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MS Code § 73-3-113 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-113. Secretary to act as treasurer; bond required; accounting of revenues and expenditures in proposed budget; independent audit of association

 The secretary shall also perform the duties of treasurer. He shall make bond for the safe handling of all funds for which he may become responsible, the bond to be in such penalty, with such sureties, and conditioned as the Board of Commissioners may require. Annually, and not less than thirty (30) days in advance of the date the Board of Commissioners is to consider the proposed budget of the bar for the next fiscal year, the secretary shall publish in an official publication of the bar a detailed accounting of all projected revenues and each item of expenditure in the proposed budget. Items of expenditure relating to disciplinary functions of the bar shall appear separately from those relating to nondisciplinary functions. In addition, the secretary shall annually cause to be made an independent audit by a certified public accountant of all receipts, expenditures and funds under the control of the bar and shall publish such audit in an official publication of the bar.
MS Code § 73-3-115 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-115. Location of office of secretary; meeting of board of commissioners

 The secretary shall maintain his office at the seat of government. But the meetings of the Board of Commissioners shall be at such places as the board may select from time to time or as may be designated in calls made as herein authorized. The meetings of the bar shall be held at such places as the bar may from time to time select. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board and all meetings of the bar.
MS Code § 73-3-117 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-117. Compensation

 The secretary shall receive a salary in such amount and payable in such manner as the Board of Commissioners may prescribe from time to time. No other officer shall be paid a salary. But the traveling expenses of members of the board attending meetings of the board and such expenses of committees making trips on business of the bar shall be paid.
MS Code § 73-3-119 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-119. Membership required

 Enrollment on the list of members of the bar and the payment of annual enrollment fees as required hereby shall be prerequisites to the continued practice by any lawyer already admitted and to the engaging in the practice by persons hereafter admitted. The date on which the provisions of this section shall become operative will be determined in the manner hereinafter provided.
MS Code § 73-3-120 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-120. Types of membership; active; inactive; continuing legal education requirements

 Members of the bar shall be divided into active and inactive membership classes which shall be defined as follows:   "Active member" means any person admitted to practice law in this state and who is engaged in the practice of law in this state. Except as otherwise provided in Section 73-3-125, all active members shall be entitled to vote and hold office in the bar.   "Inactive member" means any member, in good standing, who is not engaged in the practice of law in this state. A person may, upon written request, be enrolled as an inactive member. Inactive members shall not be entitled to vote and hold office in the bar.   As used in this section, the "practice of law" shall include any person holding himself out as a practicing attorney or occupying any position in which he may be called upon to give legal advice or counsel or to examine the law or to pass upon the legal effect of any act, document or law.   The Mississippi Bar shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding continuing legal education requirements between active and inactive status.
MS Code § 73-3-121 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-121. Change of residence

 Any lawyer changing his residence from one circuit to another shall promptly notify the secretary who shall make the changes on his rolls to show such person's name on the roll of the proper district.
MS Code § 73-3-123 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-123. Enrollment fees

  Each member of the bar shall, unless exempt by virtue of Section 73-3-125 and Section 33-1-39, pay enrollment fees each year in an amount as established by the board of commissioners, but not to exceed the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00)for those members admitted to practice law for three (3) years or more; and Two Hundred Sixty Dollars ($260.00) for those members admitted to practice law for one (1) year, but less than three (3) years; and Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for those members admitted to practice law less than one (1) year; and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for those members on inactive status. All enrollment fees shall be paid for the same period, that is, for the period of one (1) year beginning on the day and month to be determined as provided in Section 73-3-127. The enrollment fees shall be paid to the secretary of the bar.   The Board of Bar Commissioners shall increase enrollment fees within the limitations imposed by subsection (1) of this section by not more than the minimum increment necessary to cover the annual expenses of The Mississippi Bar.
MS Code § 73-3-125 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-125. Dues; persons exempt or excepted

 All lawyers over the age of seventy-five (75) years, and the judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and circuit, chancery and county judges, United States magistrates, judges of the bankruptcy courts, the judges of the federal courts, and federal administrative law judges are exempt from the payment of enrollment fees. Lawyers over the age of seventy-five (75) years and judges of the classes enumerated in this section shall be active members except that no judge shall be eligible to membership on the Board of Commissioners. Lawyers who have retired from the practice of law because of age, serious illness or permanent disability may be placed on inactive status and shall be exempt from the payment of enrollment fees.
MS Code § 73-3-127 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-127. Dues; failure to pay after notice

 Any member failing to pay any enrollment fees within sixty (60) days after the same become due shall be considered delinquent and shall be given written notice of his delinquency mailed to him by United States mail, addressed to his last known address. If the delinquent fails to pay such enrollment fees within thirty (30) days after written notice of delinquency, he shall stand suspended from membership in the Mississippi Bar. It shall be the duty of the secretary, upon any member's becoming suspended as above stated, to notify the delinquent in writing by United States certified mail of his suspension, and to notify the courts of the county of his last known address of such fact, viz; the circuit court, the chancery court and the county court, if there be a county court, by mailing such notice to the presiding judge and to the clerk of such court. Any member shall be reinstated upon payment of delinquent enrollment fees and a penalty in an amount equal to one-half (1/2) of the delinquent enrollment fees. The secretary, upon such payment, shall forthwith notify the courts above-mentioned of such fact and the clerks thereof shall file and preserve such notice.
MS Code § 73-3-129 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-129. President; duties

