Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School (AJMLS) is proud of its community members that serve the State Bar of Georgia as active committee members and leaders of change. The following committee descriptions are courtesy of the State Bar of Georgia’s website.
Bar Center Committee
This standing committee will continue to monitor the Bar’s needs and uses of its headquarters in Atlanta.
Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Board of Directors
Committee Member, term ending 2019
Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency
It is of utmost importance to members of the Bar and to the public that attorneys maintain their professional competence throughout their active practice of law. To that end, this commission establishes the minimum requirements for continuing legal education.
B. Michael Mears, Associate Professor
Other Entities Appointee, term ending 2018
Disciplinary Rules and Procedures Committee
This standing committee shall advise the Executive Committee and Board of Governors with respect to all procedural and substantive disciplinary rules, policies and procedures.
Kellyn O. McGee, Associate Professor, Savannah Campus
Committee Member, term ending 2019
Formal Advisory Opinion Board
This board is authorized to draft Formal Advisory Opinions concerning a proper interpretation of the Rules of Professional Conduct or any of the grounds for disciplinary action as applied to a given state of facts, as set forth in Bar Rule 4-403.
Jeffrey A. Van Detta, John E. Ryan Professor of International Business and Workplace Law
Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School Representative, term ending 2019
ICLE Board
This program committee shall render advice to the staff, Executive Committee and Board of Governors with respect to the rules, procedures, policies and operations of the ICLE program. It will promote and support continuing legal education programs for Bar members designed to enhance their skills and keep them abreast of developments in the law. It will also encourage CLE programming by the Sections of the State Bar.
B. Michael Mears, Associate Professor
Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School Representative, term ending 2019
iCivics Committee
This special committee will work towards implementing iCivics into Georgia’s 8th grade curriculum. Founded by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, iCivics is the nation’s most comprehensive, standards-aligned civics curriculum that is available freely on the Web. Working with the Young Lawyers Division (YLD), attorney volunteers will be solicited to assist Georgia’s social study teachers with the curriculum units.
Honorable Carol W. Hunstein, Board of Directors
Honorary Chairperson, term ending 2019
Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Board of Directors
Committee Member, term ending 2019
Committee to Promote Inclusion in the Profession
This standing committee shall facilitate, analyze and present for consideration initiatives and programs which increases participation, retention and representation of diverse attorneys in the legal profession in Georgia that accurately reflects the makeup of our State. In this effort, the committee will work towards inclusion of lawyers who have been historically underrepresented. It shall advise the Executive Committee and Board of Governors with regard to those interests.
Kellyn O. McGee, Associate Professor, Savannah Campus
Committee Member, term ending 2019
Military Legal Assistance Program
This standing committee shall monitor and render advice to the program’s director, Executive Committee, and Board of Governors with respect to the operation of the Military Legal Assistance Program, which facilitates pro bono representation of veterans and service members in addressing their unmet legal needs.
B. Michael Mears, Associate Professor
Committee Member, term ending 2019
Professionalism Committee
This standing committee shall consider and make recommendations to the Executive Committee and Board of Governors necessary to advance professionalism in the practice of law. It shall concern itself with the various facets of professionalism including knowledge, technical skill, integrity in relations with both clients and courts, dedication to the law and public good, and ultimately the providing of competent legal services to the public.
Kellyn O. McGee, Associate Professor, Savannah Campus
Committee Member, term ending 2019
B. Michael Mears, Associate Professor
Committee Member, term ending 2019
Hope L. Jamison, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Pro Bono Programs
Committee Advisor, term ending 2019
Programs Committee
This standing committee shall advise the Executive Committee with respect to the addition, deletion, change, and operation of all State Bar programs and services. It shall solicit and review staff and budget impact statements whenever any proposal is made for the addition, deletion, or change of any State Bar program or service.
Kellyn O. McGee, Associate Professor, Savannah Campus
Committee Member, term ending 2020
Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee
This program committee shall investigate and diligently inquire into the unlicensed practice of law by law agencies and other unauthorized persons specifically including any person not an active member in good standing of the State Bar, and the participation of lawyers therein, and proper methods for the prevention thereof.
Kellyn O. McGee, Associate Professor, Savannah Campus
Committee Member, term ending 2019