Opinion ID: 1652750
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Heading: nebraska state bar association

Text: The Nebraska State Bar Association (NSBA) was incorporated as a Nebraska nonprofit corporation in 1976 and operates under supervision of the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska. NSBA's purposes are to improve the administration of justice; to foster and maintain high standards of conduct, integrity, confidence and public service on the part of those engaged in the practice of law; to safeguard and promote the proper professional interests of the members of the Bar; to provide improvements in the education and qualifications for admission to the Bar, and for the study of the Science of Jurisprudence and Law Reform, and the continuing legal education of the members of the Bar; to improve the relations of the Bar with the public; to carry on a continuing program of legal research; and to encourage cordial relations among the members of the Bar; all to the end that the public responsibilities of the legal profession may be more effectively discharged. Every lawyer licensed to practice in the State of Nebraska must be a member of NSBA, which also includes judges. Located in the space rented by NSBA are offices for various bar-related activities or functions, for example, the Counsel for Discipline, who, in accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska, is involved in enforcement of the Code of Professional Responsibility for lawyers and the disciplinary process of lawyers; the Nebraska State Bar Commission, which offers recommendations to the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska regarding applications to practice law in Nebraska and which is responsible for preparing and grading part of the bar examinations for admission to practice law in Nebraska; Legal Services, which affords some pro bono legal services to indigent clients and maintains a lawyer-referral program; Nebraska Lawyers Trust Account Foundation, or IOLTA (Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts), which provides funds for legal services to indigents; and Law-Related Education, which informs the public about concepts of law.