Amends Constitution to Change State Bar Association Requirements
PROPOSAL: Amends § 6.4 of the Constitution to change the requirement that if the bar associations of a state are entitled to four or more delegates, at least one delegate “must be less than 35 years old,” to now require that that delegate “have been admitted to practice in his or her first bar within the past five years, or be less than 36 years old.”
Amends §6.4 (a) of the Constitution to read as follows (additions underlined; deletions struck-through):
§6.4 State Bar and Local Bar Association Delegates. (a) A state bar association is entitled to at least one delegate in the House of Delegates, except that if there is more than one state bar association in a state the House shall determine which associations may select delegates. A state bar association in a state that has more than 4,000 lawyers is entitled to an additional delegate for each additional 2,500 lawyers above 4,000 until it is entitled to four delegates. A state bar association in a state that has more than 14,000 lawyers and not more than 20,000 lawyers is entitled to five delegates. If it has more than 20,000 lawyers, it is entitled to six delegates. If the bar associations of a state are entitled to four or more delegates, at least one delegate representing the state bar or a local bar association in that state must have been admitted to practice in his or her first bar within the past five years, or must be less than 36 35 years old at the beginning of the term. It is the responsibility of the state bar association to ensure that this requirement is satisfied. However, a state bar association is entitled to at least as many delegates as it was entitled to certify at the 1990 annual meeting.
PROPOSAL: Amends § 6.4 of the Constitution to change the requirement that if the bar associations of a state are entitled to four or more delegates, at least one delegate “must be less than 35 years old,” to now require that that delegate “have been admitted to practice in his or her first bar within the past five years, or be less than 36 years old.”
Amends §6.4 (a) of the Constitution to read as follows (additions underlined; deletions struck-through):
§6.4 State Bar and Local Bar Association Delegates. (a) A state bar association is entitled to at least one delegate in the House of Delegates, except that if there is more than one state bar association in a state the House shall determine which associations may select delegates. A state bar association in a state that has more than 4,000 lawyers is entitled to an additional delegate for each additional 2,500 lawyers above 4,000 until it is entitled to four delegates. A state bar association in a state that has more than 14,000 lawyers and not more than 20,000 lawyers is entitled to five delegates. If it has more than 20,000 lawyers, it is entitled to six delegates. If the bar associations of a state are entitled to four or more delegates, at least one delegate representing the state bar or a local bar association in that state must have been admitted to practice in his or her first bar within the past five years, or must be less than 36 35 years old at the beginning of the term. It is the responsibility of the state bar association to ensure that this requirement is satisfied. However, a state bar association is entitled to at least as many delegates as it was entitled to certify at the 1990 annual meeting.
