RULES GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS BAR BYLAWS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS BAR ASSOCIATION INTEGRATED

• Jurisdiction: United States

BYLAWS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS BAR ASSOCIATION INTEGRATED (As Amended Effective January 1, 2015)

I. MEMBERSHIP

1. The Virgin Islands Bar shall consist of five classes of members: regular, special, inactive, pro hac vice, and honorary.

2. All attorneys admitted to practice in the courts of the Virgin Islands pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 204 or a predecessor rule governing regular admission are regular members of the Virgin Islands Bar. Regular members shall have the right to vote at all meetings of the Virgin Islands Bar and to hold office therein. They shall promptly notify the Secretary of the Virgin Islands Bar whenever they change their physical, mailing, or email addresses.

3. Regular members of the Virgin Islands Bar Association shall pay annual membership dues of $300.00, except members who have not been admitted for more than one year shall pay $75.00.

4. All attorneys who have been specially admitted to practice law in the Virgin Islands pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 202 or a predecessor rule governing special admission on behalf of the Government of the United States, the Government of the Virgin Islands, Office of the Public Defender or Legal Services of the Virgin Islands, or other eligible agency, are special members of the Virgin Islands Bar. Special members shall not have the right to vote or hold office, but may attend all meetings and functions of the Virgin Islands Bar and shall be entitled to receive notice of all such meetings. Special members shall be eligible to serve on standing and select committees of the Virgin Islands Bar.

5. Special members shall pay annual membership dues at 75% of regular members' dues.

6. All attorneys admitted to practice in the Virgin Islands who have been granted permission to elect inactive status pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 206 or a predecessor rule governing inactive status shall be inactive members. Inactive members shall not have the right to vote or hold office, but may attend all meetings and functions of the Virgin Islands Bar and may speak thereat and shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings and functions, and shall be eligible to serve on standing and select committees of the Bar.

7. Inactive members of the Virgin Islands Bar shall pay annual membership dues at 50% of regular members' dues.

8. Any inactive member in good standing may change his or her classification to achieve status provided he or she files with the Supreme Court a written request for transfer to the class of regular membership and by paying the dues required of regular members.

9. All attorneys who have been granted permission to practice law in the Virgin Islands on a pro hac vice basis pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 201 or a predecessor rule governing pro hac vice admission shall be pro hac vice members of the Virgin Islands Bar. Pro hac vice members shall not have the right to vote or hold office and may not serve on standing or select committees of the Virgin Islands Bar, but may attend all meetings and functions of the Virgin Islands Bar and shall be entitled to receive notice of all such meetings.

10. Pro hac vice members shall pay annual membership dues at 25% of regular members' dues.

11. The justices of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, the judges and magistrates of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, all federal judges, and such persons of distinction as may be so elected by the membership shall be honorary members of the Virgin Islands Bar. They may speak at meetings of the Virgin Islands Bar, but shall pay no dues, shall not vote, and have no interest in any property of the Virgin Islands Bar. Any honorary member who previously served as a regular or inactive member of the Virgin Islands Bar prior to assuming judicial office shall automatically revert to his or her prior status upon termination of his or her judicial duties.

12. Membership dues for all classes of membership shall be payable to the Virgin Islands Bar on or before December 1st of the prior calendar year. Members who fail to timely pay their membership dues by this deadline shall be assessed delinquency fees of $25.00 (if delinquent dues are paid before January 1st), $50.00 (if paid before February 1st), or $100.00 (if paid after February 1st), together with interest accruing at the prejudgment rate applicable to civil proceedings in the Virgin Islands Superior Court.

It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the Virgin Islands Bar or his or her designee to promptly to file a motion no earlier than April 1st of each year in the Supreme Court for the suspension from membership and, if applicable, the practice of law in the Virgin Islands, of all delinquent members. Payment of delinquent dues, accrued interest, and the delinquency fee by a member after the Treasurer has filed a motion for suspension shall not be grounds for dismissal of the motion unless the member remits an additional $150.00 to the Virgin Islands Bar and $50.00 to the Clerk of the Supreme Court to compensate the Bar and the Court for the costs associated with the disciplinary proceeding.

When a regular, special, or pro hac vice member of the Virgin Islands Bar has been thus suspended by order of the Court, made pursuant to such a motion, he or she shall not practice law in the Virgin Islands nor participate in the activities of the Bar until his or her delinquent dues, delinquency fee, and...