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Denver Law Review Volume 16 Issue 4 Article 7 July 2021 Structure of the Colorado Junior Bar Conference Hugh D. Henry Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.du.edu/dlr Recommended Citation Hugh D. Henry, Strucutre of the Colorado Junior Bar Conference, 16 Dicta 133 (1939). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Denver Law Review at Digital Commons @ DU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Denver Law Review by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ DU. For more information, please contact jennifer.cox@du.edu,dig-commons@du.edu. COLORADO BAR ASSOCIATION SECTION214 Capitol BuildingDenver, Colo.COLORADO BAR ASSOCIATIONOFFICERSPresident ------ - . G. DEXTER BLOUNTPresident-Elect. ____WILLIAM R. KELLYSenior Vice-President ----......... GUY V. STERNBERGH. LAWRENCE HINKLEYVice-Presidents DAVID P. STRICKLERSTANLEY T. WALLBANKSecretary - -FRED Y. HOLLANDTreasurer -------- EDWARD C. KINGBOARD OF GOVERNORSE. B. Adams E. B. Fowler Leon H. SnyderClay R. Apple William W. Gaunt F. W. StoverFrazier Arnold H. Lawrence Hinkley Dudley StricklandRobert G. Bosworth Herschel Horn L. P. WeldGeorge M. Corlett William R. Kelly George H. WilkesWilbur F. Denious James A. Marsh James A. WoodJohn J. Downey Harry S. PetersenSTRUCTURE OF THE COLORADO JUNIOR BARCONFERENCEBy HUGH D. HENRY, Secretary- Treasurer*HE purpose of this article is to give in compact, readableform the By-laws of the Colorado Junior Bar Conferencewhich were ratified at the meeting in Colorado Springson September 10, 1938.Membership: All members of the American Bar Associ-ation under the age of thirty-six years are members of itsJunior Bar Conference and all members of the Junior BarConference located in Colorado are members of the ColoradoJunior Bar Conference. Membership in the Junior Bar Con-ference terminates at the close of the annual meeting of theAmerican Bar Association following the member's thirty-sixth birthday.Affiliation: The Colorado Junior Bar Conference is astate unit of the Junior Bar Conference of the American BarAssociation.*This is the second of the series of articles on the organization and program of theColorado Junior Bar Conference.133DICTAPurpose: The purpose of the Colorado Junior Bar Con-ference is to cooperate with and assist in the accomplishmentof the programs of the American Bar Association and its Jun-ior Bar Conference and the Colorado Bar Association, andassist and give attention to those problems peculiarly affectingthe professional careers of the younger lawyers of Colorado.Meetings: The annual meeting is held at the same timeand place as the annual meeting of the Colorado Bar Associa-tion. In addition, two regional meetings will be scheduledyearly.Council: The Council consists of one member from eachjudicial district in Colorado elected by the members of the re-spective districts present at the annual meeting. The chair-man, vice-chairman, secretary-treasurer, and last retiring chair-man are members of the Council. The Council forms the pol-icy of the Conference and advises the chairman; it approvesthe appointments of the chairman and the filling of the vacan-cies by him by two-third vote. It meets twice a year and spe-cial meetings may be called by the chairman or by two-thirdsof the members.Officers: The chairman is appointed by the chairmanof the Junior Bar Conference of the American Bar Associationafter recommendation of the retiring Council. The vice-chairman and secretary-treasurer are elected by the members inattendance at the annual meeting. The Council acts as a nom-inating committee for these two offices and nominations mayalso be made from the floor. Neither the chairman, vice-chair-man nor secretary-treasurer may be elected for two successiveterms.Committees: All standing committees and all specialcommittees created by the chairman or by the recommendationof the Council are appointed by the chairman upon approvalof two-thirds of the Council. The standing committees are asfollows:MembershipAmerican CitizenshipJudicial SelectionPublic Information and SpeakingLegal Ethics and Unauthorized Practice of LawMeetings and ArrangementsProcedural Improvement and Proper Legislation134GrievancesProgram SuggestionsTo Sponsor Newly Admitted Members of the BarBar ExaminationsStandards-of Admission to the BarCommittee members do not hold office beyond the termof the chairman appointing them, and any committee membermay be removed by the chairman with or without cause.Amendment: The By-laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members voting at any regular annual meet-ing, provided that a notice that such amendment will be votedupon, signed by at least ten members, must be filed with thesecretary at least two weeks prior to the meeting, or the unani-mous consent of the membership present at the annual meetingmust be obtained.LEGAL INSTITUTES AID TO REVITALIZE BARAILED as evidencing a revitalized interest in bar asso-ciation activities, legal institutes in Colorado have be-come a definite part of bar association work as theresult of three highly successful meetings. The seventh andninth judicial districts will hold a legal institute in GrandJunction on April 15. Mortimer Stone and Max Melvillewill be the speakers. A fifth institute will be held in ColoradoSprings on Saturday, April 22, when Wilbur Denious, Ed-ward L. Wood, and Golding Fairfield are scheduled to speak.Plans are being discussed relative to the formulation of a seriesof institutes to be held in Denver this summer.Following the meeting at Greeley on February 4, theArkansas Valley lawyers, with approximately 115 in attend-ance, held an institute at Pueblo on March 10. It was the firstgathering of lawyers, other than for local bar association func-tions, in Pueblo in the history of the state.Laurence E. Langdon, president of the Pueblo CountyBar Association, who presided at the institute, declared:"Never in my memory have so many lawyers, from cities otherthan Pueblo, attended any function sponsored by lawyershere. It is the first time Pueblo has had the honor of being thehost of any meeting held under the auspices of the ColoradoDICTA 135

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