Membership

Regular membership in MALSM is available to any person who is employed by a law firm, corporate law department, government, judicial or legal agency, or any other organization devoted primarily to the practice of law, regardless of the title by which the person is classified within the organization. To qualify for Regular membership, a person must be responsible for managerial duties related to litigation support, the use of organized systems to assist in the analysis of facts and issues involved in the practice of law. Such duties must represent a substantial portion of the Regular member's total job responsibilities or the Regular member must be the primary person responsible for those duties within his or her organization.

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A. General

1. Any member regardless of class or level of membership is entitled to request and receive a copy of these bylaws.

2. Any dispute regarding application or denial of membership shall be resolved by a vote of the MALSM Board of Directors (the "Board") after consideration of all relevant material. The decision of the Board is final.

3. Any dispute regarding the specific class of membership available to a prospective member shall be resolved by a vote of the Board after consideration of all relevant material. The decision of the Board is final.

4. Membership is the property of the person who pays membership fees to MALSM or on whose behalf membership fees are paid and may not be transferred.

5. MALSM has four classes of members: "Regular", "Associate", "Student", and "Vendor".

6. Membership shall be valid until such time that the qualifications are no longer met for the appropriate class of membership.

B. Regular Membership

1. Regular membership shall be available to those persons whose current employment includes specific responsibility for performing the duties defined in the membership criteria found in Article 111.

2. Any person who meets the criteria for Regular membership may become a Regular member upon making application and paying such regular or special dues as determined by the Board.

3. Regular members shall have full voting privileges and are eligible for elective office.

C. Associate Membership

1. Associate membership shall be available to those persons involved with or with an interest in litigation support programs or education who do not meet the criteria for Regular membership and are not expressly prohibited from membership pursuant to these Bylaws.

2. If a Regular member no longer qualifies for Regular membership under the criteria set forth in Article III of these Bylaws, then the membership shall automatically be deemed an Associate membership ninety (90) days following this change in circumstances. This change shall require no further action by the Board or MALSM.

3. Any person who meets the criteria for Associate membership may become an Associate member upon making application and paying such dues as determined by the Board.

4. Associate members are not eligible to vote or hold elective office.

D. Student Membership

1. Student membership shall be available to those persons currently enrolled in educational programs within the State of Minnesota involving legal assistant or information systems training who do not meet the criteria for Regular or Associate membership and are not expressly prohibited from membership pursuant to these Bylaws.

2. Student members will be allowed to attend all membership meetings, will receive the newsletter of MALSM and NALSM and will be encouraged to volunteer to serve on MALSM standing committees.

3. Any person who meets the criteria for Student membership may become a Student member upon making application and paying such dues as determined by the Board.

4. Student members are not eligible to vote, to chair standing committees or to hold elective office.

E. Vendor Membership

1 . Vendor membership shall be available to those persons currently employed by an entity ("Company") whose business is the marketing or supplying of products or services to the legal profession within the State of Minnesota who do not meet the criteria for Regular, Associate or Student membership and are not expressly prohibited from membership pursuant to these Bylaws.

2. As to each Company, the total Vendor memberships allowable for employees of that Company will be no greater than five.

3. Vendor members will be allowed to attend membership meetings only as determined by the Board.

4. Vendor members will not receive the newsletter or any other organization materials customarily distributed to a Regular, Associate or Student member except for news releases indicating new members of the Board.

5. Any person who meets the criteria for Vendor membership may become a Vendor member upon making application and paying such dues as determined by the Board.

6. Vendor members are not eligible to vote, to chair standing committees or to hold elective office.

 

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