The President-Elect Nominating Committee met on June 16 and nominated Hugh Keating of Gulfport and Karl Steinberger of Pascagoula as candidates for President-Elect of the Bar. Nominees for President-Elect rotate by district - North, Metro, and South.

At last Thursday's Board of Commissioners Meeting, the Board adopted a resolution in response to the Report of the Task Force to Strengthen the Legal System. On behalf of the entire Bar the Board expressed its thanks and appreciation to the members of

Notice of Proposed Bylaw Amendments

The Board of Commissioners has approved proposed amendments to the Bar’s Bylaws for presentation at the Annual Business Session in Destin on Friday July 17. The proposed amendments are “administrative” in nature and

At the June 25 meeting of the Board of Commissioners the Board adopted a new Lawyers Creed for The Mississippi Bar. The new Creed was recommended by the Bar’s professionalism Committee. The new Creed replaces the outdated Creed adopted by the Board in

The 2009 Summer School for Lawyers will be held Monday, July 13 though Wednesday, July 15. The Summer School program will once again be held at the Links' Conference Center at Sandestin Resort. This year's program is "going green" and speakers'

From time to time the Bar receives inquiries as to a listing of Guardian Ad Litems. A GAL roster is maintained on the Supreme Court's website http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/  Click on Trial Courts , then on Youth Court and then on GAL link on the right

The deadline to earn CLE credits for the 2008-2009 reporting year is July 31, 2009.  To check your CLE credits online register at http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/cle_bccr/cle_bccr.html where you can also find a calendar of upcoming CLE events. 

The weekly e-newsletter, Bar Briefs, contains current information and resources for members of the MS Bar. However, with so much e-mail communication, inboxes are often cleaned out immediately only to find that information has been deleted that may need