Arkansas Bar Association

Arkansas State Bar
Type	Legal Society
Headquarters	Little Rock, AR
Location	United States
Membership	5,638 in 2012 (694 out of state)^[1]
Website	http://www.Arkbar.org/

The Arkansas State Bar is the voluntary (non-mandatory) bar association of the U.S. state of Arkansas.

History

As early as 1837, there were efforts to organize association of lawyers in Arkansas, but it was not until 1898 that the Arkansas State Bar was organized.^[2] Its first president was Uriah Milton Rose, whose name would come to grace the state's oldest and most prestigious legal enterprise, Rose Law Firm.

Structure

The Arkansas State Bar publishes the quarterly Arkansas Lawyer Magazine,^[3] the weekly "E-bulletins",^[4] and other publications.

The Arkansas State Bar does not control lawyer licensing; that is a function of the Arkansas Board of Law Examiners.^[5] It does not enforce the requirement that Arkansas lawyers must complete 12 credits of Continuing Legal Education each year.;^[6] that is the function of the Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board ^[7]

Committees

The Arkansas State Bar Association includes various Committees and Taskforces that are appointed by the President of the Association.^[8] The committees as of February 26, 2013, include:

Arkansas Bar Commission on Diversity (Chairs: Ron D. Harrison, Harold J. Evans)
Arkansas Bar PAC (Chair: Dennis Zolper; Boyce R. Davis)
Audit Committee
Continuing Legal Education Committee
Editorial Advisory Board - The Arkansas Lawyer
Editorial Board for Handbooks
Executive Committee
Finance Committee
Governance Committee
House Advisory Committee
Investment Committee
Judicial Council Liaison Committee
Judiciary Committee
Jurisprudence and Law Reform Committee
Law Related Education Committee
Law School Committee
Lawyers Assisting Military Personnel
Lawyers Helping Lawyers Committee
Leadership Academy Committee
Legal Forms Committee
Legislation Committee
Long Range Planning Committee
Member Benefits Committee
Membership Development Committee
Mid-Year Meeting Task Force
Mock Trial Committee
Paralegal Committee
Past Presidents Committee
Personnel Committee (Arkansas Bar Association)
Professional Ethics Committee (Chair: Brad Hendricks)
Public Information/Findalawyer Committee
SJR6 Task Force
Uniform Laws Committee
Website/Technology Committee
Women in the Profession Committee
YLS Executive Council

References

↑ Arkansas Bar Overview, Martindale Hubbell, retrieved 2012-11-16
↑ Arkansas Bar Association, The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, retrieved 2012-11-16
↑ "Publications". Arkansas State Bar. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
↑ "E-Bulletin". Arkansas State Bar. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
↑ "Rules Governing Bar Admission". Arkansas Supreme Court. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
↑ "MCLE Credit Requirements by State". Practising Law Institute. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
↑ Continuing Legal Education Board, Arkansas Supreme Court, retrieved 2012-11-16
↑ "Committees on Arkansas Bar Association". Arkansas State Bar. Retrieved 2013-02-27.

State bar associations

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Voluntary State Bars	Arkansas Bar Association Colorado Bar Association Connecticut Bar Association Delaware State Bar Association Illinois State Bar Association Indiana State Bar Association Iowa State Bar Association Kansas Bar Association Maine State Bar Association Maryland State Bar Association Massachusetts Bar Association Minnesota State Bar Association New Jersey State Bar Association New York State Bar Association North Carolina Bar Association Ohio State Bar Association Pennsylvania Bar Association Tennessee Bar Association Vermont Bar Association Virginia Bar Association

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