Wyoming State Bar

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Wyoming State Bar
TypeLegal Society
Headquarters Cheyenne, WY
Location
  • United States
Membership
3,026 in 2012 (739 out of state) [1]
Website http://www.Wyomingbar.org/

The Wyoming State Bar is the integrated (mandatory) bar association of the U.S. state of Wyoming.

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History

The Wyoming State Bar was organized in 1915 as a voluntary association, and integrated by the state legislature in 1939.[ citation needed ]

Structure

The Bar is managed by a 12-member Board of Officers and Commissioners. [2] Supporting the Board are more than twenty Boards and Committees. [3]

The Bar enforces the rule that Wyoming lawyers must complete 15 credits of Continuing Legal Education each year. [4]

The Wyoming State Bar publishes the monthly Wyoming Bar Journal [5] and the biannual Wyoming Law Review which includes scholarly articles by national legal authorities, and case notes and comments written by students at the University of Wyoming College of Law.

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References

  1. Wyoming Bar Overview, Martindale Hubbell, retrieved 2012-11-15
  2. Board of Officers and Commissioners, Wyoming State Bar, retrieved 2012-11-15
  3. Boards and Committees, Wyoming State Bar, retrieved 2012-11-15
  4. "MCLE Credit Requirements by State". Practising Law Institute . Retrieved 2012-11-15.
  5. "Wyoming Bar Journal". Wyoming State Bar. Retrieved 2012-11-15.