Arizona Attorney Magazine
July 2022 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -
Recent Posts
- Breaking news: @SteptoeLLP announces closure of Phoenix office
- Executive leadership of @AZStateBar named at #azbarcon 2018
- Arizona Collaborative Bar addresses diversity issues at corporate counsel event
- Sexual harassment seminar, survey offered by @AZStateBar @SBAMemberServ amid #MeToo era
- @AZStateBar Find-a-Lawyer portal takes aim at legal services gap
Blog Stats
- 679,747 hits
Categories
Recent Comments
William R Ralls on Francis Biddle’s life of law c… azatty on Arizona Supreme Court @azcourt… M N on Arizona Supreme Court @azcourt… azatty on What Arizona lawyers and judge… Elena S. Nethers on What Arizona lawyers and judge… Archives
- March 2019
- June 2018
- May 2018
- March 2018
- January 2018
- October 2017
- August 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
Follow us on Twitter
- RT @NAHJ: NAHJ is proud to announce the Hall of Fame inductees @ddfonline, Steve Gonzales (posthumous), @RebeccaAguilar, @webjournalist & t… 1 day ago
- RT @ArizonaMirror: Journalism job opportunity: We're hiring a Deputy Editor 📝💻 💰 Salary starts at $65,000 🏥 Premium-free medical 📈 3% 401… 2 days ago
- @TheEdgePHX A faith-based supply of water is rarely sufficient in Phoenix. Glad they're ok. 1 week ago
- ABA access to justice American Bar Association Andrew Thomas Arizona Arizona Asian-American Bar Association Arizona Attorney Magazine Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education Arizona Republic Arizona Supreme Court Arizona Women Lawyers Association art arts ASU ASU College of Law ASU Law School attorney award Bar Leadership Institute Bill of Rights blog blogging Board of Governors Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch CLE conference Convention Creative Arts Competition criminal law Dennis Burke diversity election ethics facebook film humor immigration inclusion Joe Kanefield John Phelps judge Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Karen Holub law Law Day law firm law practice law school law student lawyer Lawyers On Call Maricopa County Superior Court merit selection music National Association of Bar Executives networking Phoenix Phoenix School of Law Pro Bono Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law SB1070 Snell & Wilmer social media Society of Professional Journalists State Bar of Arizona technology Tucson twitter U.S. Supreme Court University of Arizona College of Law University of Arizona Law School video website writing Young Lawyers Division
-
Follow
Following
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
August 12, 2015
Comment period opens for @azcourts review of @AZStateBar mission, governance
Posted by azatty under Arizona Attorney Magazine, Courts, Judge, Legal events, State Bar of Arizona News | Tags: Arizona Supreme Court, Board of Governors, Chief Justice Scott Bales, Justice Rebecca White Berch, mandatory bar, public comment, State Bar of Arizona, voluntary bar |Leave a Comment
A Supreme Court task force report on the State Bar of Arizona is described by Justice Rebecca Berch, via video available on the Court’s website.
In July 2014, Chief Justice Scott Bales signed an administrative order creating a task force to examine “the mission and governance of the State Bar.” The new group was charged with drafting its report by September 1, 2015. That draft report is now available, and the Court is seeking comment.
The task force’s website includes detail about its members, information about its many meetings, and a link to the draft report.
You can link directly to the report here.
Among multiple recommendations, the task force recommends: a reduction in the size of the State Bar Board of Governors (from 30 to between 15 and 18); and clarification of the Bar’s primary mission, which is to serve and protect the public.
One of the elements discussed by the task force was whether the Bar should be maintained as an integrated (mandatory) organization. The task force recommended that it should (though the decision was not unanimous among task force members).
After reading the report, public comment on it can be submitted by email to BarGovernance@courts.az.gov.
You can read Chief Justice Bales’ original Administrative Order here.
More information about the report (and maybe some coverage in Arizona Attorney Magazine) will follow as we head into the fall.
Follow @azatty