March 1999 Volune 12 No3 - Utah State Bar

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Notice of Taking Applications for Membership in the Rex E. Lee
American Inn of Court
The Rex E. Lee American Inn of Court (the "Inn"), the nothern
Utah chapter of the American Inns of Court, is accepting appli-
cations for membership for the 1999-2000 year. Membership is
limited to 80 members and usually fis rapidly. Although there
is currently a waiting list in some membership categories, his-
torically the Inn has been able to accept most applications in
the year requested.
The Concept. The Rex E. Lee American Inn of Court is a char-
tered Inn of the American Inns of Court Foundation. As such, it
is designed to improve the skills, professionalsm and legal
ethics of the bench and bar. The Inn helps lawyers become
more effective advocates with a keener ethical awareness, learn-
ing side-by-side with the most experienced judges and attorneys
in their community The Inns concept is intended to perpetuate
the more worthy traditions of the legal field.
The Inn meets eight to ten times per year. Membership is divided
into three categories: (1) Masters of the Bench - consisting of
judges, experienced, litigation attorneys, and law professors,
(2) Barristers - consisting of less experienced lawyers (usualy
defied as zero to 15 years litigating experience), and (3) Pupils
- consisting of third-year law students or law school graduates
waiting to take the bar exam. Anual dues are currently $125
for Masters; $100 for Barristers; and, $15.00 for Pupils.
Members are broken down into "Pupilage Teams" with each
team consisting of rougWy one-sixth of the Masters, Barristers
and Pupils. Each pupilage team is responsible for conducting
one demonstration for the Inn per year. CLE credit is avaiable.
The idea is simple. Lawyers and judges with experience in litiga-
tion join together to impart their hard-learned lessons and
varyng viewpoints to their less-experienced counterparts. In the
process, of course, they also educate each other, both in ethics
and in substance.
Whe the Inn helps younger attorneys to become more effective
trial and appellate advocates by learning from the experienced
attorneys and judges, the educational experience is for all;
judges as well as litigators, professors and young lawyers are
learners as well as teachers, benefitting from each others' expe-
riences and insights.
The History and Growth. The American Inns of Court concept
was the product of a discussion in the late 1970s among the
United States members of the Anglo-American exchange of lawyers
and judges, including Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, and Ninth
Circuit Judge J. Cliord Walace. Because Chief Justice Burger was
later in Utah, and had the time, he invited then Dean Rex E. Lee
of the Brigham Young University School of Law and District Judge
A. Sherman Christensen of Salt Lake City to experiment. They
agreed. And in 1980 the first American Inn of Court was created.
There are now more than 300 Inns nationwide involving in
excess of 30,000 lawyers and judges.
There are four Inns in Utah - three headquartered in Salt Lake
City and the fourth, the Rex E. Lee American Inn of Court, sta-
tioned in Weber County for Northern Utah members. Virtualy
al Uta Federal District Court judges belong to an Inn and
many State appellate and district judges are members.
Becoming a Member. Joinng the Inn is an excellent way to
increase your skis and knowledge whie joining the members
of your legal community in discussing the important and chal-
lengig issues of professionalsm, civity and ethics that face every
legal professional. To join the Rex E. Lee American Inn of Court,
contact anyone of the following: Scott M. Hadley, President,
(80 l) 395-1130; Joseph Chambers, Vice President and President-
Elect (435) 752-3551; or Hon. Thomas 1. Kay, Membership
Commttee Chair, (80l) 544-5238. A list of potential members
wil then be compiled for review and selection by the Executive
Commttee or by the Masters. It is the goal of the Inn that every
person desiring to be involved in the Inn has that opportunity.
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