Rule 3. COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT; TERM; OFFICERS

(a) Composition and Appointment. The Board of Bar Examiners shall

consist of seven lawyers of the State licensed to practice law in Maine and two

representatives of the public. The lawyer members of the Board shall be

appointed by the Governor on the recommendation of the Supreme Judicial

Court. The public members shall be appointed by the Governor. Vacancies

occurring from death, resignation, removal, or inability to act shall be filled in

like manner for the unexpired term. An incumbent may continue to serve until a

successor is appointed.

(b) Term. Each member of the Board shall hold office for a term of 5

years beginning on the first day of January of the year of appointment and

ending on the last day of December of the year of expiration of the appointment.

(c) Officers. The members of the Board shall annually elect from their

number a chair, a vice-chair, a secretary, and a treasurer. The duties of the chair

shall include calling and presiding at meetings of the Board, corresponding on

behalf of the Board with applicants and others, and representing the Board in

regional and national organizations. The duties of the vice-chair shall include

taking the place of the chair when the chair is unable to discharge the foregoing

duties or when either the chair or a majority of the board delegate any of the

foregoing duties to him or her. The duties of the secretary shall include giving

notice and recording minutes of meetings. The duties of the treasurer shall

include receiving all fees, charges, and assessments payable to the Board and

accounting for and paying over the same according to law.