 The president shall preside at all meetings of the bar, and shall have such duties as the bar may by its bylaws prescribe. In his absence, or in case of his inability to perform his duties they shall devolve upon the first vice president; and in the absence or inability to act of the first vice president the duties of the president shall be performed by the second vice president.
MS Code § 73-3-131 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-131. President; chairman of the board

 The president shall be a member and the chairman of the board of commissioners. In case he is absent from any meeting of the board, the vice president and president-elect shall preside; and in case the vice president and president-elect is absent from any meeting of the board, some other member of the board shall be selected by the members in attendance to preside at that meeting.
MS Code § 73-3-133 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-133. Vice-presidents

 The vice president and president-elect and the second vice president shall be members of the board of commissioners.
MS Code § 73-3-135 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-135. Vacancies

 Vacancies in any office, including the office of commissioner, shall be filled by the board of commissioners and any person so elected by the board of commissioners to fill a vacancy shall hold for the balance of the term of his immediate predecessor in office.
MS Code § 73-3-137 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-137. Vacancies; members absent

 If any member of the board shall be absent from three successive meetings thereof, unless the reason for his absence shall be temporary illness, the board may declare his office vacant and proceed to fill it as provided in the last preceding section.
MS Code § 73-3-139 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-139. Board; election

 The membership of the bar shall establish by the adoption of bylaws and amendments thereto at any annual meeting of the bar the time, method and procedures for the election of officers and members of the board. The names of those persons nominated by any method other than by petition of the general membership shall be published in an official publication of the bar at least thirty (30) days in advance of the deadline for nominations by petition of the general membership to be filed, and the bylaws of the bar shall provide in addition to any other method for the nomination of officers and members of the board the manner and procedure by which the general membership of the bar may make nominations by petition. All bylaws of the bar in existence at the time of the adoption of this section shall continue in full force and effect, until such time as such bylaws may be amended by the membership of the bar in accordance with the provisions of the bar bylaws.
MS Code § 73-3-140 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-140. Lease of office space

 The Board of Commissioners, any officer or the Executive Director of the Mississippi Bar shall not be authorized to lease any office space for the use of the Mississippi Bar if such space is being leased for an annual amount in excess of the annual amount paid by the State Supreme Court for its office space. The lease of any office space by the Board of Commissioners, an officer or the Executive Director of the Mississippi Bar for the use of the Mississippi Bar must be approved by the Department of Finance and Administration. The bylaws of the bar shall not be in conflict with the provisions of this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any lease existing as of July 1, 1991.
MS Code § 73-3-141 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-141. Duties of board

 The Mississippi Bar shall be governed by the Board of Commissioners which shall have the powers and duties in this article conferred and which shall be charged with the executive functions of the bar and with the duty to enforce the provisions of this article. But the Board of Commissioners shall observe general rules, not in conflict with the provisions of this article, adopted in the form of bylaws or otherwise by the bar.
MS Code § 73-3-143 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-143. Rules of conduct; advisory opinions

  The board shall, subject to the approval of the justices of the Supreme Court, formulate reasonable rules governing the conduct of all persons admitted to practice.   The Board of Commissioners shall render advisory opinions, upon the written request of any member of the bar, as to the validity or propriety of any proposed act or course of conduct.
MS Code § 73-3-145 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-145. Bar; recommendations; powers

  It shall be the duty of the Mississippi Bar, by and through its president, to recommend to the State Legislature such legislation relating to the courts, to matters of pleading, practice and procedure, and any other legislation which in its judgment will improve the courts and the law, or render the members of the bar more efficient as ministers of justice and the courts more efficient as instrumentalities for its attainment.   The bar shall have the right to make rules and bylaws not in conflict with any of the terms of this article concerning the selection and tenure of its officers and committees and their powers and duties, and generally for the control and regulation of the business of the board and of the bar.   The bar shall have the authority to hold and conduct educational and social meetings and activities among the members of the bar, to publish journals and generally to do such things as in their judgment may tend to improve the educational and ethical standing of the bench and bar.
MS Code § 73-3-171 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 3 - Bar Association|§ 73-3-171. Regulation of fees prohibited

 The board of commissioners shall have no authority to regulate the fees or charges of lawyers for the rendition of their professional services. Nor shall it in any way undertake to regulate such fees or charges.
MS Code § 73-3-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 5 - Law Students|§ 73-3-201. Short title

 This article shall be known as "The Law Student Limited Practice Act."
MS Code § 73-3-203 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 5 - Law Students|§ 73-3-203. Law student program in public interest

