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2 St. B.J. 1 (1927-1928)

handle is hein.barjournals/calisbaj0002 and id is 1 raw text is: THE STATE BAR JOURNAL Official Organ, California Bar Association We are mini ters of justice, and no lawyer is worthy of any reputa- tion in the profession, whatever his ability may be, if he does not regard. himself first and last as a minister of justice in the community in which he practices. -CHARLES EVANS HUGHES. Vol II Juiy, 1927 No. 1 The State Bar Commission Meeting Before the next issue of The State Bar Journal reaches its readers the State Bar Act (approved March 31, 1927; Stats. 1927, Chap. 34) will have become effective and all persons now entitled to practice law in this State will have been blanketed into The State Bar of California, a public corporation created to control the admission, discipline and, disbarment of lawyers. Under the provisions of the act: No person shall practice law in this State subsequent to the first meeting of the State Bar unless he shall be an active member thereof. On July 29 there will go out to the members of the bar of California a registration card and a bill for $3, which is the amount of the organiza- tion fee to be paid by every lawyer pursuant to the act. This registration card must be filled out by each member of the bar and returned to the office of the State Bar Commission, together with the $3 organization fee, which registration must be completed and payment made on or befoi'e the date of the organization meeting which has been scheduled for Friday, November 18, 1927, in San Francisco. Upon receipt of the remittance, a certificate evidencing remitter's membership until two months after the first. meeting will be immediately mailed. Only members who have completed their registration and paid their organization fee on or before October 1, 1927, will be entitled to vote for members of the Board of Governors, one of whom is to be elected from each Congressional District, except that in the county of Los Angeles and the city and county. of San Francisco, which each contain two Con- gressional districts, members will be entitled to vote for two members of the Board. Nominating petitions for members' of the Board of Governors will be furnished upon application at the office of the State Bar Commission. Nominating petitions for governors must be filed in the office of the com- mission not later than October 1, 1927. It is well for members of the bar to bear in mind that in voting for members of the Board of Governors they must vote in the district in which they live and not in the district in which they maintain their offices. Details of organization and the various f6rms to-be used in registering

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