ARTICLE I - NAME
Section 1. This corporation shall be known by the name of DAUPHIN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION.
ARTICLE II - PURPOSES
Section 1. The purposes of the Association are to advance the
science of jurisprudence, to promote the administration of justice,
to encourage a thorough legal education, to promote continuing
legal education, to uphold the honor and dignity of the Bar, to
encourage the fulfillment of the obligations of the profession
among its members to the courts and to society, to promote programs
to provide effective, affordable legal services to all segments
of society, to cultivate cordial intercourse among the members
of this Association and to perpetuate the history of the profession
and the memory of its members and such kindred purposed as the
Association may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. Members of the Association shall be admitted to practice
before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, or the highest appellate
court of any other jurisdiction.
Section 2. Any person desiring admission to the Association shall
file a written application endorsed by two members of the Association
in good standing with the person designated by the Board of Directors.
Applications shall be referred to the Board of Directors for its
recommendation for action to the next regular meeting of the Association.
Admissions shall be by voice vote of the majority of members present.
Section 3. The resignation of any member shall be submitted in
writing and shall be acted upon by the Board of Directors at its
next regular meeting.
Section 4. There shall be a Sustaining Membership status with
such privileges and subject to such dues as shall be determined
by the Board of Directors subject to the approval of the membership.
Section 5. Associate memberships may be granted to attorneys who
belong to other county Bar Associations and do not maintain a
private office for the practice of law in Dauphin County, although
they may be employed full-time in Dauphin County by the State
or Federal governments or by private enterprise. The Board of
Directors may, from time to time, grant Associate memberships
to groups of individuals who are not attorneys but who are deemed
by the Board to have related interests with members of the Association.
Associate memberships shall be non-voting without qualification
for office, and the annual dues therefor shall be determined from
time to time by the Board of Directors. Associate memberships
may be granted to spouses of former members.
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