 It is in the public interest to encourage the establishment and operation of effective legal internship and clinical legal education programs by law schools in this state and the utilization of services of law students in such programs as a form of legal education.
MS Code § 73-3-205 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 5 - Law Students|§ 73-3-205. Definitions; qualifications

 For purposes of this article, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:   "Law student" means a law student regularly enrolled in a law school in this state who (i) if enrolled and assigned in a legal internship program, has completed two-thirds (2/3) of the required number of hours for graduation from that school, or (ii) if enrolled in a clinical legal education course, has completed one-half (1/2) of the required number of hours for graduation from that school.   "Legal internship program" means a program or course for academic credit which is established by a law school of this state and directed or generally supervised by a member of the faculty or staff of the school in which law students are assigned to work under the supervision of supervising attorneys.   "Supervising attorneys" means attorneys who: (i) are licensed to practice law in Mississippi and who are public officials, or (ii) are licensed to practice law in Mississippi and have actively practiced more than three (3) years in public offices, agencies or departments, in public defender offices, or in nonprofit or publicly funded legal services or agencies and to whom students are assigned as interns.   "Clinical legal education course" means a course for academic credit which is established by a law school in this state in which law students assist a clinical teacher in providing legal services to clients under the direct and regular personal supervision of the clinical teacher.   "Clinical teacher" means a member of the faculty or staff of a law school in this state who teaches and supervises law students in a clinical legal education course and is licensed to practice law in Mississippi.
MS Code § 73-3-207 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 5 - Law Students|§ 73-3-207. Authorization to practice law; conditions; compensation

 A law student enrolled in a legal internship program or a clinical legal education course is authorized to engage in limited practice in the state and federal courts of this state with the following conditions and limitations:   The law student will petition the court and take the oath, as prescribed in this article, and be admitted to limited practice by an order of a judge of a circuit or chancery court, as prescribed in this article, in the district in which the student will practice, or by an order of a United States District Judge or United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi or the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.   Upon filing the oath and order in the office of the clerk of that court, the law student will be authorized to engage in limited practice in any state or federal court in the state subject to any controls and limitations ordered by the judge of the court.   The authority for limited practice by a law student will continue during any regular school terms in which the law student is enrolled in a legal internship or clinical legal education course, including the intersessions between terms. The authority may be revoked by the court granting it for good cause.   A law student may not directly represent clients but may only assist the supervising attorney or clinical teacher in representing their clients. All pleadings and entries of record in courts must be signed by the supervising attorney or clinical teacher.   Law students may appear and participate in trials and hearings in courts if the supervising attorney or clinical teacher is present and supervising the student.   Law students assigned as interns to prosecuting attorneys may assist the supervising attorney before grand juries subject to the same prohibitions and penalties as to disclosure and secrecy as are members of the grand jury.   Law students will be subject to the same standards and rules of professional conduct and ethics and the same rules of discipline as are licensed attorneys.   Law students shall receive no compensation for their services but may be reimbursed actual expenses if funds are available for that purpose.
MS Code § 73-3-209 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 5 - Law Students|§ 73-3-209. Oath

 A law student who meets the qualifications set forth in this article may petition a circuit court, chancery court, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi or the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi and present the oath in the following form:   "PETITION AND OATH FOR ADMISSION TO LIMITED PRACTICE   The undersigned,_______________ , does state and affirm that I am a law student who has the qualifications for admission to limited practice under the Law Student Limited Practice Act, Section 73-3-201 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, and seek the authority of this court to engage in limited practice under that act.   I do, upon my oath, solemnly swear (or affirm) that when granted that authority I will demean myself in accord with the conditions and limitations of the Law Student Limited Practice Act according to the best of my learning and ability and with all good fidelity as well to the court as to the client; that I will use no falsehood nor delay any person's cause for lucre or malice, and that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Mississippi so long as I continue a citizen thereof.   It is therefore prayed that this court order my admission to limited practice pursuant to said act."   The filing of the petition signed by the law student will constitute a sworn statement by the student under oath.
MS Code § 73-3-211 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 73 - Professions and Vocations|Chapter 3 - Attorneys at Law|Article 5 - Law Students|§ 73-3-211. Order of judge administering oath; duration of authority to practice law

 Upon finding that a law student meets the qualifications for limited practice under this article, a judge of the court may order the admission of the student to limited practice in the following form:   "ORDER   Be it known that_______________ , a law student, has petitioned this court for admission to the limited practice of law and presented the prescribed oath pursuant to the provisions of the Law Student Limited Practice Act, Section 73-3-201 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, and having found that said petitioner is a citizen of the United States who meets the requirements for such admission, the court therefore finds that petitioner is entitled to admission to the limited practice of law under said act.   It is therefore ordered and adjudged that_______________is admitted to the limited practice of law as a law student in all the state and federal courts of this state for the duration and upon the terms, conditions and limitations prescribed by said act.   Ordered and adjudged this_______________day of_______________ , 20 _______________ ."   The petition and oath of the law student and the order of the court will be kept on file in the office of the clerk of the court.