Rule 3 - Composition and Appointment; Term; Officers(a) Composition and Appointment. The Board of Bar Examiners shall consist of seven lawyers of the State licensed to practice law in Maine and two representatives of the public. The lawyer members of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Supreme Judicial Court. The public members shall be appointed by the Governor. Vacancies occurring from death, resignation, removal, or inability to act shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired term. An incumbent may continue to serve until a successor is appointed.(b) Term. Each member of the Board shall hold office for a term of 5 years beginning on the first day of January of the year of appointment and ending on the last day of December of the year of expiration of the appointment.(c) Officers. The members of the Board shall annually elect from their number a chair, a vice-chair, a secretary, and a treasurer. The duties of the chair shall include calling and presiding at meetings of the Board, corresponding on behalf of the Board with applicants and others, and representing the Board in regional and national organizations. The duties of the vice-chair shall include taking the place of the chair when the chair is unable to discharge the foregoing duties or when either the chair or a majority of the board delegate any of the foregoing duties to him or her. The duties of the secretary shall include giving notice and recording minutes of meetings. The duties of the treasurer shall include receiving all fees, charges, and assessments payable to the Board and accounting for and paying over the same according to law.Amended effective 1/2/1996; amended October 4, 2022, effective 10/4/2022.Advisory Note - October 2022
Rule 3(c) is amended to provide for the election of a vice-chair and to describe the duties of the vice-chair.