Notice of Election of Bar Commissioners:

Nominating Petition Form>>>

Pursuant to the Rules for Integration and Management of the Utah State Bar, nominations to the office of Bar Commission are hereby solicited for the following Bar divisions:

• Two members from the Third Division
• One member from the Second Division

The term of service for each available position will be three years.

To be eligible for the office of Commissioner from a division, the nominee’s residential mailing address must be in that division as shown by the records of the Bar.

Applicants must be nominated by a written petition of ten or more members of the Bar in good standing and residing in their respective division.  Nominating petitions may be obtained from the Utah State Bar website by clicking here>>>.  Completed petitions must be received no later than February 1, 2010 by 5:00 p.m. 

In order to reduce out-of-pocket costs and encourage candidates, the Bar will provide the following services at no cost:

1. space for up to a 200-word campaign message plus a photograph for the E-bulletin and in the March/April issue of the Utah Bar Journal.  The space may be used for biographical information, platform or other election promotion.  Campaign messages for the E-bulletin and Bar Journal are due along with completed petitions, two photographs, and a short biographical sketch no later than February 1st;
2. space for up to a 500-word campaign message plus a photograph on the Utah Bar Website due February 1st;
3. a set of mailing labels for candidates who wish to send a personalized letter to the lawyers in their division who are eligible to vote; and

If you have any questions concerning this procedure, please contact John C. Baldwin at (801) 531-9077 or at director@utahbar.org.

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