Notice of Direct Election of Bar President
In response to the task force on Bar governance the Utah Supreme Court has amended the Bar's election rules to permit all active Bar members in good standing to submit their names to the Bar Commission to be nominated to run for President-Elect in a popular election and to succeed to the office of President. The Bar Commission will interview all potential candidates and select two final candidates who will run on a ballot submitted to all active Bar members and voted upon by the active Bar membership. Final candidates may include sitting Bar Commissioners who have indicated interest.
Letters indicating an interest in being nominated to run are due at the Bar offices, 645 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111 by 5:00 P.M. on January 2, 2007. Potential candidates will be invited to meet with the Bar Commission in the morning of January 26, 2007 at the commission meeting in Salt Lake. At that time the Commission will select the finalist candidates for the election.
Ballots will be mailed on or about April 1st with balloting to be completed and ballots received by the Bar office by 5:00 p.m. May 1. The President-Elect will be seated at the Bar's Annual Convention and will serve one year as president-elect prior to succeeding to president. The president and president-elect need not be sitting Bar commissioners.
In order to reduce campaigning costs, the Bar will print a one page campaign statement from the final candidates in the Utah Bar Journal and will include a one page statement from the candidates with the election ballot mailing. For further information, call John C. Baldwin, Executive Director, 297-7028, or e-mail jbaldwin@utahbar.org.