State Bar News

• Jurisdiction: Utah,United States
• Citation: Vol. 2 No. 7 Pg. 27
• Publication year: 1989
• Pages: 27
• Year: 1989
• topic: Business of Law

STATE BAR NEWS Vol. 2 No. 7 Pg. 27 Utah Bar Journal September, 1989

August, 1989

Bar Commission Highlights

At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Bar Commissioners held at the Utah Law and Justice Center on April 28, the following reports were received and actions taken:

1. Approved the minutes of the March 31 meeting.

2. Received the monthly report of the Executive Director, noting the successful culmination of the 1989 Law Day and Law Related Education programs, certifying the re-election of Bar Commissioner Jeff Thorne, reviewing a videotape of the Law and Justice Center prepared for a presentation at the ABA Annual Meeting and approving a resolution authorizing President Kasting to urge Congress to increase funding for the Legal Services Corporation.

3. Authorized the Executive Committee to finalize necessary contracts for the development of office space in the lower level of the Law and Justice Center.

4. Received the monthly report of the Young Lawyers Section, noting participation by Section representatives at an ABA meeting in Memphis, approving the publication of an article in the Bar Journal to solicit comment on a proposal to grant a vote to the Young Lawyers Section Representative on the Bar Commission and otherwise noting the continued valuable contribution by the officers and members of the Section to the Bar.

5. Received the monthly Budget and Finance Committee Report, with preparations under way for the 1989-90 budget.

6. Received monthly report of President Kasting on various official communications on behalf of the Bar. Ratified the action of the Executive Committee authorizing the renewal of the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Health Insurance Plan for members of the Bar. Noted progress being made in the appointment of members to the MCLE Board and final changes having been made in the proposed rule for the New Lawyer CLE Program. Noted that the Supreme Court had granted the Bar's Petition for Rule Change regarding the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Program on the specific question of confidentiality, subject to a possible additional comment period. Received a proposal from the Washington State Bar regarding a proposed postage stamp commemorating "Women in the Law" and approved a motion to endorse the proposed stamp project. A further motion was approved to authorize lobbying the Congress on behalf of proposed pay increases for federal judges.

7. Approved final wording in a document entitled "A Lawyers Pledge to Professionalism, " with a caveat that by passing the pledge the Bar Commission does not intend to vary the Rules of Professional Conduct.

8. Received report of the Judicial Council Liaison noting further developments in the judicial poll project.

9. Received the monthly admissions report, approving candidates to sit for the May attorney exam, approving a petition for an MPRE waiver and granting certain petitions for reinstatement.

10. Received the monthly report of the Office of Bar Counsel, approving or otherwise reviewing disciplinary matters as are otherwise reported in the Bar Journal.

11. Received the report of the Associate Director on the 1989-90 Mid-Year and Annual meetings as well as the Jack...