Street Legal Motorcycle Club®
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS

We are entertaining applications for charters for all states in the United States, and other provinces or equivalent geographic units in other countries. Charter (license) requirements will be mailed via snail mail to lawyers seriously interested in starting a chapter. Among other things, charters require that a minimum of three (3) lawyers form a non-profit domestic corporation with Articles of Incorporation and By-laws prepared by us. Final approval will require a personal, face to face meeting with the (inter)National President and Board of Directors.

The criteria below, from the By-laws of the club, specify the requirements for club membership. If you have questions concerning Membership please CONTACT US.

ARTICLE 3 - MEMBERS

3.1 Qualification. The Board of Directors may exercise discretion to admit as the members of this Corporation individuals that are either licensed to drive motorcycles or own or ride a licensed motorcycle and meet the requirements, either currently or prior to retirement or change of employment, of either Article 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4.

Individuals formerly licensed to practice law that have been disbarred in any state, province or country, and individuals licensed to practice law that are currently suspended from practicing law in one or more jurisdictions, are ineligible for admission as members of this corporation.

No individual shall be denied membership based upon race, creed, religion, belief system, political belief, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, sexual preference, familial status, or brand, make, mark, design or engine displacement of her/his motorcycle.

No individual shall hold more than one membership in the Corporation. Membership rights may not be transferred, assigned or devised. No member, by virtue of membership, shall have any right, title or interest in any property of the Corporation. There shall be three (3) categories of members. All members, except as limited in Articles 3.3 and 3.4, shall have an equal right to vote.

3.2 Road Lawyers. The first category of members shall be those individuals that hold, in good standing, the professional academic degree of Juris Doctor (JD), or its prior equivalent Bachelor of Laws (LLB), or its foreign equivalent (as determined by the Board of Directors). This category of members shall have the right to bear all of the club colors, including, exclusively, the designation of "Road Lawyer(s)."

3.3 Street Legal Members. The second category of members shall be individuals that, as determined by the Board of Directors or the Credentials Committee, are bona fide: law students; paralegals, secretaries, investigators, or other permanent employees of a law firm (whether full or part-time); permanent employees of a legal department of a corporation or other business; judges, court reporters, bailiffs or other permanent employees of any court or other law-related division of state or local government or political subdivisions thereof which is engaged in the practice of law as commonly attributed to the legal profession and is carrying out the activities of the practice of law under the direction or supervision of a licensed attorney. This category of members shall have all rights of membership, except the following: the right to sit on the Board of Directors; the right to vote to amend either the By-Laws or Articles of Incorporation of this Corporation; and the privilege to bear the designation "Road Lawyer(s)."

3.4 Associate Members. The third category of members, Associate Members, shall be: any individual that does not meet the requirements of Article 3.3 but is a permanent employee of a law-related unit, section, department or division of a corporation, business, or state or local government or political subdivisions thereof; or any individual that is a spouse, domestic partner, or regular passenger of a member of either of the first two (2) categories of members. This category of members shall have all privileges of membership, except the following: the right to vote to amend either the By-Laws or Articles of Incorporation of this Corporation; the right to vote to elect or remove officers or directors; the right to vote to terminate the membership of a member; the right to sit on the Board of Directors; and the privilege to bear the designation "Road Lawyer(s)."

3.5 Membership Fees and Dues. Members shall pay such dues as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, subject to the right of voting members to determine the dues at a membership meeting called for that purpose.

3.6 Membership Termination. Membership of any member may be terminated under the following circumstances:

(a) By the Board of Directors after thirty (30) days oral or written notice:

(i) For failure to pay membership dues; or

(ii) For failure to remain qualified for membership under Articles 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 or 3.4; or

iii) Where, upon clear and convincing evidence as determined by the Board of Directors, the Board has determined that the member has either:

1. Engaged in illegal activity constituting a felony or gross misdemeanor; or

2. Engaged in undercover law enforcement activities.

The policy underlying this subsection (iii) is that both categories of activities described in subdivisions 1 and 2 above cause substantial risk of harm to the purposes, reputation, and personal safety of this Corporation and its members.

No member shall be terminated under subsections (a)(ii) or (iii) of this Article 3.6, until the member has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at a meeting of the Board of Directors.

(b) Upon majority vote of the membership at a regular or special meeting, upon a finding that the purposes, best interests or well being of the Corporation will be served by the termination. No member shall be terminated under this Article 3.6, subsection (b) until the member has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at a membership meeting.

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