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CLA Members in good standing with the Commonwealth Lawyers Association are invited to submit nominations for the following offices for 1st February 2025 – 31st January 2027 noting that nominations can be made for all or any of the offices:

PRESIDENT
(Seconders must be a CLA member at date of nomination)
VICE PRESIDENT AMERICAS
(Seconders must be a CLA member at date of nomination)
VICE PRESIDENT AUSTRALASIA
(Seconders must be a CLA member at date of nomination)
VICE PRESIDENT AFRICA
(Seconders must be a CLA member at date of nomination)
VICE PRESIDENT EUROPE

 

(Seconders must be a CLA member at date of nomination)
TREASURER

 

(Seconders must be a CLA member at date of nomination)

NOTE

  • Pursuant to clause 8.2 of the CLA Constitution, any CLA member who has served as a Council member for a term of 4 years in the case of nominations for President, and 2 years in the case of nominations for Vice Presidents and Treasurer, is eligible to stand
  • Nominees must be in good membership standing at the date of nomination and remain so until the conclusion of the election
  • Vice Presidents must be nominated from their own region.
  • Nominations must be made and seconded by a CLA member (corporate, institutional or individual) in good standing with the Association (clause 10.7) at the date of the nomination
  • All nominations must be received by midnight GMT on 31st December 2024.

 

TERMS & CONDITIONS

  • The form must be completed in full and all sections are mandatory. Incomplete entries will be automatically disqualified.
  • Entries exceeding the specified 500 word statement will be automatically cut off at the limit.
  • No entries will be accepted after the closing date of 5.00 pm BST 30th September 2024
  • Judging will take place over the period of the competition by an independent panel of judges and their decision will be final and no correspondence shall be entered into.
  • The winner will be notified by email and receive official notification of their award in writing in December 2024 subject to the panel’s decision.
  • The winner agrees that their photograph maybe used in any publicity for the award, on the CLA website under the winner announcement and in the CLC25 programme. Any photographs will remain the property of CLA.
  • The winner (his or her representative where it is not possible for the winner to attend) will be presented with their award by the CLA President and members of Lexis Nexis senior management at the closing ceremony of CLC25 on the 10th April 2025 before the congress of delegates.
  • The winner shall receive an engraved trophy plus a contribution for travel from country of origin to the CLC25 in Malta with entry to CLC25 for all conference days.
  • Should the winner not require the assistance as above, Lexis Nexis will endow a charity of the winner’s choice with a donation to that charity of USD $5,000.
  • No cash alternative to the prize above will be considered.
  • Questions regarding the award will only be accepted by email at secretariat@commonwealthlawyersevents.com