Arkansas Bar Association Explained

Arkansas Bar Association
Type:Legal Society
Headquarters:Little Rock, AR
Location:United States
Membership:5,638 in 2012 (694 out of state)
Website:http://www.arkbar.com/

The Arkansas Bar Association 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. 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 Bar Association publishes the quarterly Arkansas Lawyer Magazine,[1] the weekly "E-bulletins,"[2] and other publications.

The Arkansas Bar Association does not control lawyer licensing; that is a function of the Arkansas Board of Law Examiners.[3] It does not enforce the requirement that Arkansas lawyers must complete 12 credits of Continuing Legal Education each year.;[4] that is the function of the Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Publications . Arkansas State Bar . 2012-11-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121216012748/http://www.arkbar.com/publications/ar_lawyer_magazine.aspx . 2012-12-16 .
  2. Web site: E-Bulletin . https://archive.today/20130117063257/http://www.arkbar.com/ebulletin/default.aspx . dead . 2013-01-17 . Arkansas State Bar . 2012-11-16 .
  3. Web site: Rules Governing Bar Admission . Arkansas Supreme Court . 2012-11-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101111174141/http://courts.arkansas.gov/rules/bar_admission/ . 2010-11-11 .
  4. Web site: MCLE Credit Requirements by State. . 2012-11-16.

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