2016 Code of Alabama
Title 29 - LEGISLATURE.
Chapter 8 - ALABAMA LAW INSTITUTE.
Section 29-8-1 - Authority of State Bar to establish institute; membership; governing council.
(a) The Alabama Law Institute is created in the Legislative Department as an official advisory law revision and law reform agency of the State of Alabama.
(b) The institute shall have such members, officers, and committees as the council of the institute may direct.
(c) The governing council shall be composed of ex officio, appointed, and elected members, as follows:
(1) One justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, selected by the justices thereof.
(2) One circuit court judge, selected by the Association of Circuit Court Judges.
(3) The Attorney General of the State of Alabama, or his or her designee.
(4) The legal advisor to the Governor of Alabama, or his or her designee.
(5) The Chairs of the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives.
(6) The President of the Alabama State Bar.
(7) The Secretary of the Alabama State Bar.
(8) The chair of the junior bar section of the Alabama State Bar.
(9) The attorney members of the Legislative Council of Alabama, together with the Secretary of the Legislative Council.
(10) Not less than three nor more than six attorney members appointed by the Governor of Alabama.
(11) The Code Commissioner.
(12) The Speaker of the House, or his or her designee.
(13) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or his or her designee.
(14) Two members who shall be elected from the members of the faculty of the University of Alabama School of Law, two members elected from the members of the faculty of the Cumberland Law School of Samford University, two members elected from the members of the faculty of the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University, and six practicing attorneys elected from each congressional district in the state.
(d) The ex officio members shall hold their positions during their respective terms of office. The terms of office of the elected members of the governing council shall be four years. Elected members of the governing council shall be eligible for reelection.
(e) Vacancies in the elected membership created by death, resignation, or otherwise than by the expiration of the terms of office shall be filled by the governing council under such rules as it may adopt. Vacancies occurring through the expiration of terms of office shall be filled by election by the council under such rules as it may adopt.
(Acts 1967, No. 249, p. 629, §1; Acts 1969, No. 435, p. 852; Acts 1971, No. 2424, p. 3857; Acts 1978, No. 653, p. 930; Act 2015-408, §2.)Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Alabama may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
