Rule 2 - State Board of Continuing Legal Education (a) The Wyoming State Board of Continuing Legal Education, having been previously established, is hereby continued under these rules. The members of the Board are to be appointed by this Court. The Board shall consist of nine members, six of whom shall be members of the Wyoming State Bar and three of whom shall be residents of the state not admitted to the practice of law. Members shall be appointed for three-year terms. (b) Each yearly class of members shall include two members of the bar and one layperson. No person may serve more than two consecutive terms as a member of the Board. (c) Each year the Board shall designate one of the lawyer members to serve as chairperson. The executive director of the Wyoming State Bar, or designee, shall serve as the executive secretary of the Board. (d) Each year the Board shall elect a vice-chairperson from its membership who shall, in the event of the resignation, absence, incapacity or demise of the chairperson, act as chairperson until such time as the absence or incapacity has been removed or the Board designates a new chairperson. (e) The Board has general supervisory authority over the administration of these rules. (f) Five or more members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. (g) All communications to or with the Board or any member thereof relating to matters governed by these rules, and all communications with either the Board or any member thereof relating to waiver of any part of these rules, whether by an attorney or by any person or agent acting for or on the behalf of an attorney, shall be transmitted through the office of the Wyoming State Bar unless otherwise directed in writing by the chair of the Board. (h) All proceedings of the Board relating to applications for waivers or extensions under Rule 7 shall be confidential. (i) Vouchers for expenses incurred by members of the Board shall be submitted to the executive director of the Wyoming State Bar. Mileage will be paid at the rate set by the Wyoming State Bar. Other expenses will be reimbursed at actual cost-incurred rates. Wyo. R. State Bar, Att'y Cond. & Prac. 2
Amended August 27, 2014, effective October 1, 2014; amended June 2, 2015, effective July 1, 2015; amended January 24, 2017, effective May 1, 2017.