SECTIONS
Establishment of Section
28(1) A section may be organized for the study of a particular branch of law and of questions relating to the objects of the National Association.
28(2) A section shall be established by resolution of Council.
Section Membership
29(1) A member in good standing of the Branch may register as a member of any section.
29(2) A member of the Branch is entitled to participate in the business and activities of any section of which he or she is a member, to nominate and be nominated for office in the section, and to be an officer of the section.
29(3) Membership in the Young Lawyers Conference of New Brunswick shall be open to the following members of the Branch:
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student members;
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members who are less than forty years of age; and
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members who are more than forty years of age but who have been in practice for ten years or less.
Section Meetings
30(1) A section shall call a meeting at least once a year.
30(2) A section may meet at the times and places that its chair deems necessary, within the reasonable limits set forth in the budget of the section.
Section Administration
31(1) The administrative responsibilities of a section shall be vested in an executive committee composed of a chair, a vice-chair, a secretary, and any other person that the section determines.
31(2) A section’s executive committee shall meet annually during the annual meeting of the Branch or otherwise at the call of its chair.
31(3) The constitution of a section shall be approved by Council and remains in force until Council is requested to amend the constitution by a majority vote of the members of the section’s executive committee.
31(4) A section’s constitution, and any amendment to it, is of no force until it is approved by Council.
Section Executive Committee
32(1) A section may elect its executive committee members for a term commencing on September 1 and not exceeding two years.
32(2) The election of a section’s executive committee shall be held in accordance with the section’s constitution or, in the absence of an approved constitution, at the annual meeting of the section’s executive committee.
32(3) If a section does not elect an executive committee in accordance with subsection (2), the Executive Committee of the Branch may appoint one.
32(4) If a section chair is unable to or fails to carry out the duties of that office, the Executive Committee of the Branch may replace the chair by another member designated to hold that office until the immediately following September 1.
32(5) The chair of a section shall be responsible for the following:
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attending the annual section chair orientation;
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providing topics and sessions of interest to the section members;
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communicating with the Executive Director on activities for the section and also with the Coordinator of Continuing Professional Development on continuing professional development programs during the year and for the mid-winter meeting of the Branch;
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making all reasonable efforts to attend each meeting of Council;
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putting before Council the interests and concerns of the section’s members;
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attending the annual meeting of the National Section and reporting to Council on that meeting; and
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as soon as practicable after September 1 of each year, providing to the chair of section activities the chair’s proposals for the work of the section during the coming year.
32(6) The vice-chair of a section shall assist the chair of the section in his or her duties and replace the chair if he or she is unwilling or unable to attend to his or her duties and responsibilities.
Section Reports
The executive committee of each section shall report to each regular meeting of Council on the activities of the section since the last regular meeting.
Referrals
Council or, with the approval of the Executive Committee, the President may refer to a section matters in respect of which it is desired that the section makes inquiry and report.
Vacancies
If a vacancy occurs in an office of a section, the vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the section’s constitution or, if there is no approved constitution, by the remaining officers of the section.