Article XI - Practice Sections

As amended through April 30, 2019

Section 1. Establishment and Discontinuation of Practice Sections.

The Board of Officers and Commissioners may establish, consolidate, rearrange and discontinue sections. The Board of Officers and Commissioners, upon application, may establish a section dedicated to a field of law not committed to any other section or withdrawn from an existing section. The Board of Officers and Commissioners may discontinue a section, but only after notice to the members of said section with an opportunity for section members to comment.

Section 2. Applications for Establishment or Amendment of Sections.

An application to the Board of Officers and Commissioners for establishment of a section must set forth

(a) The field of law to which the existing or proposed section is to be dedicated;

(b) A statement of the need for the proposed section; and

(c) A list of members who have indicated their intention of applying for membership in the proposed section.

Each section shall operate in compliance with uniform section bylaws approved by the Board of Officers and Commissioners. A section shall be established upon the president and executive director signing the section bylaws.

Section 3. Section Dues.

All members are entitled to enroll in any section upon application and payment of annual dues in such amount as the Board of Officers and Commissioners may determine.

Section 4. Election of Section Chair and Other Officers.

Each section shall elect from its members a chair and other officers as the section bylaws may provide.

Section 5. Amendments to Section Bylaws.

No change in the bylaws of any section is effective until approved by the Board of Officers and Commissioners.

Section 6. Restrictions on Section Activities.

No section or member acting on behalf of a section shall:

(a) Assert that it is representing the Wyoming State Bar in any matter without the prior approval of the Board of Officers and Commissioners.

(b) Lobby for or against proposed legislation.

(c) File amicus curiae briefs in any pending litigation.

Section 7. Expenditure of Section Dues.

Upon application by the section chair, the executive director may authorize expenditures of section dues for section-related expenses.

Amended April 20, 1994, effective July 19, 1994; amended April 22, 2003, effective July 1, 2003; amended August 13, 2007; amended February 5, 2013, effective April 1, 2013; amended July 14, 2014, effective September 15, 2014; amended May 3, 2016, effective July 1, 2016; amended May 22, 2018, effective August 1, 2018.