Membership Ranks
Member
Shall have completed (10) civil jury trials to jury verdict or
hung jury as lead counsel. The applicant shall further possess the other
and additional professional and ethical attributes and accomplishments as
becomes one committed to the preservation of the Seventh Amendment.
Each such person shall be admitted to the rank of “Member” and shall have
all the rights of any other class of membership.
Associate
Shall have at least five (5) years of active experience as a
trial lawyer and as a member of the Bar of the state, province, district or
territory in which he or she practices, and shall have tried a minimum of
twenty (20) civil jury trials to a jury verdict or hung jury as lead counsel or,
in the alternative, shall have tried a minimum of ten (10) such civil jury trials
and twenty (20) felony criminal trials to a jury verdict or hung jury as lead
counsel or, as a second alternative, shall have tried ten (10) civil jury trials to
a conclusion in a jury verdict or hung jury as lead counsel and have acquired
200 points under the trial experience equivalency provisions as defined by
Bylaw IV, Section 1.
Advocate
Shall have at least eight (8) years of active experience as
a trial lawyer and as a member of the Bar of the state, province, district
or territory in which he or she practices, and shall have tried a minimum
of fifty (50) civil jury trials to a jury verdict or hung jury as lead counsel,
or, in the alternative, shall have tried twenty-five (25) civil jury trials to a
conclusion in a jury verdict or hung jury as lead counsel and shall have
acquired 500 points under the trial equivalency provisions as defined by
Bylaw IV, Section 1.
Diplomate
Shall have at least twelve (12) years of active experience as a trial lawyer and as a
member of the Bar of the state, province, district or territory in which he or she practices, shall have held
the rank of Advocate for a minimum of three (3) years and shall have tried a minimum of one hundred
(100) civil jury trials to a jury verdict or hung jury as lead counsel or, in the alternative, shall have tried
fifty (50) civil jury trials to a jury verdict or hung jury as lead counsel and shall have acquired 1,000 points
as defined by Bylaw IV, Section 1.
Judge
Any judge who by reason of his or her standing in the community
and his or her contribution to the advancement of the cause of justice
under the jury system, and who is a member or a former member of a State
Bar Association and prior to becoming a judge has acquired the minimum
qualifications required of a Member, shall be eligible for admission to
membership, provided he or she has received an affirmative vote in
accordance with Article III, Section 3, Subsection 3. An applicant under
this class of membership shall be required to pay an initiation fee equivalent
to that of an associate member and shall be subject to the payment of dues
and assessments.