maintain and improve the administration of justice
encourage attorneys to maintain high standards of integrity, learning, competence, public service, and conduct
safeguard a forum for the practice of law, the science of jurisprudence and law reform, and bar/public relations
provide for continuing legal education of members of the bar,
ensure that the legal profession's responsibilities to the public are more effectively discharged.[2]
Historyedit
In 1974, the State Bar of Montana was created by order of the Montana Supreme Court.[3] Marshall H. Murray was the first president.
The predecessor to the State Bar of Montana was a voluntary organization, the Montana Bar Association, which was founded in 1885.
Structureedit
SBM is governed by a Board of Trustees, consisting of 16 members plus four officers, as elected by the membership. The Board hires an Executive Director to supervise the staff.
The Bar enforces the rule that Montana lawyers complete 15 credits each year.[4]
Major MSB activities include:
Lawyers Fund for Client Protection, which makes restitution in cases where an attorney has improperly appropriated client funds.
Lawyer Referral Service, which helps the public find a lawyer
Fee Arbitration Program to settle fee disputes between an attorney and a client
Financial support for legal services to the poor through the Montana Justice Foundation
state, montana, integrated, mandatory, association, state, montana, typelegal, societyheadquartershelena, mtlocationunited, statesmembership4, 2012, state, websitehttp, montanabar, contents, mission, history, structure, referencesmission, editthe, association,. The State Bar of Montana is the integrated mandatory bar association of the US state of Montana State Bar of MontanaTypeLegal SocietyHeadquartersHelena MTLocationUnited StatesMembership4 100 in 2012 1 300 out of state 1 Websitehttp www montanabar org Contents 1 Mission 2 History 3 Structure 4 ReferencesMission editThe association helps to maintain and improve the administration of justice encourage attorneys to maintain high standards of integrity learning competence public service and conduct safeguard a forum for the practice of law the science of jurisprudence and law reform and bar public relations provide for continuing legal education of members of the bar ensure that the legal profession s responsibilities to the public are more effectively discharged 2 History editIn 1974 the State Bar of Montana was created by order of the Montana Supreme Court 3 Marshall H Murray was the first president The predecessor to the State Bar of Montana was a voluntary organization the Montana Bar Association which was founded in 1885 Structure editSBM is governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of 16 members plus four officers as elected by the membership The Board hires an Executive Director to supervise the staff The Bar enforces the rule that Montana lawyers complete 15 credits each year 4 Major MSB activities include Lawyers Fund for Client Protection which makes restitution in cases where an attorney has improperly appropriated client funds Lawyer Referral Service which helps the public find a lawyer Fee Arbitration Program to settle fee disputes between an attorney and a client Financial support for legal services to the poor through the Montana Justice Foundation Practice oriented sections addressing specialty interests Montana Lawyer a monthly magazine References edit Montana Bar Overview Martindale Hubbell retrieved 2012 09 11 Constitution Of the State Bar of Montana PDF 1 March 1975 Retrieved 21 December 2019 History amp Purpose of the Bar State Bar of Montana Retrieved 2012 09 11 MCLE Credit Requirements by State Practising Law Institute Retrieved 2012 09 11 nbsp This Montana related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title State Bar of Montana amp oldid 1133029600, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
