Thank you for being a member of the SDCBA and for your support of our Association. If you have been looking for ways to become more involved with the organization, please consider serving on the SDCBA board as a Director. As the SDCBA’s governing body, the board comprises volunteer attorneys who work to steward the organization and ensure its continuing alignment with our vision and mission to meet our members’ needs.
Serving on the board is a great opportunity to gain valuable leadership experience, support members of our legal community in their success and fulfillment as lawyers, and enhance respect for the law and the legal profession.
Available seats include four “at-large” board positions and one regional position (South Bay).
We invite you to submit your nomination to serve on the 2025 board and become part of the leadership of our vibrant association.
Nominations are now closed.
For more information about the election, please contact Ashley Turner (aturner@sdcba.org).
Potential candidates must have the following qualifications:
- Have been an SDCBA Attorney Member for at least three of the last five years;
- Have been licensed to practice law for at least seven full years by the time of service commencing;
- Are currently admitted to practice law in the State of California or any other U.S. jurisdiction;
- Have not been disbarred, suspended from practicing law, or withdrawn or resigned while disciplinary charges are pending, from any bar to which the candidate has been admitted, as of the time the nomination is received;
- Have not been convicted of a felony in the seven years preceding the candidacy;
- Have demonstrated leadership as chair of a SDCBA Section or Committee, as a member of another non-profit organization's Board of Directors (legal or community), or similar experience as determined by Leadership Outreach Committee and ratified by the Board*;
- In order to qualify to run for the regional seat, the attorney candidate must either (1) have their primary office in the geographic area; (2) have been a former president of the regional bar association within the last two years; or (3) have significant ties to the region (as deemed appropriate by the Board*).
*Determinations and ratifications of these requirements must be made prior to the nomination deadline.
According to the SDCBA bylaws, the candidate nomination form shall include the nominee’s declaration of candidacy, the nominee’s confirmation of the election requirements listed above, and any other necessary information requested. If, between the date of nomination and the date of election, a nominee shall cease to be eligible, their name may be stricken from the ballot by action of the Board.
2025 Board Election Timeline
Dates determined by the bylaws, policies, and communications deadlines
Review of candidate leadership qualifications:
candidates seeking an exception to the leadership experience criteria1 should contact Ashley Turner (aturner@sdcba.org) for more information. The Leadership Outreach Committee (LOC) must review and the Board must ratify any exceptions before Thursday, August 1st, 2024.
Self-nomination deadline: 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 1, 2024
- Per bylaws: If by 5:00p.m. on August 1 there are fewer than 4 at-large candidates or no regional candidates, the President or Chair of LOC shall extend the deadline for the respective vacancy for 30 days.
Notice to candidates: Friday, August 2, 2024 (includes list of all candidates and request for statements/headshots)
Deadline to withdraw: 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 30, 2024
Deadline for all candidate materials: 5:00 p.m. on Friday, August 30, 2024
Voting period: October 9, 2024 – November 8, 2024
- Per bylaws: A paper ballot shall be mailed, or access to an online ballot shall be provided, to each Attorney Member on or before the second Wednesday in October at noon, setting forth the names of the nominees.
Only those paper ballots or online ballots which are received by the Secretary by 5:00 p.m. on the second Friday of November or the following business day if the second Friday of November falls on Veterans Day or the day the Veterans Day holiday is observed
Notifications:
- Phone call by President-Elect: November 8-10, 2024
- Official SDCBA Announcement: November 18, 2024
- Press release by November 18, 2024
Extension – all dates are subject to change should the board need to extend the nomination deadline.
For more details about the Board of Directors Election Process, click here.
Election Information Videos
Joining the SDCBA Leadership Team
Info Session: "How to Run & Why Serve"
What it means to serve
How to run
Why serve