The Wyoming State Bar is the integrated (mandatory)

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of the

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Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to t ...

History

The Wyoming State Bar was organized in 1915 as a voluntary association, and integrated by the state legislature in 1939.

Structure

The Bar is managed by a 12-member Board of Officers and Commissioners. Supporting the Board are more than twenty Boards and Committees. The Bar enforces the rule that Wyoming lawyers must complete 15 credits of

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each year. The Wyoming State Bar publishes the monthly ''Wyoming Bar Journal'' and the biannual ''Wyoming Law Review'' which includes scholarly articles by national legal authorities, and case notes and comments written by students at the

University of Wyoming College of Law The University of Wyoming College of Law is the law school of the University of Wyoming and the only law school located in Wyoming. It is situated in the Rocky Mountains in Laramie, Wyoming at 7,165 ft. between the Laramie Mountains and Snow ...

References

{{Authority control American state bar associations Government of Wyoming 1915 establishments in Wyoming Organizations established in 1915