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Kansas Bar Association
NicknameKBA
Founded1882
TypeBar Association
HeadquartersTopeka, KS
Location
Area served
Law
Members
Approx. 5,000
Key people
Mira Mdivani, President (2019-2020)
Main organ
Board of Governors
Employees
10-15
Websitewww.ksbar.org

The Kansas Bar Association (KBA) is a non-profit bar association for the state of Kansas with its headquarters in Topeka. The KBA is made up of less than 5,000 members and was established in 1882.[1][2][3]

Membership

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Any lawyer in good standing with their state's bar can join the association. Only members have the right to vote and hold positions within the association.

Membership fees differ based on an attorney's years of practice, with special consideration for certain legal fields, including legal services attorneys.

If a KBA member has been practicing law for 50 years and maintains good standing, they automatically become a life member of the KBA and don't need to pay annual dues.

The Kansas Bar Association has an elected board of governors, with the president serving as the highest position. Each president serves a one-year term, except for a few exceptions.

Controversy

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A former KBA executive director allegedly embezzled between $25,000 - $100,000.[4]

Publications

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The Kansas Bar Association provides its members with current information about the law through publications, both print and electronic, and through social networking websites.

Print & Electronic Electronic Only
  • The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association[5]
  • Handbooks via the KBA Bookstore[6]
  • KBA Weekly
  • KBA Advocate
  • Law Wise[7]
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Continuing legal education (CLE) courses are required in Kansas to remain in good standing with the Kansas Supreme Court, which is required to practice law in Kansas. The KBA offers many CLEs to both members and non-members throughout the year. The Annual Meeting traditionally rotates each year to one of three locations (Overland Park, KS, Topeka, KS, or Wichita, KS). Although the locations have changed, the event has been ongoing for over a century.

Sections

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The Kansas Bar Association provides opportunities for attorneys to join sections of law they practice for a fee.[8] The offered sections are listed below:

Politics

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The Kansas Bar Association created a political action committee (PAC) in 2009.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Kansas Bar Association Records, 1883-1989 - Kansas Historical Society".
  2. ^ Fronton Jr., John F. (1982). "The KBA Story (Excerpted from "Requisite Learning and Good Moral Character: A History of the Kansas Bench and Bar")". The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association. 51 (Spring). Kansas Bar Association: 38.
  3. ^ John F. Fontron Jr; Paul E. Wilson; Robert H. Kaul; George Templar; Arthur J. Stanley Jr; Philip H. Lewis; Martha J. Hodgesmith; Elmer C. Jackson Jr; William A. Kelly (1982). "The KBA story". In Robert W. Richmond (ed.). Requisite Learning and Good Moral Character: A History of the Kansas Bench and Bar (Book). Topeka, Kan: Kansas Bar Association. p. 154. OCLC 08635520. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Former Bar Association executive director facing charges | Sunflower State Journal". sunflowerstatejournal.com. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  5. ^ "Journal". ksbar.org. Retrieved November 22, 2022.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Bookstore". ksbar.org. Retrieved November 22, 2022.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Law Wise". ksbar.org. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "Member Sections". ksbar.org. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  9. ^ "KSBAR PAC application and filing" (PDF). Retrieved 25 July 2011.
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