Nebraska State Bar Association
The mission of the Nebraska State Bar Association is ""Helping Lawyers Help People."" To achieve this mission, the Association addresses these goals and objectives:
- To foster and maintain integrity, professionalism, civility and high standards of conduct by NSBA members
- To improve public understanding of the legal system and the role of lawyers and judges in society
- To provide quality support and services for NSBA members
- To promote and safeguard the proper professional interests of the NSBA
- To promote full opportunities for participation in NSBA activities by all segments of the profession
- To promote quality legal education
The Nebraska State Bar Association is an 9,300-member professional association of lawyers and judges dedicated to improving the administration of justice. Its offices are located on the second floor of the Roman L. Hruska Law Center at 635 S. 14th St., Lincoln.
Founded as a voluntary Bar in 1899, the NSBA was integrated by order of the Nebraska Supreme Court in 1937. It is one of approximately 40 unified (mandatory) bar associations in America.
A House of Delegates and an Executive Council govern the NSBA. The House of Delegates has members elected based on representation and is the official policy-making body of the profession in Nebraska. The Executive Council consists of one delegate elected from each of Nebraska's six Supreme Court districts, a chair and chair-elect elected by the House of Delegates, and a president, president-elect, president-elect designate and immediate past president elected by active members. .
A professional staff supports the work of the Nebraska State Bar Association. Here are the Rules creating and controlling the NSBA, and the Bylaws of the NSBA.
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