Should the Bar’s Fall Meetings always be held virtually?

Another legal tradition could fall to the COVID-19 pandemic in January when the Board of Governors is scheduled to decide whether the Bar’s Fall Meetings should always be conducted virtually.

A staff analysis shows that the Bar could realize $62,000 in annual savings — not counting the time and travel expense individual members would save.

Program Evaluation Committee Chair Brian Burgoon told the Board of Governors at a December 4 meeting that the move would represent “a huge savings to the budget.”