by lawyers throughout the state; and
• Enhance our continuing legal education programming.
Our professionalism initiative received an unprecedented boost during the 2023 legislative session when Gov. Brian Kemp signed a proclamation designating April as Legal Professionalism Month in Georgia.
A commitment to professionalism is one of the foremost principles of our State Bar. The renewal of this commitment as an organization took shape in a couple of major events this past year.
In February, our Professionalism Committee and the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism co-sponsored a Signature Professionalism CLE program at the Bar Center. The purpose of the CLE was to examine the history of the professionalism movement in Georgia, explore how Georgia's concepts of professionalism evolved and consider how professionalism impacts Georgia lawyers in today's legal environment.
I want to thank Chief Justice Boggs, who delivered opening remarks, and other members of the Supreme Court who participated, along with several members of the Board of Governors, for their support of this outstanding and...
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