Any active member of the Bar in good standing is eligible to submit his or her name to the Bar Commission to be nominated to run for the office of president-elect in a popular election and to succeed to the office of president.  Indications of an interest to be nominated are due at the Bar offices, c/o Executive Director John Baldwin, 645 South 200 East, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111 or via e-mail at director@utahbar.org by 5:00 p.m. on January 4, 2010.

The Bar Commission will interview all potential candidates at its meeting in Salt Lake City on January 22, 2010 and will then select two finalists to run for President-elect.  Final candidates may also include sitting Bar Commissioners who have indicated an interest in running for the office.

Online balloting will begin on April 1st and will end April 15th at 11:59 p.m.  The President-elect will be seated at the Bar’s Annual Convention and will serve one year as President-elect prior to succeeding to the office of president. 

In order to reduce campaign costs, the Bar will print a 200-word campaign statement from the final President-elect candidates in the Utah Bar Journal, a 500-word campaign statement on the Bar's website and will provide a set of mailing labels for candidates who wish to send voting lawyers a personalized letter.  For further information, please contact John Baldwin at (801) 531-9077, or at director@utahbar.org.

NOTICE: Balloting will be done electronically this year. Click here for more details.