Approved | Bylaws Amendments Regarding Conferences
June 25, 2025
At its meeting on June 12, 2025, in Virginia Beach, the Virginia State Bar Council approved approved proposed Bylaws amendments regarding conferences, effective July 1, 2025.
VSB Seeks Comment on Proposed Bylaws Amendments Regarding Conferences
Proposed | VSB Notice of and Request for Public Comment Proposed Bylaws Changes
May 12, 2025
Pursuant to Part III of the Bylaws of the Virginia State Bar and Council (Bylaws), the Virginia State Bar is providing notice of and seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the Bylaws
The proposed amendments change the references to the four Virginia State Bar conferences, the Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations, the Diversity Conference, the Senior Lawyers Conference, and the Young Lawyers Conference, to their designated section names, effective July 1, 2025.
The proposed changes would align the Bylaws with the July 1, 2025 amendments to Part Six, Section IV, Paragraph 5 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia (see April 16, 2025 Order).
Proposed amendments to Part I (Bylaws of the Virginia State Bar), Article VIII (Standing Committees), Section 3 (Committee on Professionalism) of the Bylaws:
There shall be a standing committee to be appointed by the president and to be known as the Committee on Professionalism. The committee shall consist of fifteen members, each of whom shall be an active or judicial member of the bar. At least two of the committee members shall be members of the Council, at least three shall be current or former members of the faculty of the mandatory course on professionalism, and at least one shall, when initially appointed, be an officer or member of the board of governors of the Young Lawyers ConferenceSection. In addition, the Virginia State Bar Counsel shall be an ex officio member of the committee. All members shall serve for a three-year term. No member may serve more than two consecutive three-year terms. A member appointed to fill an unexpired term shall be eligible to serve two additional full three-year terms. An eligible member wishing to be reappointed shall be required to reapply in writing under procedures established by Council and administered by the executive director. All powers and duties of Council with respect to the implementation of Paragraph 13.1 of Part Six, Section IV of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and with respect to professionalism in the practice of law in Virginia, not otherwise delegated or reserved, shall be exercised and discharged by the Committee.
Proposed amendments to Part II (Bylaws of Council), Article VI (Executive Committee), Section 1:
There shall be an Executive Committee consisting of thirteen members, six of whom shall be elected annually by and from the Council, with the president, president-elect, immediate past president, PresidentChair of the Young Lawyers ConferenceSection, Chair of the Senior Lawyers ConferenceSection, Chair of the Conference of Local and Speciality Bar AssociationsSection, and Chair of the Diversity ConferenceSection serving as ex officio members.
Comment:
Any individual, business, or other entity may submit written comments in support of or in opposition to the proposed action to Cameron M. Rountree, executive director of the Virginia State Bar, by close of business on June 11, 2025. Comments may be submitted via email to [email protected].